RE: raid 5 conversion / best image software
- From: v-crinal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Crina Li")
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 02:29:28 GMT
Hi Eric,
Thank you for posting in SBS newsgroup.
I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand that
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greatly appreciated!
Due to the complexity of this issue, we are unable to assist with this
request in newsgroup. To save your time, you may need to contact CSS for
better support.
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However I would provide the following information for your reference. For
detailed steps, you may want to contact CSS to make sure you can finish the
migration successfully.
I. Refer to the SBS migrating guide. Move the environment to the new server
with a new local domain name. By using this method, the domain name will be
changed after the migrating. However, it would not affect the daily work.
You can still use the original external FQDN, SMTP name space, etc. The
user accounts will be automatically moved. For the detailed information:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/deploy/sbs2k203.mspx
This is the recommended solution for the hardware migrating.
II. Use the disaster recovery steps to rebuild the server. For the second
method, you need to manually create the user accounts on the SBS 2003
server and manually migrate the user profiles. With this method, you can
install a SBS 2003 server with the original domain and server name. For the
client computers, you may disjoin and then rejoin them into the domain. To
preserve client user profiles and settings that were on the original domain
to the new SBS 2003 installation, a manual way is documented in the KB
article:
314045 HOW TO: Restore a User Profile in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314045
Another way is to create a local profile, copy the original domain profile
to the local profile, and then let the "Setup Computer" wizard do the task
"map local profile to new domain profile" for you.
As long as you create your computer accounts using the server manager's "to
do list" you will be prompted to migrate profile information. When you join
the workstations to the domain by using the web site (ie
http://servername/connectcomputer) part of the process of joining the
domain will allow you to migrate user settings. However, to use this
method, you need to make sure that the profile you want to migrate from is
a local user profile (Not a previous domain profile):
1. Before joining the client to SBS 2K3 domain, create a local profile, and
then copy the old domain profile to a local profile.
2. Add the SBS Server into the network
3. Use the Setup Computer Wizard in SBS 2003 to join the (now) XP Pro
machines to the SBS domain: Server Management, Standard Management, Client
Computers, Set Up Client Computers.
4. On the client, access http//<Server name>/connectcomputer to bring up
the Setup Computer Wizard, it will then allow you to map domain user
accounts to local profiles on the machine thus preserving your profiles:
"Assign Users to this Computes and Migrate their Profiles".
5. You will Add a domain account to "Users assigned to this computer", and
then choose the existing local user profile in the "Current User Settings".
By Default, the value for "Current User Settings" is "None".
III. Use the third-party migrating solution. For example, you may have a
look at Jeff's web site
http://www.sbsmigration.com/. With this method, you can use the original
server and domain name for the SBS 2003 box. Also, it's not necessary to
manually configure the clients because the new environment will use the
original AD information.
This response contains a reference to a Third party World Wide Web site.
You should know that Third party sites are not under the control of
Microsoft. Accordingly, Microsoft can make no representation concerning
the content of these sites. Microsoft is providing this information only
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tested any software or information found on these sites and therefore
cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or
suitability of any software or information found there. There are inherent
dangers in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft
cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before
retrieving any software on the Internet.
Thanks for your understanding.
Best regards,
Crina Li (MSFT)
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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| From: "plainlanguage" <plainlanguage@xxxxxxxxx>
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| Subject: raid 5 conversion / best image software
| Date: 15 Dec 2005 22:22:23 -0800
| Organization: http://groups.google.com
| |
| Howdy all-
|
| SBS 2003 on generic p4 box currently using ich6 RAID 1 disk array. One
| of my raid 1 disks failed and I am having no luck rebuilding the array
| (apparently intel doesnt' support dynamic disks). I've decided this
| points to too big a risk with a Raid 1 set-up so want to take this
| opportunity to upgrade to RAID 5. I have a 3wave Raid 5 controller
| and 4 Seagate SATA 150 disks on order. What's the easiest way to
| migrate my SBS system over to the Raid 5 array?
|
| I know imaging it over directly won't work because the Raid 5 driver
| isn't in the OS. I think I've read you can install teh Raid 5 and
| driver with Windows still on the old disk, then image the system over
| to the raid 5 and unplug the old disk. Anyone had luck?
|
| If a reinstall is best, is there a good step-by-step on how to do this?
|
|
| Lastly, has anyone found a disc image product that competes with
| Acronis True Image Server 8.0? I have use dynamic disk and Acronis is
| the only one that seems to handle images of this disk "on the fly".
|
| Thanks!
|
| -Eric
|
|
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