Re: How to handle clients after server rebuild

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And the ConnectComputer wizard transfers those [or at least the 'main' one
you determine during the wizard].

David


"kj" <kj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You don't need to change the computer names unless you just want to.

Profiles and domain-workgroup-connectcomputer are spot on.

URL's? If you rebuilt using the same domain and server name then internal
urls won't change, but favorites and the like are in the profiles.

Mappings should be in re-created scripts.

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/kj
"David Elders" <david_elders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK, taking from where we are then would this be on the right track?

Manually change clients from domain to workgroup and rename computer.
Then, set-up accounts for the computers on the rebuilt server. Then, use
ConnectComputer to rejoin to the new domain and transfer the user
profiles to the new domain client profiles?

Obviously, things like URLs and drive mappings would need redone in any
case?

Cheers,


David



"kj" <kj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you started your domain from scratch, then your clients and users
will be starting from scratch.

So, I made a decision a long time ago to just
backup the data that I really needed and, if it failed, just rebuild
it.
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/kj
"David C. Seavy" <DavidCSeavy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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This server is not one of my customer's servers. If it was, I would
have a
disaster recovery process in place and it would have been up way
before now.
No, this is my server. It has a tape drive that isn't anywhere near
large
enough to back up the server. So, I made a decision a long time ago to
just
backup the data that I really needed and, if it failed, just rebuild
it.
More than likely I would be wanting to change some things and install
newer
versions of software when it happened anyway. Besides, what were the
odds of
two drives failing at the same time! Ha!

So, I have rebuilt the server, I am installing a newer version of the
backup
software, and I am restoring my data "as we speak". However, my
question
still remains. What to do with the clients? Any thoughts?

"Sean C" wrote:

TT is right. This exact scenario happened to me on Thursday
night...lost 2
drives in a Raid 5. With help here and a good backup tape I was back
up and
running in under 5 hours without having to touch the client machines.

Sean C

"TimeTraveller" <TimeTraveller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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What about your Backup?

You should be able to restore the whole server from tape/backup
medium and
the AD users/computers etc. will already contain the old accounts,
so you
should not need to touch the client PC's

Thanks

TT

"David C. Seavy" <DavidCSeavy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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I had a RAID failure this weekend. Unfortunately I lost two drives,
so
the
system was shot. I have replaced the drives, rebuilt the raid and
reinstalled SBS2003 as a new, fresh install. The domain, IP,
server
name,
etc. etc. are exactly the same as they had been.
Now, what is the best way to handle the clients? Do I create the
computers
in SBS again using the same names I did originally? If so, can I
just
reboot
the client and log in as I used to? Or do I have to run
"ConnectComputer".
If I run connectcomputer, will it create new profiles for the users
or
will
it recognize that the server name, domain, etc. are the same and
use the
profile it already has?

Outlook on the clients was Outlook 2003 with cache turned on. I
have
decided not to restore the old information store as it was full of
old
junk.
Instead, I went to the clients and exported the mailbox, just in
case.
Now, if I get the computer connected to t he server and open
Outlook,
will
it automatically sync the cached outlook email back up to the
server, or
will the mailbox be empty and I will need to import the backup?
Thanks for any assistance anyone can provide.
David













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