Need to rebuild my SBS 2003 Premium Server
- From: "AllenM" <ghost@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:36:12 -0700
I need to rebuild my SBS 2003 server and am seeking the best procedures on
how to go about it. I got a game plan that needs some issues addressed
before I proceed.
My network consists of an SBS 2003 Premium Server (SP1), 2 NIC's
ISA 2004 (SP1)
SQL Server 2000 (SP4)
MS Exchange 2003 (SP1) SMTP server.
Windows 2003 Server (SP1) as my backup domain controller hosting DHCP and
DNS for "internal" only.
Windows 2003 Server (SP1) as my application, Citrix and file server.
Here's what happened and my current status. Due to problems from a power
outage still unknown many things on my SBS Server went faulty. Some
important services such as MSSQL$SBSMONITORING and SQLAgent$SBSMONITORING I
can no longer start. All my sharepoint applications, Companyweb, OWA, RWW no
longer function. I also had some hardware issues that is currently my main
issue. I have 2 arrays on my SBS 2003 server. RAID 1 (2-36GB) on one channel
and a RAID 5 (5 36GB-hotspare). The problems lies within my RAID 1. I had
one drive shown as being faulty. I can not see the drive in the RAID
Controller utility even though during POST it showed it was rebuilding. This
went on for several days and I know it doesn't take that long to rebuild a
36GB mirrored drive. So I figured that the drive couldn't rebuild due to a
faulty drive. With the assistance from DELL support we tried to resolve
this. Well it was determined I needed a new motherboard, perhaps a new HD,
CPU and VRM controller. It was also suggested (here's what caused the big
problem) that I flash my RAID controller firmware with the latest version.
Apparently even though the drive never rebuilt, it was displaying that it
was and that when I flahs the RAID contoller firmware it is preventing me
from rebuilding the drive (replace with a new HD)because it cannot recognize
it. So basically I need to replace both drives and either do a diaster
recovery from tape or rebuild from scratch. Due to the many ongoing issues
with the current image I wouldn't want to recover and still have all these
issues and problems. I would prefer to rebuilt from scratch and upgrade to
SP2 with a fresh new install Other than the SBS products there isn't much
on the C drive. I have everything on tape. A few programs on the D drive
that I can reinstall no problem.
So here's what I am thinking of doing. I have several remote users who
obviously need remote access. It is a critical time for the comapny as we
have a few deadlines we need to meet to keep the customers happy. My remote
users come in via Citrix Web Interface (which by the way is still
functioning well). I need to limit my downtime because of them. My internal
users I have no problems with as they only need access to my other Windows
2003 server. They can live without internet and email we can access via
webmail through the ISP. I will have a pc hooked up externally that they can
do this on.
So I need to build a "temp" SBS 2003 server with my only concern being ISA
so my remoe users can Citrix in. It has to be SBS due to licensing
requirements. After the temp SBS server is in place I will take the
production SBS server offline and rebuild my RAID array with new HD's. Of
course I have several questions as to the best way to go about it. I also
have many concerns reagrading how much can I do rebuilding an SBS server
offline. I open to comments and criticism and am seeking suggestions, best
practices, best documentation. thanks in advance and if I left some info out
please let me know and I will post.
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