Re: New SBS2003 Server - Old sbs2000 Server

It can't without a format...dc promo doesn't work and I strongly disagree with SBS Rocker's recommendation about recreating everything from scratch...

you can migrate user accounts, etc to the new machine using the tools and documentation found at sbsmigration.com It will not however move your applications to the new box

If you have to keep the old accounting system up...SBS 2000 will have to stay in place.

We can perhaps help you clean up that 4GB partition to squeak a bit of time out but other than that...you will never get

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"dabassguy1" <dabassguy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23eyqlq90HHA.4476@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the reply.

This is what I will do, except I have to save the functioning accounting
system on the old server for a few months in the new domain. Since I cannot
re-install the old accounting database engine(lost discs b4 I got the
account), I have to salvage this functioning accounting system for a few
months.

My main problem is how do I get this server which is now a SBS server, to be
a member server in my new domain. I am buying a copy of Win2003 Server for
the machine anyway, and I can install it however I need to make the change
work.

Posts in this group tell me I do not have license to demote the SBS server
and use the server product to be a member server in my new SBS domain even
if this could be done.

So I guess my question is this, if I upgrade the old SBS server to
winServer2003, can I demote the WinServer2003, and then join it to the new
SBS domain as a member server, keeping the accounting system functioning.
Has anyone had to do this?

Thanks for the help

Jeff

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eaiSHj70HHA.4916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 11 user accounts you don't have much to migrate. You can simply recreate
> those user accounts, security groups and exmerge the exchange mailboxes.
> Copy any data you want to restore to the new SBS 2003 server. Backup and
> export any SQL databases as well as Sharepoint databases.
>
> Build your new SBS 2003 server and bring it online. Recreate and restore
> the above mentioned as well as install any applications. You don't have to
> worry about any W2K3 server licenses as SBS will be doing the
> authentication. Just make sure you have ample SBS CALS. Reformat the old
> SBS 2000 server, install W2K3 server and use the SBS server wizard to join
> it to the new SBS 2003 domain.
>
> This way you have a clean, updated fresh install.
>
> "Jeff G" <dabassguy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O6OC5560HHA.4184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> One of my clients just bought a new server and SBS2003. They are
>> presently
>> running sbs2000 on a server that is fast running out of space on the
>> system
>> partition. The system partition is only 4 gigs. The system has 11
>> users.
>>
>> The client is transitioning to new accounting software on the new server,
>> but they would like to run the accounting systems side by side for a few
>> months.
>>
>> I have a plan for migration of all the applications used except for the
>> present accounting system running on the SBS2000 machine. They do not
>> have
>> the install discs for the database engine for the old accounting system
>> so I
>> cannot install it on the new server.
>>
>> The options as I came up with them, other than buying a $900 database
>> engine
>> for three months of use:
>>
>> 1) Transfer all data files except for the accounting system to the new
>> SBS2003 server. Shut down the DNS, DHCP, Exchange, SQL and other
>> services
>> provided by the new SBS Server. DCPromo the old SBS2000 server to a
>> memeber
>> server. Join the old server to the new domain as a member server while
>> both
>> accounting systems are run. When totally on the new accounting system, I
>> was going to wipe the old server clean and install a copy of Win2003
>> Server
>> and bring this machine on line as a member server. --- But reading the
>> posts on here, it became obvious I do not have license for this method,
>> even
>> if I could get it work
>>
>> 2) Upgrade the SBS2000 Server to Windows Server 2003. I assume that this
>> would leave the Win2003 Server as the FSMO,GC and DC for the old
>> SBSDomain.
>> Then I could do my DCPromo to demote the server, and join it to the new
>> domain as a member server. Is this scenario possible? The 4 gig C
>> partition on the old SBS server only has 200 Megs Free. Will
>> Win2003Server
>> install in that much space? The size of that partition was the impetus
>> for
>> the re-Format.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Jeff Goodman
>> Goodman Enterprises
>>
>>
>
>

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