Re: transition pack

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Before you run the Transition Pack there are a few steps you should take to ensure a smooth transition:

1.) Do a thorough, complete, VERIFIED backup. If it isn't verified and tested, it isn't a backup, IMHO.
2.) Clean up your HD. Remove temporary files, old logs, and so forth. Run Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe)
3.) Defragment the HD. Use the built in, or use a good third party such as PerfectDisk from Raxco.
4.) Disconnect the server from the internet completely. (Easiest way is just unplug the network from the back of the server.)
5.) Stop any third party services that are running as a system account and set them to disabled or uninstall them. This includes AV, disk utilities, and any real-time monitoring programs.
6.) Remove Veritas BackupExec (see KB: 914990)
7.) Run regedit and check for the presence of the key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Small Business. If it exists, remove it.

That's it. Just make sure you have the matching TP version to your SBS version. (ie, SP1 for SP1 SBS, etc.)

Also, make sure you have media kits available for your individual server software packages. You shouldn't need them, but it's good to have, just in case.

Finally, just run the transition. Expect it to take 2+ hours, and 7 or more reboots. Even if you give it the logon password, you may get prompted the first reboot - I did in 4 of 7 transitions I did last spring. No discernable pattern to it. Once that first one completes, though, you can go grab some lunch/dinner/whatever and it should run by itself.

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"dws5700" <dws5700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2811066C-02FF-4D8A-AD3B-BB3D7DD7FB7D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
How mutch time should installing the transition pack take?

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