Migrating from one 2003 box to another

[Guest SoxFanInVA]

I have a 2003 box that is giving me fits so imaged the drive with

StorageCraft's ShadowProtectIT however I am getting an error on restoring

that I can't get a solution to. So, I was going to install the OS on the

new box and then migrate user data and server settings over.

 

We just use this box for remote desktop access and nothing else. No

Exchange, no AD, no file shares, just remote access so I wouldn't think it

would be a difficult migration. How would I get all the user data and

server settings migrated to the new box? Any tips or or articles would be

helpful.

 

Thanks,

Tom

[Guest Phillip Windell]

Re: Migrating from one 2003 box to another

 

 

"SoxFanInVA" <tjubb@no.spamsalot.hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>I have a 2003 box that is giving me fits so imaged the drive with

>StorageCraft's ShadowProtectIT however I am getting an error on restoring

>that I can't get a solution to. So, I was going to install the OS on the

>new box and then migrate user data and server settings over.

>

> We just use this box for remote desktop access and nothing else. No

> Exchange, no AD, no file shares, just remote access so I wouldn't think it

> would be a difficult migration. How would I get all the user data and

> server settings migrated to the new box? Any tips or or articles would be

> helpful.

 

What User Data and Server Settings?

 

I'll make some assumptions:

User data = User Profiles

Server settings = I have no idea

 

For the Profiles the users have to log into the new server to create the new

blank profiles. Once created you can copy the My Documents, Desktop,

Favorites, ect from the old profiles to the new ones. Don't try to copy the

whole profile, only copy the relevant material. Some thing will still have

to be manually reconfigured by the user.

 

Another option might be NTBackup,..maybe to can do a Backup and Restore

*without* System State since the Hardware is not the same. I don't know,

that is just a guess.

 

Maybe someone else will have better suggestions.

 

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Phillip Windell

http://www.wandtv.com

 

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,

or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

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[Guest SoxFanInVA]

Re: Migrating from one 2003 box to another

 

Hi Phillip,

 

User data as in everything in their profile (My Docs, Desktop, Favorites and

any other user configurable settings) and login password.

By server settings I was pertaining anything in group policies that was

manually tweaked.

 

I did one backup using system state but you are saying not to because of the

hardware differences so I'll have to do another NTbackup and not use system

state.

 

So there is no way to transfer over the user passwords?

 

Thanks,

Tom

 

 

"Phillip Windell" <philwindell@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>

> "SoxFanInVA" <tjubb@no.spamsalot.hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eTFUUU81IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>I have a 2003 box that is giving me fits so imaged the drive with

>>StorageCraft's ShadowProtectIT however I am getting an error on restoring

>>that I can't get a solution to. So, I was going to install the OS on the

>>new box and then migrate user data and server settings over.

>>

>> We just use this box for remote desktop access and nothing else. No

>> Exchange, no AD, no file shares, just remote access so I wouldn't think

>> it would be a difficult migration. How would I get all the user data and

>> server settings migrated to the new box? Any tips or or articles would

>> be helpful.

>

> What User Data and Server Settings?

>

> I'll make some assumptions:

> User data = User Profiles

> Server settings = I have no idea

>

> For the Profiles the users have to log into the new server to create the

> new blank profiles. Once created you can copy the My Documents, Desktop,

> Favorites, ect from the old profiles to the new ones. Don't try to copy

> the whole profile, only copy the relevant material. Some thing will still

> have to be manually reconfigured by the user.

>

> Another option might be NTBackup,..maybe to can do a Backup and Restore

> *without* System State since the Hardware is not the same. I don't know,

> that is just a guess.

>

> Maybe someone else will have better suggestions.

>

> --

> Phillip Windell

> http://www.wandtv.com

>

> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or

> Microsoft,

> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

> -----------------------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest Phillip Windell]

Re: Migrating from one 2003 box to another

 

"SoxFanInVA" <tjubb@no.spamsalot.hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi Phillip,

>

> User data as in everything in their profile (My Docs, Desktop, Favorites

> and

 

> any other user configurable settings) and login password.

 

The accounts are not on the server, they are on the domain controllers

Local user configurable settings will be lost.

> By server settings I was pertaining anything in group policies that was

> manually tweaked.

 

The group policies are not on the server, they are on the domain

controllers. Simply apply the same GPO to the new server.

> I did one backup using system state but you are saying not to because of

> the hardware differences so I'll have to do another NTbackup and not use

> system state.

 

You probably can restore the backup you already have, just don't restore the

System State when you do it. You'd be best with a second opinion on the

whole NTBackup idea,..it was only a guess on my part. There are a *TON* of

things you can do *wrong* with this method.

> So there is no way to transfer over the user passwords?

 

Passwords don't exist on their own. They are part of the user

accounts,...the use accounts don't exist on the server, they exist in Active

Directory on the Domain Controllers.

 

--

Phillip Windell

http://www.wandtv.com

 

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,

or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

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