DC upgrade from Win2000 to Win2003 (with Exchange and ISA)

[Guest Buttnuts]

I am not sure if this is the right group and I appoligize for the

cross post but I am really in need of some help.

I stepped into a site that needs to upgrade the hardware and software

of their current Domain. The hardware is ancient (9+ years old) and

nearly completely out of resources.

Here is the role of the server OMG

It is the PDC,

It has Exchange on it (with only a few accounts but it is the 'front

end' server for our other main Exchange server - which has all of our

accounts on it)

It also has ISA 2004 which controls all access to our network

- that access includes access to our Web Server with 6 web sites (all

public 3 of them with web services applications that access our SQL

dbase located on another separate Server. )

VPN and FTP services

We will be adding a hardware solution for the firewall/access very

soon - Cisco 5520. So I can get away with worrying about that later.

But after going through all my books and searching groups and online I

am having trouble finding the 'true/best' path procedure to take.

I figured I would get the new server in (Win2k3 Server Ent.)

1. Join the new machine to the existing domain as a member server

adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep dc promo etc.

make sure DNS is installed and working

make the new machine a global catalog server

install DHCP, Terminal Services, RRAS, Certificate services etc.

But what about Exchange and ISA.

Is it possible to install Exhange and ISA and 'restore' the 'old'

stores (Exhange) and import the old ISA config back up - Temporarily

of course; the new fire wall should be available in a few months.

Should I install Exchange 2003 and ISA 2006? And if I do what issues

with there be with the existing Exhange 2000 mail server (main mail

stores) and with ISA access - vpn, terminal services, and most

importantly web services and ftp access.?

I hope some one could steer me in the right direction.

Please post here.

and thanks for the help

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: DC upgrade from Win2000 to Win2003 (with Exchange and ISA)

 

Hello Buttnuts,

 

Just to get you correct, the server is Domain controller, Exchange server,

RRAS and ISA server? Did i miss something?

 

Is this 2000 SBS?

 

For the roles you should think about a different hardware scenario. Exchange

on separate member server, also ISA and RRAS. Domain controllers should not

run RRAS because then you have multiple ip addresses on it, can make a lot

of problems. Exchange should not run on DC's of performance reasons and ISA

server has to be a separate machine so that it will really is the wall between

outside and inside network.

 

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

no rights.

** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups

** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

 

> I am not sure if this is the right group and I appoligize for the

> cross post but I am really in need of some help.

> I stepped into a site that needs to upgrade the hardware and software

> of their current Domain. The hardware is ancient (9+ years old) and

> nearly completely out of resources.

> Here is the role of the server OMG

> It is the PDC,

> It has Exchange on it (with only a few accounts but it is the 'front

> end' server for our other main Exchange server - which has all of our

> accounts on it)

> It also has ISA 2004 which controls all access to our network

> - that access includes access to our Web Server with 6 web sites (all

> public 3 of them with web services applications that access our SQL

> dbase located on another separate Server. )

> VPN and FTP services

> We will be adding a hardware solution for the firewall/access very

> soon - Cisco 5520. So I can get away with worrying about that later.

> But after going through all my books and searching groups and online I

> am having trouble finding the 'true/best' path procedure to take.

> I figured I would get the new server in (Win2k3 Server Ent.)

> 1. Join the new machine to the existing domain as a member server

> adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep dc promo etc.

> make sure DNS is installed and working

> make the new machine a global catalog server

> install DHCP, Terminal Services, RRAS, Certificate services etc.

> But what about Exchange and ISA.

> Is it possible to install Exhange and ISA and 'restore' the 'old'

> stores (Exhange) and import the old ISA config back up - Temporarily

> of course; the new fire wall should be available in a few months.

> Should I install Exchange 2003 and ISA 2006? And if I do what issues

> with there be with the existing Exhange 2000 mail server (main mail

> stores) and with ISA access - vpn, terminal services, and most

> importantly web services and ftp access.?

> I hope some one could steer me in the right direction.

> Please post here.

> and thanks for the help