Guest Mike55 Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Hey All, I have a couple of Windows 2000 servers that are just file servers - roaming profiles, shares, etc. that I want to upgrade to new hardware running Windows 2003 and keep the server names. I already have a new Win 2003 server running and joined to my domain with a different name 'server1'. What are the steps I need to take to get this done? Do I just need to copy all the folders/files I want to keep to a 3rd device, rename the new server to take over the identity of the old server, and copy the folders/files to the new server? What file copy utilities are good for copying and maintaining rights? Robocopy??? Thanks, Mike
Guest Denio Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: Upgrade file server 2k to 2003 keep server name Hi Mike, A software can help you in your scenario. Ideal Migration could satisfy and help you. Don't hesitate to go to http://pointdev.com/en/ideal- migration/index.php , a complete FAQ is present. You can also contact the Technical support at support@pointdev.com, they will answer you quicly and precisely about your scenario. Regards. =?Utf-8?B?TWlrZTU1?= <Mike55@discussions.microsoft.com> écrivait news:634DCEF4-17DE-4189-BEAB-6E6408B39F7B@microsoft.com: > I have a couple of Windows 2000 servers that are just file servers - > roaming profiles, shares, etc. that I want to upgrade to new hardware > running Windows 2003 and keep the server names. I already have a new > Win 2003 server running and joined to my domain with a different name > 'server1'. > > What are the steps I need to take to get this done? > > Do I just need to copy all the folders/files I want to keep to a 3rd > device, rename the new server to take over the identity of the old > server, and copy the folders/files to the new server? > > What file copy utilities are good for copying and maintaining rights? > Robocopy??? >
Guest Mike55 Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 RE: Upgrade file server 2k to 2003 keep server name So, I found the MS File Server Migration Toolkit and I have successfully tested it by copying files from an exsiting server to my new server. Will there be a problem if I transfer all the files from a current production server to my new server and then rename the new server to replace the production server? 'production_server1' -> copy files -> 'new_server1' rename 'new_server1' to 'production_server1' Mike "Mike55" wrote: > Hey All, > > I have a couple of Windows 2000 servers that are just file servers - roaming > profiles, shares, etc. that I want to upgrade to new hardware running Windows > 2003 and keep the server names. I already have a new Win 2003 server running > and joined to my domain with a different name 'server1'. > > What are the steps I need to take to get this done? > > Do I just need to copy all the folders/files I want to keep to a 3rd device, > rename the new server to take over the identity of the old server, and copy > the folders/files to the new server? > > What file copy utilities are good for copying and maintaining rights? > Robocopy??? > > Thanks, > Mike > >
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