Guest Mike Lloyd-Jones Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 Hi Haven't done this before so seeking some basic advice We have a Windows 2000 server as a domain controller in a small network with about a dozen XP clients We need to move to a new Windows 2003 server (new physical server) with minimum disruption to the client PC setups Question - what is the easiest way of achieving this ? We would ideally like the new server to have the same name and IP address as the old one We have the option of upgrading the Windows 2000 server to 2003 first if that makes the transition easier Help ! TIA Mike
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted November 1, 2007 Posted November 1, 2007 Re: Moving a PDC to new hardware "Mike Lloyd-Jones" <m_l_j@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ueDGcEIHIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi > Haven't done this before so seeking some basic advice > We have a Windows 2000 server as a domain controller in a small network > with about a dozen XP clients > > We need to move to a new Windows 2003 server (new physical server) with > minimum disruption to the client PC setups > > Question - what is the easiest way of achieving this ? > > We would ideally like the new server to have the same name and IP address > as the old one > > We have the option of upgrading the Windows 2000 server to 2003 first if > that makes the transition easier > > Help ! > > TIA > Mike Here are a couple of options: - Acronis TrueImage Universal Restore - http://www.sbsmigration.com (swing kit) And a few links on the subject: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/upgrading/nt4/tooldocs/msfsc.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/ads.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694/en-us
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