Guest mpr2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Hello all. I have a small not for profit I'm trying to help and they want to do the following: - Build a new Windows 2003 server - Migrate their AD, DNS, DHCP, etc from their old (dying) server running Windows 2000 - Make it as seamless as possible to the end users Building the new server is not an issue. Questions arise around, should I join it to the current domain and promote it to an AD master? What are the right steps to then shut down the old server? Thanks, M -- mpr2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mpr2007's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=35696 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=857964 http://forums.techarena.in
Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP] Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Re: Windows AD Migration Howdie! mpr2007 schrieb: > - Build a new Windows 2003 server > - Migrate their AD, DNS, DHCP, etc from their old (dying) server > running Windows 2000 > - Make it as seamless as possible to the end users > > Building the new server is not an issue. Questions arise around, > should I join it to the current domain and promote it to an AD master? > What are the right steps to then shut down the old server? Why shut down the first DC? Using multiple domain controllers increases fault tolerance and "load balancing" within your domain. Having multiple DCs is highly recommended. See the following links: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325379 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555040 You basically install the server, join it to the domain, upgrade the schema of the Windows 2000 domain and promote the Windows Server 2003. cheers, Florian -- Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Group Policy. eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net. blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
Guest mpr2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Re: Windows AD Migration Thanks for the info. We need to retire the 2000 server because it is running on a PC class machine with old IDE drives and is not supportable. The new machine is server class with redundant power supplies and true raid scsi drives, etc. There are plans for a backup DC but that is a few months out. -- mpr2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mpr2007's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=35696 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=857964 http://forums.techarena.in
Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP] Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Re: Windows AD Migration Howdie! mpr2007 schrieb: > Thanks for the info. We need to retire the 2000 server because it is > running on a PC class machine with old IDE drives and is not > supportable. The new machine is server class with redundant power > supplies and true raid scsi drives, etc. There are plans for a backup > DC but that is a few months out. You're welcome. I'd still leave the "old" server running as a DC. Desktop class machines are just fine if you're not a huge shop with hundreds of users authenticating against it. Anyway, you better have a somewhat "slow" second DC users can authenticate against than no fallback in case of a hardware failure of the first one. Anyway, it's your design: my advice stays: always have at least two DCs in a production environment. cheers, Florian -- Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Group Policy. eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net. blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
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