Changing DC hardware

[Guest ThatsIT.net.au]

I want to upgrade the hardware I'm using for a domain controller in a small

network.

 

The new computer I'll be using has a sata hard drive. While the existing DC

has a IDE hard drive.

 

I don't want to have to reinstall active directory, or restore system state

as I have tried restoring system sate on a different computer before and of

cause there are problems with device drivers and such.

 

What I wanted to do was to put the sata drive and the IDE drive in a third

computer and copy the complete disk from the IDE drive to the sata drive

then put the sata drive in the new computer and boot it up.

 

I'm not really a hardware man would this work?

 

Any one see any problems with doing this

[Guest Hank Arnold (MVP)]

Re: Changing DC hardware

 

ThatsIT.net.au wrote:

> I want to upgrade the hardware I'm using for a domain controller in a

> small network.

>

> The new computer I'll be using has a sata hard drive. While the existing

> DC has a IDE hard drive.

>

> I don't want to have to reinstall active directory, or restore system

> state as I have tried restoring system sate on a different computer

> before and of cause there are problems with device drivers and such.

>

> What I wanted to do was to put the sata drive and the IDE drive in a

> third computer and copy the complete disk from the IDE drive to the sata

> drive then put the sata drive in the new computer and boot it up.

>

> I'm not really a hardware man would this work?

>

> Any one see any problems with doing this

 

Basically, the "problem" is that is simply will not work. You can't take

boot drives and move them from computer to computer unless the hardware

is *IDENTICAL*...

 

You want to:

 

1) Set up new server.

 

2) DCPROMO it. If you are upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003,

you will need to upgrade AD first.

 

3) Install DNS, DHCP, etc. on the new server.

 

4) Move the FSMOs to the new server

 

5) Make it a GC.

 

6) Update all clients to use the new DC as a DNS server (keep the old one).

 

7) After waiting for replication to complete, try shutting the old DC

down. Resolve any issues that may come up.

 

8) Assuming that everything is OK, DCPROMO the old DC and remove it from

the domain and power off.

 

9) Clean up any leftover remnants in AD.

 

If you are trying to keep the same DC name and IP address, that is

another issue. If it's windows 2003, it *CAN* be done. If it's Windows

2000, then it's a huge problem...

 

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Regards,

Hank Arnold

Microsoft MVP

Windows Server - Directory Services

[Guest Holz]

Re: Changing DC hardware

 

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:08:21 +0900, ThatsIT.net.au wrote:

> Any one see any problems with doing this

 

Image your drive using acronis to an external drive, plug in the SATA and

apply the image, boot into safe mode, add any missing drivers and you

should be fine.

 

 

 

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[Guest ThatsIT.net.au]

Re: Changing DC hardware

 

I should of mentions that this is a SBS server 2000

 

 

 

 

"Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon@aol.com> wrote in message

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> ThatsIT.net.au wrote:

>> I want to upgrade the hardware I'm using for a domain controller in a

>> small network.

>>

>> The new computer I'll be using has a sata hard drive. While the existing

>> DC has a IDE hard drive.

>>

>> I don't want to have to reinstall active directory, or restore system

>> state as I have tried restoring system sate on a different computer

>> before and of cause there are problems with device drivers and such.

>>

>> What I wanted to do was to put the sata drive and the IDE drive in a

>> third computer and copy the complete disk from the IDE drive to the sata

>> drive then put the sata drive in the new computer and boot it up.

>>

>> I'm not really a hardware man would this work?

>>

>> Any one see any problems with doing this

>

> Basically, the "problem" is that is simply will not work. You can't take

> boot drives and move them from computer to computer unless the hardware is

> *IDENTICAL*...

>

> You want to:

>

> 1) Set up new server.

>

> 2) DCPROMO it. If you are upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003, you

> will need to upgrade AD first.

>

> 3) Install DNS, DHCP, etc. on the new server.

>

> 4) Move the FSMOs to the new server

>

> 5) Make it a GC.

>

> 6) Update all clients to use the new DC as a DNS server (keep the old

> one).

>

> 7) After waiting for replication to complete, try shutting the old DC

> down. Resolve any issues that may come up.

>

> 8) Assuming that everything is OK, DCPROMO the old DC and remove it from

> the domain and power off.

>

> 9) Clean up any leftover remnants in AD.

>

> If you are trying to keep the same DC name and IP address, that is another

> issue. If it's windows 2003, it *CAN* be done. If it's Windows 2000, then

> it's a huge problem...

>

> --

>

> Regards,

> Hank Arnold

> Microsoft MVP

> Windows Server - Directory Services

[Guest ThatsIT.net.au]

Re: Changing DC hardware

 

 

"Holz" <none@none.com> wrote in message

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> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:08:21 +0900, ThatsIT.net.au wrote:

>

>> Any one see any problems with doing this

>

> Image your drive using acronis to an external drive, plug in the SATA and

> apply the image, boot into safe mode, add any missing drivers and you

> should be fine.

>

 

I have never used acronis I just looked at there web site they have a trial

version will that do what I need?

 

Also when you say apply the image, do you mean to do this from a 3rd machine

using windows or put the disk in the new machine and do this from dos?

[Guest Holz]

Re: Changing DC hardware

 

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:34:43 +0900, ThatsIT.net.au wrote:

 

> I have never used acronis I just looked at there web site they have a

> trial version will that do what I need?

 

If this is SBS then you should use the swing process. You should got to

the SBS group and ask about it, microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

 

 

 

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[Guest ThatsIT.net.au]

Re: Changing DC hardware

 

 

"Holz" <none@none.com> wrote in message

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> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:34:43 +0900, ThatsIT.net.au wrote:

>

>

>> I have never used acronis I just looked at there web site they have a

>> trial version will that do what I need?

>

> If this is SBS then you should use the swing process. You should got to

> the SBS group and ask about it, microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

>

>

 

 

I was looking at one of their products called migrate easy, it seemed to be

what I needed and the trial is fully functional.

 

But what is the swing process?

 

I will also ask in SBS