Guest SeriousSam Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 I need to replace a DC. I would like to get some feedback, before I get started. Currently the network has a SBS2003 as DC with no othe rmember servers. I need to replace that with a machine running Windows Server 2003 R2. I am considering the following: 1. Join the new server to the network and promote it to BDC. (Im still not sure this is possible with SBS, since SBS wants to be the only DC on a network.) 2. Decommision the SBS, and allow it to transfer the all the roles and Global Catalog to the new server. ....Will this work? If not whats the best path for this when SBS is part of the picture? Thanks! Ssam
Guest Danny Sanders Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Re: Replacing a DC You might want to ask this in one of the SBS groups. Not sure it will work. If not use ADMT. hth DDS "SeriousSam" <SeriousSam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2B79FA7A-271D-424B-B4FF-1976D9C99D1F@microsoft.com... >I need to replace a DC. I would like to get some feedback, before I get > started. Currently the network has a SBS2003 as DC with no othe rmember > servers. I need to replace that with a machine running Windows Server 2003 > R2. I am considering the following: > 1. Join the new server to the network and promote it to BDC. (Im still not > sure this is possible with SBS, since SBS wants to be the only DC on a > network.) > 2. Decommision the SBS, and allow it to transfer the all the roles and > Global Catalog to the new server. > ...Will this work? If not whats the best path for this when SBS is part of > the picture? Thanks! > > Ssam
Guest SeriousSam Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Replacing a DC Thanks Danny, I iwll check in the SBS newsgroup and see what they have to say. I appreciate the response. "Danny Sanders" wrote: > You might want to ask this in one of the SBS groups. Not sure it will work. > If not use ADMT. > > > hth > DDS > > "SeriousSam" <SeriousSam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:2B79FA7A-271D-424B-B4FF-1976D9C99D1F@microsoft.com... > >I need to replace a DC. I would like to get some feedback, before I get > > started. Currently the network has a SBS2003 as DC with no othe rmember > > servers. I need to replace that with a machine running Windows Server 2003 > > R2. I am considering the following: > > 1. Join the new server to the network and promote it to BDC. (Im still not > > sure this is possible with SBS, since SBS wants to be the only DC on a > > network.) > > 2. Decommision the SBS, and allow it to transfer the all the roles and > > Global Catalog to the new server. > > ...Will this work? If not whats the best path for this when SBS is part of > > the picture? Thanks! > > > > Ssam > > >
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