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Windows Server Forum / Small Business Server / SBS 2000 / February 2004Migrating W2K domain to SBS 2003
Hi we've got a Windows 2000 domain with a single DC and we'd like to move towards SBS 2003 (and keeping the current DC and domain name). What is the best way to do that I thought of adding the new server as a Windows 2000 DC, trasfer the FSMO roles to this server and then upgrade it to SBS 2003. The original DC will be preserved and will act a secondary DC. Could be this the best way Thanks in advance. That sounds like a fair way - but bear in mind that you will have an upgraded box as opposed to a clean install which I would prefer. You could achieve this by installing 2k as a DC on a spare box and transfer the FSMO roles as you said. Then upgrade this spare box to 2003. You will now have a 2k3 domain to which you can add the new server as a DC and transfer the FSMO roles again. Voilla! You now have a fully clean install of 2k3 but you keep your existing domain and SIDs. I like this version slightly better than yours as there won't be any remnants of a 2000 install hanging around on your box. > Hi, > we've got a Windows 2000 domain with a single DC and we'd like to move towards SBS 2003 (and keeping the current DC and domain name). What is the best way to do that? > I thought of adding the new server as a Windows 2000 DC, trasfer the FSMO roles to this server and then upgrade it to SBS 2003. The original DC will be preserved and will act a secondary DC. Could be this the best way? > Thanks in advance. Thank you Ric. From what I can understand, the third server will be installed as a Windows 2003 DC and then upgraded to SBS 2003. Is this correct? Mickey Sorry, yes that's right. As I said - your way will work just fine but this way you will have a cleaner install. > Thank you Ric. From what I can understand, the third server will be installed as a Windows 2003 DC and then upgraded to SBS 2003. Is this correct? > Mickey but it's unnecessary. use the SBS 2003 media to do a clean install on the new hardware but only do the W2K3 part. Use adprep, from the SBS2K3 CD, to extend your current 2000 AD to accomodate W2K3 DC's ('adprep /forestprep' & 'adprep /domainprep'). Join W2K3 to the domain and dcpromo it into a DC role, move the FSMO roles, make it a GC, continue with SBS setup. Did it this afternoon. > Sorry, yes that's right. As I said - your way will work just fine but this > way you will have a cleaner install. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > > Mickey Okay, that is gonna be my scenario. I want the SBS machine to hold the FSMO roles and keep the original Windows 2000 DC as an additional DC in the new SBS environment. What you did is just like the installation of a normal W2K3 DC in an existing W2K structure, the SBS part can be performed afterwards and it's pretty straightforward, is this correct? On the Microsoft website I found also a whitepaper about this issue (http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx) . It is recommended to use another DNS name, another domain name and use ADMT for migration. This is nonsense. Thanks again. really, it doesn't matter what you want, SBS _must_ have the FSMO roles. Yes, once you have the 2K3 machine as DC and holding the FSMO roles it's pretty well 'follow the bouncing ball'. The upgrade document you refer to has info about two procedures 'upgrade' or 'migrate', the new server name, new domain name, and ADMT is only required for 'migrate'. > Okay, that is gonna be my scenario. I want the SBS machine to hold the FSMO roles and keep the original Windows 2000 DC as an additional DC in the new SBS environment. What you did is just like the installation of a normal W2K3 DC in an existing W2K structure, the SBS part can be performed afterwards and it's pretty straightforward, is this correct? > On the Microsoft website I found also a whitepaper about this issue (http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx) . It is recommended to use another DNS name, another domain name and use ADMT for migration. This is nonsense. > Thanks again. Hi I would like to know how did your installation go did you have many problems or was it straight forward. Only other question I like to ask is about Exchange Server 5.5 migration from w2k server to SBS 2003 server into Excahange 2003 our Scenario is thi We have W2K Server with one DC and running exchange 5.5 We have purchased a new server on which we would like to run SBS 2003 with exchange 200 We would like to keep the same domain name and make sbs 2003 as the main DC and make the old w2k server as additional DC Thanks in advance |
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