Move Domain Controller to New Server - SBS 2003 to Standard 2003 x64
Question:
After all of that, there's still one other thing that comes into play...ISA Server that's on the SBS box. How would it be affected? Would I still be able to route everything through that box once everything is moved over to the new DC?
Answer:
you may check this too: How to upgrade Small Business Server Domain Environment to regular Windows 2003 Domain http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555073/en-us or http://www.sbsmigration.com/ For the DHCP, you can backup/restore from the MMC or use netsh http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/df9ecef3-7d85-... dumpnetsh dhcp server 192.168.0.1 dump > C:\Dhcp\Dhcpcfg.dmp Installing ISA on another machine is good, a VM is ok if the network traffic isn't too heavy. Will this VM being running on this new server ? You will clean the dns after removing the SBS. Take care that all domain members point to your new dns server before 've read about the migration and transition kits, but they come with some hefty price tags. I've already got licenses for the other software through the MAPS that I subscribe to. I've already shelled out about $800 for the components for the new server, and that's about my ceiling. I may have to spend another $125 to upgrade to 4GB of RAM if 2GB won't cut it. I'm trying to wait it out and see how well everything runs with only 2GB. It's not really too much of a mission critical server, so if something screws up, it's not the end of the world. It's just a home server that I run to host a few email accounts, file shares, run a couple of web sites on, and use as a firewall/router. There are only about 10 or so computers hooked up to it, and they won't all be being used at the same time, so I think ISA would probably run alright on VS. I just got the DHCP server setup and authorized on the new server. I already updated the DHCP scope options to point to the new server for DNS/WINS, so all the clients should be set once their IPs are renewed. I'm hoping that I'll be good to go from this point. I've got the WINS server setup on the new one, and both are replicating between each other. I'm guessing that once I've decommissioned the old DC, I'll be able to just uninstall WINS on the old server and delete the replication partner from the new one? I'm going to work on transferring the FSMO roles over now and hope for the best.
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