Replacing Old Server

Hi List,

I've got the task of replacing a very old windows 2000 server with a new
windows 2003 server. The old is the PDC.

Does anyone know the best way to copy files, move DNS, etc. to replace PDC?

Mike

Hello Michael,

One question first:
Is the old server also Exchange server and will it be taken out of the domain

forever, when the new server is running?

- On the old server open DNS management console and check that you are running
Active directory integrated zone (easier for replication, if you have more
then one DNS server)

- run dcdiag and netdiag on the old machine to check for errors, if you have
some post the complete output from the command here or solve them first

- run adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep from the 2003 installation
disk against the 2000 server, with an account that is member of the Schema
admins, to upgrade the schema to the new version

- Install the new machine as a member server in your existing domain

- configure a fixed ip and set the preferred DNS server to the old DNS server
only

- run dcpromo and follow the wizard to add the 2003 server to an existing
domain

- if you are prompted for DNS configuration choose Yes (also possible that
no DNS preparation occur), then install DNS after the reboot

- for DNS give the server time for replication, at least 15 minutes. Because
you use Active directory integrated zones it will automatically replicate
the zones to the new server. Open DNS management console to check that they
appear

- if the new machine is domain controller and DNS server run again dcdiag
and netdiag on both domain controllers

- if you have no errors, make the new server GLobal catalog server, open
Active directory Sites and Services and then double-click sitename, double-click
Servers, click your domain controller, right-click NTDS Settings, and then
click Properties, on the General tab, click to select the Global catalog
check box (http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313994)

- Transfer, NOT seize the 5 FSMO roles to the new Domain controller (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801)

- you can see in the event viewer that the roles are transferred, also give
it some time

- reconfigure the DNS configuration on your NIC of the 2003 server, preferred
DNS itself, secondary the old one


Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi List,
>
> I've got the task of replacing a very old windows 2000 server with a
> new windows 2003 server. The old is the PDC.
>
> Does anyone know the best way to copy files, move DNS, etc. to replace
> PDC?
>
> Mike
>

Thank you Meinolf for you response. This is most helpful and full of info.
Let me work on this and I will post as I step through this.

Wow, thanks so much.

Mike



On 12/30/07 11:11 AM, in article
(E-Mail Removed), "Meinolf Weber"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hello Michael,
>
> One question first:
> Is the old server also Exchange server and will it be taken out of the domain
>
> forever, when the new server is running?
>
> - On the old server open DNS management console and check that you are running
> Active directory integrated zone (easier for replication, if you have more
> then one DNS server)
>
> - run dcdiag and netdiag on the old machine to check for errors, if you have
> some post the complete output from the command here or solve them first
>
> - run adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep from the 2003 installation
> disk against the 2000 server, with an account that is member of the Schema
> admins, to upgrade the schema to the new version
>
> - Install the new machine as a member server in your existing domain
>
> - configure a fixed ip and set the preferred DNS server to the old DNS server
> only
>
> - run dcpromo and follow the wizard to add the 2003 server to an existing
> domain
>
> - if you are prompted for DNS configuration choose Yes (also possible that
> no DNS preparation occur), then install DNS after the reboot
>
> - for DNS give the server time for replication, at least 15 minutes. Because
> you use Active directory integrated zones it will automatically replicate
> the zones to the new server. Open DNS management console to check that they
> appear
>
> - if the new machine is domain controller and DNS server run again dcdiag
> and netdiag on both domain controllers
>
> - if you have no errors, make the new server GLobal catalog server, open
> Active directory Sites and Services and then double-click sitename,
> double-click
> Servers, click your domain controller, right-click NTDS Settings, and then
> click Properties, on the General tab, click to select the Global catalog
> check box (http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313994)
>
> - Transfer, NOT seize the 5 FSMO roles to the new Domain controller
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801)
>
> - you can see in the event viewer that the roles are transferred, also give
> it some time
>
> - reconfigure the DNS configuration on your NIC of the 2003 server, preferred
> DNS itself, secondary the old one
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I've got the task of replacing a very old windows 2000 server with a
>> new windows 2003 server. The old is the PDC.
>>
>> Does anyone know the best way to copy files, move DNS, etc. to replace
>> PDC?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
>