Migrate MS Windows 2000 AD to Windows 2003 on a new hardware

Hasher · Guest

What is the best approach and correct procedure to migrate MS Windows 2000 AD
to Windows 2003 AD?

Current Windows 2000 AD contains DNS, DHCP, WINS.. it is not a GC

Also, what is the best approach to copy or move all the shares (User
Directory, Documents) from one server onto a new server without re-doing all
the permissions on the shares.

Appreciate your responses.

Ryan Hanisco · Guest

Hi Hasher;

To get this done, you would add the 2003 server to the domain just as you
would any other DC. If this is the first 2003 DC in the forest, you'll need
to run adprep from the disk -- if this is 2003R2, make sure you run the
version on Disk 2.

From there, you can move the other services one at a time until you are sure
they are all working on the other DC. Since you should be running DNS on the
other DC, this should come over automatically. As to DHCP, you'll have to
migrate it.

Finally, to move the files, you'll want to use xcopy to preserve the
permissions. Remember though, that you'll have to manually set up the
shares. Just be sure to drop the old share as soon as you move it so you
won't have people writing to both places -- that can be a mess.

ADPPREP for server 2003:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/bc5ebbdb-a8d7-4761-b38a-e207baa734191033.mspx?mfr=true

Migrating DHCP:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/4207a8c1-2788-4be8-b9f8-ce28501a24571033.mspx?mfr=true

Using XCOPY /o /x:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true

Hope this helps!

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"Hasher" wrote:

Jorge de Almeida Pinto [M · Guest

upgrade or migrate?

upgrade domain:
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2005/11/19/What-information-is-available-when-UPGRADING-from-W2K_2F00_E2K-to-W2K3-_2800_R2_29002F00_E2K3_3F00_.aspx

migrate to new domain:
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2006/12/27/Migrating-stuff-with-ADMTv3.aspx

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