Agreed, although you should be careful to note (and take appropriate actions
for) any apps that utilize hard coded DNS server entries prior to sunsetting
the original 2K DC.
It's always been a best practice to stand up a new DC vs. upgrade in place.
Not a hard and fast rule, but a best practice.
If your DNS is integrated, and since WINS is replicable (word?) as well,
then DHCP is the only animal left to contend with really. You'll want to
pay some attention to how you approach that so that you work with the lease
times, option settings, networks, etc.
-ajm
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Migration Question
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:44:10 -0500
My personal opinion is that you carry less crap over if you bring up a
new 2k3 DC (even if only temporarily). You can always reformat and
reuse the original server then move it back if you need to.
Bob
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Alex
Posted At: Monday, October 10, 2005 8:26 AM
Posted To: ActiveDirectory
Conversation: AD Migration Question
Subject: [ActiveDir] AD Migration Question
I have a W2K AD that I want to migrate to W2K3 AD. What's the best
option: In-place upgrade of the W2K DC or standing up a brand new W2K3
DC server
And then upgrade the W2K DC to W2K3?
By the way the W2K DC is also running DNS, DHCP, & WINS. I have one more
DNS server. If I go the second route do I need to set up a DNS server or
can I use the existing ones?
Thanks
--Alex
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