I did that once in my life and will never try it again!
NEVER rename the server. Nothing will ever work again and you have to
reinstall everything (That was on Windows NT 4.. maybe windows2K is better..?)
I would approach it differently...
Just build it offline. Don't connect it to the network. Name it the
same as the other server, and use the same IP address as the other server.
.. Use an old backup to get the directory structure, so you can set
permissions, and set up the web server.. (if you don't have a tape drive on
the new server, burn a CD with the old data, transfer it to the new server
on CD, but don't forget to remove the read-only attribute)
Then, late at night when nobody is around....
Shut down the web server on the old one. Copy the data files to a
third server on the network, unplug the old server from the network, plug
in the new one, then copy the files back to the new server, and voila!
Al Musella, DPM
Musella Foundation
At 01:25 PM 12/8/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I need to replace my aging NT 4.0 / CF 4.0.1 Pro server with new hardware,
>Win2K Adv. Server, and CF 4.5.1. At Verizon, we can only perform this kind
>of change during the late night hours. So, to save time at night, I'd like
>to build the new server during the day, migrate the content, and then just
>swap the hardware that night. No problem there.
>
>However, to maintain compliance with our company's server naming standards,
>I need to rename the new server once it's online so it will have the same
>name as the old server. Has anyone done this before? If so, has anyone run
>into any problems or quirks? Forewarned is forearmed...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Eric A. Laney
>Systems Engineer
>Verizon IT
>
>"It is easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of computers by the
>sense of accomplishment you get from getting them to work at all." - Douglas
>Adams
>
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