Sounds like a well thought out plan. Not sure if anyone brought this up, but you may want to start considering fail over clustering for the file server down the road. It will eventually remove the reliance on a real server name. then you can just swap servers in and out of the cluster, and its' totally invisible to the user.
YMMV Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 10/25/2011 07:09 PM Subject: Possibly a brilliant mistake... A scenario for y'all to consider... I've got a file server (Win2003 R2) running as a VM. It's using the MS iSCSI connector to connect with the 4 data partitions it's running. My cunning plan to upgrade is to: o- Bring up a Win2008 R2 VM o- Configure all of the print queues on it to match the old server o- Gin up a batch file that will recreate the shares on new machine to match the shares on the old machine o- Down the the original 2003 R2 server and delete the account from AD o- Change the name of the new 2008 R2 server to match the old server o- Connect the LUNs on the iSCSI devices to the new machine and give them the same drive letters o- Run the batch file on the new machine to create the shares o- Go home and drink a few glasses of the nice wine I have stashed for just such an occasion I'm sure someone out there has done something like this and can tell me if it's a viable upgrade method. Anyone care to comment? Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
