I used SCVMM for my SBS P2V "swing". Talk about painless...point, click, let 'er rip, reassign the original IP's to the "new" NIC. I almost had to pinch myself during the testing because it was too easy.
IIRC the only semi-special thing I did was power down the 2nd DC before doing the P2V. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Be careful what I wish for It was worth it for just one. I rant into what I guess is a common error and it was detailed in an appendix, IIRC. This was 4 years ago migrating SBS 2003 from physical to virtual environment. Well worth the $200 for a one time deal, and for the other option, I think it's worth it, too. On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Steve Ens <stevey...@gmail.com<mailto:stevey...@gmail.com>> wrote: I bought the kit. I've done two migrations so far but am also comfortable with sbs. The Microsoft step by step guide is pretty good. I think that if you have to migrate share point, then the sbsmigration kit is worth it. If they aren't using sharepoint, then I don't think it is worth the extra $. If the company is paying for it, then by all means buy it. Do it a few times in a lab and you'll be fine. You'll find the gotchas. Also use the sbs diva.com<http://diva.com> site, there is good info there too. Sent from my FriPad On 2011-12-08, at 8:17 AM, "Michael B. Smith" <mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote: If you don't want to learn all the details and do it 15 times in your lab - then yes, it's definitely worth it. In fact, just for the SharePoint vs. WSS stuff - it's worth it. Spend it. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org<mailto:david....@nwea.org>] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Be careful what I wish for I made a recommendation to a client of mine - 50-something seats - to move from SBS 2K3 Premium to SBS 2011 with Premium Add-on. I even had CDW supply a quote so they could plan for it next fiscal year (over $6K which is a significant chunk of their IT improvements budget). Yesterday they tell me "here's the delivery e-mail from CDW...". Guess I get a big project sooner than I thought :). Fortunately their current SBS server is a Hyper-V VM so I should be able to practice this upgrade in a lab. Is the swing kit from sbsmigration.com<http://sbsmigration.com> worth it? Or rather, has anyone here used this product in their swing? I ask because my other client with SBS 2003 will likely do the same upgrade next year, but they're small and simple enough (they have all of 5 e-mail DL's and three security groups) I might do them by hand. David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229<tel:503.548.5229> // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764<tel:503.267.9764> ~ 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<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ 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<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ 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<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ 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<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ 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
