Yes, minus well. Sent from my FriPad
On 2012-01-17, at 5:32 PM, "Jimmy Tran" <jt...@teachtci.com> wrote: > Nothing in particular. It’s a small accounting firm that runs lots of tax > software over the network. I just noticed there was 8GB installed but only > 4GB is used due to the OS limitation. I figure we minus well upgrade to a 64 > bit. > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:20 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008 > > What David said: > > -- Add a new server to the domain temporarily > -- Promote to DC and take all the roles > -- Move the Data somewhere temporarily (or, at the very least, ensure that it > is backed up) > -- Rebuild the new server as a DC x64 > -- Join it to the existing domain and take back all of the roles > -- Put the data back on the machine > > Off you go. > > What is the app or functionality that requires the 8GB RAM, btw? The answer > might change the approach. > > > > ASB > > http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker > > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… > > > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Jimmy Tran <jt...@teachtci.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a client who currently has a Windows Server 2008 32-bit machine. They > need to upgrade to 64 bit so they can make use of the 8GB of ram they have > installed. The server is a DC and file server only. I’m thinking I’ll have > to recreate a whole new domain since I only have one server to work with and > cannot directly upgrade to 64 bit. Do you guys have any suggestions on how I > can do this? > > Thanks, > > Jimmy > > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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 ~ 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
