Aye, "two is one, and one is none," as they say. Figure out the cost of a full day or more of downtime--say, at a certain busy time of year for an accounting firm--while someone tries to find backups, or realizes that the hardware is cooked and they can't restore the backups onto the new machine with a different hardware config...
Add two, low-horsepower machines and make both of them DCs. Rebuild the server with 8GB to run non-DC things (applications, file server, Exchange, whatever). Or you could install HyperV / ESXi / Xen and have about four virtual hosts... --Steve On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > In that case, ADD a new DC. > > Having a single DC is a liability even in the smallest environment. > > * * > > *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:32 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
