Well I'm thinking of leaving the 03 Dc's for more than a month...probably a year or so before I go fully 2008.
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > None, and there was a good 30 days between the first 2008 DC and the last > 2003 DC. > > > > > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, August 25, 2008 2:37 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Win 2008 domain > > > > So no issues leaving the 03 DC's running alongside the 08 DC? > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Kennedy, Jim < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did our seven DC's over the course of a month. I started the same way you > are going to, demote/remove one and bring it up. It was a non-event, while I > like many of the things in 2008 it feels more like a feature pack than an > new server OS. The only issue we had were some WINS oddities with our old > ghosting boot disks, just needed an lmhosts file on the disk or turn on the > master browser service in the DC's. > > > > > > > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, August 25, 2008 2:27 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Win 2008 domain > > > > Anyone jumped aboard the 2008 AD already? Currently I have three domain > controllers. I'm planning on demoting a DC, removing it from the domain, > wiping the box, installing 2008, then run the necessary adpreps... anything > else to take into consideration? I can keep the other two domain > controllers running 2003 and leave the domain in mixed mode can I not? I > also have a 03 member server running 03 exchange if that makes a > difference. Any ssuggestions or caveats appreciated. > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
