The sbs2003->2008 migration is a hard slog. Do lots of preparation and check that everything is really running smoothly first. I had problems with DNS and ended up stripping off all my member servers and sites to simplify things.
Also bring all the mailboxes down in size. If necessary archive them of and put them back later, but let the migration run on minimal storage size - and turn the AV OFF for the mailboxes - watching 200,000 emails come through at 1 per second is not fun!! For me Exchange was the steepest learning curve, but the pop pickup really comes into its own while you migrate and sort you IP issues. Changes to things like catch-alls to a bit of time to work on - but I know of an MVP's blog with a few hints (see below!!) If you get a chance to virtualise the 2003 box then you could try the migration in isolation. Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: 15 January 2009 22:10 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 to SBS2008 Migration I've done the SBS 2003 -> SBS 2003 virtual h/w migration a couple of times now. It's easy. Lots of steps, but easy. I've yet to see any of my SBS customers see any value in moving to SBS 2008. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 to SBS2008 Migration Bob\Lum, Please post your results, I've got a similar migration project for a friend of mine coming up in March so I'm starting to study now. Although, he might stay on SBS2K3.... Shook From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 to SBS2008 Migration Sorry this doesn't help, but I have a client moving to new hardware, but what I am doing is VM-ing their SBS2K3 server onto a 2008 Server with Hyper-V. When I migrate them to SBS2K8 it will be done with VM's. Please do send an update next week on how it goes (here or off-list is fine). David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS 2003 to SBS2008 Migration I have just finished reading the article and will do a migration from 2003 to 2008 (new hardware) this weekend. Anyone have experience with this? Did you run into any problems? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
