Michael, I'm going from a 2003 non-SBS domain to 2008 SBS domain. Company is downsizing. I haven't found a good migration document for that yet. Still looking.
Matt On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote: > I don't understand why you wouldn't use the Microsoft Swing method, my > abbreviated Swing method, or SBS MVP Jeff Middleton's Swing method. Jeff's > kit is only USD $200, and it'll cost more time than that just to fix all the > desktop profiles. > > A very worthwhile investment. > > [Note: my method is just a slight modification of the Microsoft method - > and I don't sell anything. I've just got a couple of blog posts on what I > do. See here: < > http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/01/12/sbs-2003-hardware-upgrade.aspx> > ] > > > From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Downsizing to SBS. Same domain name? > > No reason other than the client is requesting. I have in the past always > changed the internal domain name. Looks like I should keep doing that. > > Thanks > > Matt > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Brian Desmond <br...@briandesmond.com> > wrote: > If you have WINS you're going to need to pick one domain or the other to > register in WINS while they're both still up at the same time. > Is there any particular reason the new domain needs the same name as the > legacy domain? I'd avoid it just to avoid the potential trouble. > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > br...@briandesmond.com > c - 312.731.3132 > > From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 3:27 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Downsizing to SBS. Same domain name? > I have a client that is going to be moving from a 2003 domain with VERY old > hardware to Small Business Server 2008 new hardware. > Here is my question. Can you think of any problems if we keep the same > internal domain name? If I disconnect the pc's from the old domain > ABC.LOCAL and connect them to the new SBS domain ABC.LOCAL could that cause > any problems? In the past I have always changed the internal domain/DNS > names when doing migrations like this. The client would like to keep the > same name so that's why I'm asking. > With out knowing the repercussions I would think that it > could potentially cause a ton of issues. > Thanks > Matt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
