We have some 1U servers without room for a DVD Drive so we have a USB DVD drive that we utilize for these, but I agree with Malcolm that the USB Flash drive is faster.
-----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AD Migration from 2003 to 2008 Put the Windows install files on a bootable USB flash drive. Much faster than DVD drives, too. -Malcolm From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:riverside...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 05:26 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: AD Migration from 2003 to 2008 Make sure you have DVD drives! We did an in place upgrade of all our domain controllers to get the fine grained password policies; recently one of the domain controllers hosed up and the repair from the DVD would have been a very helpful utility, but without a DVD ROM in the server we were left to rebuild the server from scratch and then a restore from backup, a much longer process than it should have been. If you're planning on using Server 2008 for file services, keep in mind that Microsoft has changed the basic default NTFS security rights over the file sharing services. Read up on that before you start messing with the defaults to force what they used to be, don't skip it because "it's just file sharing". -My 2 cents worth- ~ 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 ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you do not have permission to disclose, copy, distribute, or open any attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. ~ 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
