RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
Hi Mike, Our intention is to have the Exchange 2003 Box and the file server to be our new DCs. We want both of these boxes to be running WINS, DNS, DHCP. This is what our current DCs are running and we just want to move everything to newer hardware and move to AD 2003. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike kline Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:43 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating >From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Chris, Here is a link to your last question and you can see the follow-ups there too. http://www.activedir.org/ml/msg11411.aspx When you say you want to move all services that run on the old DCs to the exchange 2003 boxand your file server does that mean thatyou want the file server to become the new DC? What other services would you like to run on the exchange box? Check out the link below on exchange servers and domain controllers. http://blogs.brnets.com/michael/archive/2005/01/24/319.aspx Thanks Mike On 8/3/06, Chris Pohlschneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have some questions about doing a migration from Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3AD. Our current environment entails two Windows 2000 AD domain controllers running DNS,WINS, DHCP. We also have Exchange 2003 installed on a separate Windows 2003 Server. We want to keep the same domain name and move all of the services that run on the old Windows 2000 Domain controllers onto the Exchange server and also our main file server which is Windows 2003 Server. I am a bit of a newbie and would like some guidance on how to perform this upgrade. I appreciate any help. Sorry for asking this question again, but I have misplaced the e-mails from this last discussion. Chris Pohlschneider Holloway SportswearIT 937-494-2559 937-497-7300 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
If you promote that Exchange box to a domain controller, it really will break a lot of stuff. You will be able to recover from most of it, but it will be a pain. Then in the future, if you ever want to make it NOT a DC again, it will break that same stuff, and then you will probably NOT be able to recover it. You WILL break OWA. Guaranteed. You might very well kill some other Exchange functionality as well. It is possible you could get OWA back after a tremendous amount of effort, but you really dont want to promote that Exchange box. Kevin Brunson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Pohlschneider Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:17 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating >From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Hi Mike, Our intention is to have the Exchange 2003 Box and the file server to be our new DCs. We want both of these boxes to be running WINS, DNS, DHCP. This is what our current DCs are running and we just want to move everything to newer hardware and move to AD 2003. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike kline Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:43 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Chris, Here is a link to your last question and you can see the follow-ups there too. http://www.activedir.org/ml/msg11411.aspx When you say you want to move all services that run on the old DCs to the exchange 2003 boxand your file server does that mean thatyou want the file server to become the new DC? What other services would you like to run on the exchange box? Check out the link below on exchange servers and domain controllers. http://blogs.brnets.com/michael/archive/2005/01/24/319.aspx Thanks Mike On 8/3/06, Chris Pohlschneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have some questions about doing a migration from Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3AD. Our current environment entails two Windows 2000 AD domain controllers running DNS,WINS, DHCP. We also have Exchange 2003 installed on a separate Windows 2003 Server. We want to keep the same domain name and move all of the services that run on the old Windows 2000 Domain controllers onto the Exchange server and also our main file server which is Windows 2003 Server. I am a bit of a newbie and would like some guidance on how to perform this upgrade. I appreciate any help. Sorry for asking this question again, but I have misplaced the e-mails from this last discussion. Chris Pohlschneider Holloway SportswearIT 937-494-2559 937-497-7300 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
Does changing the role on the Exchange server run the DC PROMO utility to make the server a domain controller? We want to have two DCs for 2003 and then once those are up and running, demote the old ones. I did not know if there was a way to make a server a domain controller without running the DCPROMO utility. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Brunson Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:38 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating >From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD If you promote that Exchange box to a domain controller, it really will break a lot of stuff. You will be able to recover from most of it, but it will be a pain. Then in the future, if you ever want to make it NOT a DC again, it will break that same stuff, and then you will probably NOT be able to recover it. You WILL break OWA. Guaranteed. You might very well kill some other Exchange functionality as well. It is possible you could get OWA back after a tremendous amount of effort, but you really dont want to promote that Exchange box. Kevin Brunson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Pohlschneider Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:17 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Hi Mike, Our intention is to have the Exchange 2003 Box and the file server to be our new DCs. We want both of these boxes to be running WINS, DNS, DHCP. This is what our current DCs are running and we just want to move everything to newer hardware and move to AD 2003. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike kline Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:43 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Chris, Here is a link to your last question and you can see the follow-ups there too. http://www.activedir.org/ml/msg11411.aspx When you say you want to move all services that run on the old DCs to the exchange 2003 boxand your file server does that mean thatyou want the file server to become the new DC? What other services would you like to run on the exchange box? Check out the link below on exchange servers and domain controllers. http://blogs.brnets.com/michael/archive/2005/01/24/319.aspx Thanks Mike On 8/3/06, Chris Pohlschneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have some questions about doing a migration from Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3AD. Our current environment entails two Windows 2000 AD domain controllers running DNS,WINS, DHCP. We also have Exchange 2003 installed on a separate Windows 2003 Server. We want to keep the same domain name and move all of the services that run on the old Windows 2000 Domain controllers onto the Exchange server and also our main file server which is Windows 2003 Server. I am a bit of a newbie and would like some guidance on how to perform this upgrade. I appreciate any help. Sorry for asking this question again, but I have misplaced the e-mails from this last discussion. Chris Pohlschneider Holloway SportswearIT 937-494-2559 937-497-7300 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
Running DC promo is what would change the role on the Exchange box to a DC. It's not supported: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822179Overview of operating system and Active Directory requirements for Exchange Server 2003 Why don't you go ahead and make the file server a 2003 DC and then then either promote one of the old DC's to 2003 or you could wipe one of the old DC's (after gracefully demoting the box)and start from scratch and do a clean install of 2003 and make that your second DC. On 8/4/06, Chris Pohlschneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does changing the role on the Exchange server run the DC PROMO utility to make the server a domain controller? We want to have two DC's for 2003 and then once those are up and running, demote the old ones. I did not know if there was a way to make a server a domain controller without running the DCPROMO utility. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin BrunsonSent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:38 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD If you promote that Exchange box to a domain controller, it really will break a lot of stuff. You will be able to recover from most of it, but it will be a pain. Then in the future, if you ever want to make it NOT a DC again, it will break that same stuff, and then you will probably NOT be able to recover it. You WILL break OWA. Guaranteed. You might very well kill some other Exchange functionality as well. It is possible you could get OWA back after a tremendous amount of effort, but you really don't want to promote that Exchange box. Kevin Brunson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris PohlschneiderSent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:17 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Hi Mike, Our intention is to have the Exchange 2003 Box and the file server to be our new DC's. We want both of these boxes to be running WINS, DNS, DHCP. This is what our current DC's are running and we just want to move everything to newer hardware and move to AD 2003. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of mike klineSent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:43 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Chris, Here is a link to your last question and you can see the follow-ups there too. http://www.activedir.org/ml/msg11411.aspx When you say you want to move all services that run on the old DCs to the exchange 2003 boxand your file server does that mean thatyou want the file server to become the new DC? What other services would you like to run on the exchange box? Check out the link below on exchange servers and domain controllers. http://blogs.brnets.com/michael/archive/2005/01/24/319.aspx Thanks Mike On 8/3/06, Chris Pohlschneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have some questions about doing a migration from Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3AD. Our current environment entails two Windows 2000 AD domain controllers running DNS,WINS, DHCP. We also have Exchange 2003 installed on a separate Windows 2003 Server. We want to keep the same domain name and move all of the services that run on the old Windows 2000 Domain controllers onto the Exchange server and also our main file server which is Windows 2003 Server. I am a bit of a newbie and would like some guidance on how to perform this upgrade. I appreciate any help. Sorry for asking this question again, but I have misplaced the e-mails from this last discussion. Chris Pohlschneider Holloway SportswearIT 937-494-2559 937-497-7300 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
Hello Mike, We are trying to get away from using the old DCs for anything because they are a white box computer and we are trying to get the DCs to be on our HP servers. Unfortunately, our options are limited and that is why we were looking at the Exchange Server to be a DC. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike kline Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 1:07 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating >From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Running DC promo is what would change the role on the Exchange box to a DC. It's not supported: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822179 Overview of operating system and Active Directory requirements for Exchange Server 2003 Why don't you go ahead and make the file server a 2003 DC and then then either promote one of the old DC's to 2003 or you could wipe one of the old DC's (after gracefully demoting the box)and start from scratch and do a clean install of 2003 and make that your second DC. On 8/4/06, Chris Pohlschneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does changing the role on the Exchange server run the DC PROMO utility to make the server a domain controller? We want to have two DC's for 2003 and then once those are up and running, demote the old ones. I did not know if there was a way to make a server a domain controller without running the DCPROMO utility. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin Brunson Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:38 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD If you promote that Exchange box to a domain controller, it really will break a lot of stuff. You will be able to recover from most of it, but it will be a pain. Then in the future, if you ever want to make it NOT a DC again, it will break that same stuff, and then you will probably NOT be able to recover it. You WILL break OWA. Guaranteed. You might very well kill some other Exchange functionality as well. It is possible you could get OWA back after a tremendous amount of effort, but you really don't want to promote that Exchange box. Kevin Brunson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Pohlschneider Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:17 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Hi Mike, Our intention is to have the Exchange 2003 Box and the file server to be our new DC's. We want both of these boxes to be running WINS, DNS, DHCP. This is what our current DC's are running and we just want to move everything to newer hardware and move to AD 2003. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of mike kline Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:43 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD Chris, Here is a link to your last question and you can see the follow-ups there too. http://www.activedir.org/ml/msg11411.aspx When you say you want to move all services that run on the old DCs to the exchange 2003 boxand your file server does that mean thatyou want the file server to become the new DC? What other services would you like to run on the exchange box? Check out the link below on exchange servers and domain controllers. http://blogs.brnets.com/michael/archive/2005/01/24/319.aspx Thanks Mike On 8/3/06, Chris Pohlschneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have some questions about doing a migration from Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3AD. Our current environment entails two Windows 2000 AD domain controllers running DNS,WINS, DHCP. We also have Exchange 2003 installed on a separate Windows 2003 Server. We want to keep the same domain name and move all of the services that run on the old Windows 2000 Domain controllers onto the Exchange server and also our main file server which is Windows 2003 Server. I am a bit of a newbie and would like some guidance on how to perform this upgrade. I appreciate any help. Sorry for asking this question again, but I have misplaced the e-mails from this last discussion. Chris Pohlschneider Holloway SportswearIT 937-494-2559 937-497-7300 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
Hello, I have some questions about doing a migration from Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3AD. Our current environment entails two Windows 2000 AD domain controllers running DNS,WINS, DHCP. We also have Exchange 2003 installed on a separate Windows 2003 Server. We want to keep the same domain name and move all of the services that run on the old Windows 2000 Domain controllers onto the Exchange server and also our main file server which is Windows 2003 Server. I am a bit of a newbie and would like some guidance on how to perform this upgrade. I appreciate any help. Sorry for asking this question again, but I have misplaced the e-mails from this last discussion. Chris Pohlschneider Holloway SportswearIT 937-494-2559 937-497-7300 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
Chris, Here is a link to your last question and you can see the follow-ups there too. http://www.activedir.org/ml/msg11411.aspx When you say you want to move all services that run on the old DCs to the exchange 2003 boxand your file server does that mean thatyou want the file server to become the new DC? What other services would you like to run on the exchange box? Check out the link below on exchange servers and domain controllers. http://blogs.brnets.com/michael/archive/2005/01/24/319.aspx Thanks Mike On 8/3/06, Chris Pohlschneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have some questions about doing a migration from Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3AD. Our current environment entails two Windows 2000 AD domain controllers running DNS,WINS, DHCP. We also have Exchange 2003 installed on a separate Windows 2003 Server. We want to keep the same domain name and move all of the services that run on the old Windows 2000 Domain controllers onto the Exchange server and also our main file server which is Windows 2003 Server. I am a bit of a newbie and would like some guidance on how to perform this upgrade. I appreciate any help. Sorry for asking this question again, but I have misplaced the e-mails from this last discussion. Chris Pohlschneider Holloway SportswearIT 937-494-2559 937-497-7300 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
