For AD that is easy.
1. Build the new Server,..load it up,...join it to the Domain as a normal
domain member
2. Load the same things on the new box, including DNS and whatever other
infrastructure tools it needs. I'm not getting into the WINS or DHCP
migration here.
3. Run DCPromo on the new box to make it a DC.
4. Run DCPromo on the old box the reduce it to a member server
5. Manually make the new box a Global Catalog Server (GC).
DCPromo will automatically take care of the FSMO Roles, but you have to do
the GC yourself.
For the files shares & files I always copied them manually and recreated the
permissions myself manually. It was a good way to "clean up" some of that
stuff as I did. There are probably tools for that but I never used them.
Using NTBackup may be of some help there by "backing up" files & folders
from one box,..then "restoring" to the new box. Since they are both still
part of the same domain at this point the NTBackup may preserve the NTFS
permissions.
Let the old box run for a few days or a week or so. If you want to remove it
then unjoin it from the domain after a few days. After it is a standalone
server you can do whatever you want with it.
Another thing you might consider,...create a CNAME in DNS called
"fileserver" and point it at the A-Record of whatever machine you are using
as a File Server. Then place a Shortcut based on the UNC path for the
machine (\\fileserver.myaddomain.loc) in the Desktop of the All Users
Profile on all the workstations. Then next time you ever change the file
server to another machine (and hence the name changes) you simply re-point
the CNAME to the new A-Record of the new fileserver and the user's shortcuts
should continue to work.
If I errored on any details here,..the other guys around here are welcomed
to "adjust" me
--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com
The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"Adam Hann" <ahann@smartsystems.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
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> I have a new windows 2003 server and wont to migrate all files shares and
> active directory and files to the new unit and then swap out. What the
> simplest way to achieve this. I have seen the migration tools but they
> seem old and I don't won't two conflicting on the network!
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> Suggestions appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Adam
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