Implementing Server 2008 R2

[paulbeynon]

Hi Everyone.

 

I am after a little advice, we are in the process of purchasing some new servers for our domain, these are going to be Windows Server 2008 R2 servers. The servers are going to replace our domain controllers and our file servers. The plan is this:

 

Implement 2 x Domain Controllers also running File Servers in a DFS

 

Replacing 2 x File Servers runing only shares, both different names

Replacing 2 x Domain controllers running Server 2003

 

Can anyone give me some sound advice and guidance on how to install and setup the servers as well as how to replace the DCs and the fileservers to create one DFS in our domain with the contents of both original file servers on it and whether it is possible to retain the permissions from these shares.

 

I hope this makes sense and someone can help!!

 

Many Thanks

 

Paul

[ICTCity]

Install all the servers as usually do it.

 

Run dcpromo on new server and join to the current domain. Install as DNS, GC, once everything has been replicated, change the DNS settings to your clients and finally run DCPROMO on the OLD domain controller in order to remove them from AD / DNS and so on. After that you will have only new DC running Srv 2k8.

 

Quite the same story for FS.

Use ROBOCOPY to copy folders from A to B (where A is old and B is new). Nothing more to do with permissions and so on.

 

I hope this help.

 

Cheers

[paulbeynon]

Thanks ICTCity for the reply - hopefully it will go smoothly, once we get the servers in I may be back screaming for help!!! Thanks agai - if anyone has any advice of do's and don't for a setup please let me know!!

[danttr]

Hi there,

 

You could also raise the AD functional levels once you decommission the old W2K3 servers.

 

Here is a KB about that:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322692