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SCOM is massively expensive, Nagios has a free version and a paid for version so you should check out the differences.

You can try Nagios http://www.nagios.org/ Open Source or Solarwinds but that will cost you

You can use Windows backup tools to schedule a system state backup of the AD server and specify the location. This should meet your needs. Otherwise backup locally and then robocopy the file off to the NAS.

YOu could always use the SC command as well. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742107(WS.10).aspx http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sc.mspx?mfr=true It's a great tool.

HAL needs updating via Device Manager. Simple process, follow this doc http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309283

The IIS manager takes a backup of the Metabase data. You'll need this to restore the data you are talking about above to do a restore. Read this article. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/131b609d-ff3a-488f-a8dd-13044fa623a1.mspx?mfr=true

Try hitting F8 during start up and booting to Safe Mode. This will use default VGA drivers and might resolve the issue.

The Lad - you could get away with pulling the spare but i usually swap it first, especially if it is a global hot sapre and could be called into use for a drive failure in a different array such as the OS array. I would normally include Point 1 to ensure that minimal disk I/O at the time of...

Yes, you can use open DNS http://www.opendns.com/ It's a free service, you'll need to read up all about it as i have only heard a little about it from a friend

I'd be cautious of doing the firmware updates at teh same time. Doing only the drive swaps and partition expansion will reduce the risk of something going wrong. If you have performed this operation sucessfully on the array before then you know if works. Complete the disk swaps and expansion and...

I don't think demoting the DC will allow you to remove R2, check here for the full list of features http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773240(WS.10).aspx Why is R2 not allowed on the network?

Try this page for the specific card http://tiny.cc/5Hwec or this page if always useful for finding drivers for HP stuff. http://welcome.hp.com/country/uk/en/support.html The cp005118 driver is the one for windows 2003 server.

SATA drives will be practical, You will not notice much difference in speed of the drives if you are backing up over the internet. Sata drives may have higher failure rates than SCSI but they are much cheaper. You will need to use a dedicated PCI SATA RAID card to run these drives. You could...

the method you have described is the safest way, just remember to disable the spare first otherwise you will be waiting while the spare is used. I can't think of another way other than ensuring that you have a safe backup of all the data in case anything goes wrong