Canceling the migration process

[gordmca]

Hi hope some one can help me here,

I have started a migration of our SBS 2003 server onto new hardware however have been hitting obstacles the whole way through and my time is running out to get it finished before the original sever shuts down after 7 days of joining the new server to the domain.

Is it possible to undo all the changes that I have done and remove the new server so I am back at the beginning with just the old server running?

Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers

 

[nicolasvdb]

First, here is a link to extend your grace period for migration:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3C-3264-418D-9199-2963A599E268&displaylang=en

Second, what have done already and where are the obstacles, maybe we can help here to overcome these.

 

[gordmca]

Thanks for replying but I rolled back all the changes I made this morning.

I picked a bad time to perform the migration as only been in the job for 2 weeks and think I rushed into it without checking I was happy with the amount of work required.

I will attempt this again once I have settled in however would you recommend performing a swing migration rather than following Microsoft’s paper on it?

 

[nicolasvdb]

I would just follow the Microsoft Paper...

 

[noveyron]

Swing IMO

 

[wahnula]

Have not done it myself (yet!), but when the time comes I'm heading to

http://www.sbsmigration.com

to get my supplies & support. I've read too many good things about it (and the author's personalized support) to consider any other option. The fact that you needed support for a previous migration should bear this out. And even my cheap company could afford this!

Tony

Users helping Users...

 

[ShackDaddy]

I think you'd be better off with the Swing Kit. It is more detailed and comes with assistance when you need it. Plus it's built so that the entire migration is done offline so rollback is simple if you don't like the way the new server is turning out. The actual downtime is minimal since you are prepping the new server while it's disconnected from the production network.

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net

 

[gordmca]

Thanks for the replys, sounds like swing is the way to go then, should hopefully be able to start looking into this again next week when things start to calm down a bit and fingers crossed my company will give me the go ahead to purchase the software.

How long does the average migration take using Swing?

 

[ShackDaddy]

I'd guess around six hours, but the nice thing about swing is that you don't need to touch the desktops. All that time is spent making sure the server is exactly how you want it. The time is going to depend on the complexity of the environment and whether that are any line-of-business apps that you'd need to migrate.

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net