Retiring an SBS 2003 1

[i300i]

Hello,

I built a new SBS 2008 machine (SRV02) as a home/lab server. I have a SBS 2003 (SRV01) that I will be retiring. I have not yet had both servers on the same network.

I'd like to know if I can demote the SBS 2003 server so that it can be connected to the same network as the new SBS 2008 server without causing AD conflicts. This would be temporary, while I copy files to the new server and review settings. I would like to be able to map a drive on the new server to the old one and to RDP to each server from a client machine. (I have my reasons for not performing a swing migration.)

So far, my plan is:
Disable DNS and DHCP on SBS 2003
Demote SBS 2003 with DCPROMO
Change the SBS 2003 IP address to something unique (it's currently the same as SBS 2008)

Does this sound like a valid plan?

Thanks in advance.

 

[NetworkTek]

There is a patch you can install so that the two can co-exist on the same network for 21 days. You do not have to demote the Sbs 2003 box to do this. You would have to at minimum disable dhcp and assign it a different ip address. There is a formal migration process so that you can migrate mailboxes and everything. Not sure if this is something you need to do. I will give you the link anyway. The link also contains the url: for the patch as well.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...63-78af-4a96-811e-284f5c1de13b&displaylang=en

I have followed this to migrate a few Sbs 2003 boxes now.
Hope this helps

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[i300i]

Thank you. That looks like just what I need. I have already moved users and mail to the new server, but I need to migrate a custom web app that is not part of Sharepoint.

I'll read-up on this document. I'm curious to find out if my old server will turn into a pumpkin on day 22.

 

[NetworkTek]

Been there and it does for sure on day 22. It will continously shut down every 20 minutes, I believe that was the interval anyways.

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MCSA 2003
MCTS