SMS server - Domain move with Hardware Upgrade - Possible?

[BarbieGirl]

I need to move my SMS server from an NT4 domain to a new W2K domain. Then I would like to upgrade the installation to a new server (more power!).

Current configuration:
SMS 2.0 (SP4) on W2K Server (SP3 with most patches)
SQL 2000 (I think SP2)
SMS Clients: 250

I want to know if it would be faster and easier to rebuild or should I just follow the Site recovery task list from Microsoft?

Suggestions? Good articles?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ndouglass]

Looking at the size of your SMS Site I'd say it would be much easier to build a new site on your new hardware.

I've done many over the last year and I've had a new SMS Site Server built and running within 2 hours, the client population can take a number of days.

This is also a good way of housekeeping to make sure you don't keep carrying non used data.

Good Luck

 

[BarbieGirl]

Thanks ndouglass!

I have decided to do the rebuild and move to new hardware as you have suggested.

Another question - Do I need to remove the client from each computer or can I take down the original SMS box, rebuild and the clients will reconfigure using the new site?

Can I give the new site the old site name or will this confuse the situation?

Thanks.

 

[terry712]

i would agree

i have about a 100 sites and the servers are swapped out fairly regularly - i used to try to mess about - now it's flap and zapp - much tidier

you dont need to remove clients and same name isnt a prob - in fact probably better

i've changed site name , server name , domain name and clients come back

did have one site that they didnt - but just put the 20cli.bat in the login script for 2 days and then set them going again -
this worked well but was actually unnecessary as i noticed latter that they didnt work as i spelt the server name wrong for the lan sender account

 

[RodTrent]

Ken Lutz wrote this excellent document on moving SMS to new hardware.

Migrate SMS to a New Site Server:

http://www.myitforum.com/inc/upload/3616MigrateSMS.zip

Rod Trent
Microsoft.MVP.SMS
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