Win 2K server - upgrade by Ghosting ??

[balin]

We need to upgrade an increasingly unreliable server. (Unexpcted freezes / re-booting etc.)
It is a PIII 800hz twin CPU, 1mb Ram, Raid 120mb HD etc. machine with Windows 2000 server.

Suggested New Server Specs are:
PROCESSOR - Intel Core2 QUAD 2.40Ghz - (LGA775) 1066Mhz FSB
MAINBOARD - MSI P35-NEO-F LGA775 - IntelP35 (Core 2) 1066Mhz FSB, PCIe, GBLAN, 4xSATA, 1xIDE, DualChDDR2
MEMORY - DDR2 2GB 1066Mhz Dual Channel
RAID 2 x 250gb HD

We are hoping to Ghost / mirror the Current HD. We'd rather not have to re-install our Accounting system (Accpac) which has aprox 6-10 users (max) connecting via terminal services.

1. What problems might we expect apart from the obvious hardware driver issues?
2. Would the latest Server software improve performance of the underlying Pervasive and MSaccess databases? We don't have a problem with Win 2000 server at present.

JON

 

[technome]

What you need is need is a program which will do a "bare metal" restore, to cross over the hardware differences, Symantec and Acronis have such an item. If your lucky, you may get away with a standard restore, image or clone, along with an "over the top" repair install of Windows 2000, to clear up hardware differences; install the raid driver for the new machine, on the old one before cloning. Without the repair install, Windows 2000 will not come up on the new machine.



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[balin]

Thanks - most help full.

JON

 

[GrimR]

I would rather find out how to move Accpac.

 

[balin]

Yes me to. I'm asking the Accpac forum.

JON

 

[llevon]

Hi Balin,

Aside from the driver issues you mention are you sure your freezing, crashing issues are not software related. If the problem lies within the OS then you will just move the problem elsewhere.

Building a new server and testing the migration of ACCpac would be much better solution.

Steve

 

[balin]

I'm pretty sure it is hardware. We try not to fiddle with things that work. I don't care how old the setup is, if it's solid and not broken, why fix it. That's why I want to try ghosting. I can't even justify upgrading from Office 97 !!

It's a pretty old machine and without doing long winded diagnostics etc.The consensus is it's hardware. If we have issues with the ghosting we'll of course have to re-build.

Steve thanks for your comments.
JON