[teiger]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...6-d872028a4619

This document written by Microsoft Support Engineer Edwin Joseph describes the process that you should follow to successfully migrate settings and data from an existing server running Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 to a new computer running Windows SBS 2008.

[lambik90]

very intresting document!

Any difference for Migration
SBS 2000 to Standard Server 2008 (+gui)

AD + Exchange Migration

and keeping old SBS as member server

Thanks for your comment !!

Philippe (newbee)

[weirdscientist]

I have been looking for this document for a while now.

Has anybody tried this? has it worked?

especially the part where they ask us to transfer fsmo roles to Windows Server 2008 and also remove exchange 2000 from SBS 2000.Also mentioned in the document is demoting SBS 2000. is that even possible?

we would really like to demote sbs 2000 to a regular windows 2000 and keep using it for other purposes.

as regards Exchange 2000,what do we do with the pub1.edb/stm and priv1.edb/stm files?is that inconsequential? would importing pst files into individual mailboxes (newly created from Exchange 2007) suffice?

if someone could confirm what is claimed in this MS document indeed worked, it would be great.

WS

[mgp]

I did try this method but failed at the dcpromo.exe stage on Windows 2008 SBS Standard (as per my post "Add Windows 2008 to network as domain controller") with the following error:

The screen says "copying initial directory service database file c:\windows\system32\sbsntds.dit to c:\windows\ntds\ntds.dit"

I then get "the system cannot find the file specified" and the operation fails.

There is no sbsntds.dit in the system32 folder.

I would be interested to hear of other people's experiences and or a solution.

Cheers

[zaxatron]

The document provided by Microsoft does not work in my experience.

Yesterday I tried to perform the Windows 2000 SBS to Windows 2008 SBS migration and it failed when the new server was running DCPROM0 to become a backup DC to the original Windows 2000 SBS server.

I got this message on the new server:

"The replication operation failed because it could not allocate memory"

I find it hard to believe because the server has 4 GB of ram and the NTDS.DIT is only 30 MB in size.

I also tried to replicate from a restored copy of the system state from the Windows 2000 server to no avail. I get an error -528 , whatever that means.

The Windows 2000 SBS has had its functional level raised to Windows 2000 Native for the domain and the forest. I also ran addprep /forestprep and addprep /domainprep and they were successful.

At this stage the only solution, I can think of, is to rebuld the Windows 2008 SBS into a different forest and domain name, recreate the users, copy all the data from the old server, re do the permissions, install the apps and disjoin the workstations and rejoin them to the new domain and setup all the user profiles again. It is a big job but I only have 15 users.

I know about the swing kit migration from sbsmigration.com but my client will not pay the $200 and I do not have a temp pc to do it.

[teiger]

Just for the record: My "Temp PC" is a five year old laptop with 1.25GB RAM running Server 2003 in a VirtualPC with 512MB RAM.

[Scuba.Steve.za]

From my experience I think you have to have the SBS 2003 to a native 2003 DC before you can migrate.

That would mean andy 2000 DC would fall out of the requirements for a Dommain prep to 2008

I would at looking at swinging to a 2003 solution first then migrate to a 2008 SBS.

[teiger]

But the OP won't pay the meagre $200 for the Swing Kit!

[biggles77]

Going to go a bit here but it does have bearing on a migration.

Steven, IYHO, how long does it take on average (say 15 users) to migrate from SBS2000 or SBS2003 to SBS2008?
How much time, again IYHO, do you think Swing Migration saves during a migration?

You probably see where I am going with this because $200 is about what 2 hours of my time was charged out at. If purchasing Swing Migration costs $200 and it saves me 3 hours of work then that superb program has paid for itself and made me look good to my client especially when everything works as it is supposed to.

If I or my client doesn't want to outlay for a $200 tax deductable item and I have to spend all my time building a new SBS2008 and then taking the time to move the data and then join the workstations to the Domain and then setup all the other nick nacks that were previously working but now aren't, how long do you think that would take and cost the client?

I have asked you because I have yet to install SBS2008 in a Production environment so I have no practical idea of an actual timeline.

Thanks.

[gforceindustries]

Originally Posted by biggles77

how long does it take on average (say 15 users) to migrate from SBS2000 or SBS2003 to SBS2008?

I've never used Swing, as the contracts I tend to take on are usually for companies in such a bad state I wouldn't want to risk migrating any poison over to the new system.

I recently did a job moving a company of 20 staff from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. There were 2 of us working on it and we were taking our time over the job (in our defence, fixed price not per hour ) but we got it done in a weekend working 9 - 4 both days. That included taking full backups of the old box, installing SBS on the new server, importing all of the users data and emails, flattening the old box and putting Windows Server on it, installing BES Express and reconfiguring all of the BlackBerries.