Dave
Tue Jan 13 14:12:08 CST 2004
You should be able to install win2k server on the new hardware, transfer the
FSMO roles back to that server, and then upgrade it to SBS 2000. You might
run into a few other steps along the way - for example, you'll probably have
to call MS to get your CALS reinstalled. Nothing in the process should
disable anything that's working now, so you can take your time and post back
if you run into any problems along the way.
Was the old system hardware or software raid? SCSI? I'm curious since it
seems like uncommonly bad luck to have two drives fail at once.
"Mike Springer" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C8045D2C-2BCA-433E-A2A4-75F9379E7F63@microsoft.com...
> Two disks of the RAID 5 stopped functioning and our PDC is gone. We have a
BDC running, and I have forced the Operation Master roles that I can to be
taken over by the PDC. There exists no system backup of the PDC. The
computer that died was running Small Business Server 2000 with ISA and
Exchange installed.
>
> What is the best way to bring back our PDC and also re-install exchange as
to minimize the impact on Active Directory and the users? There any kind of
forest preparation or a switch to use with DCPromo?
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