I'm close to migrating from a SBS2000 domain to a full Windows 2003. I have
had Exchange 2003 and SQL 2000 running on different boxes for awhile now. I
use a Cisco PIX as my firewall. I don't want to go to SBS2003.
After some final data off of the SBS2000 machine/domain controller - and a
few other tasks - I need to retire the SBS2000 machine. My plan is the
following and I have a few questions that I'd appreciate any help with:
1) Remove an existing Windows 2000 DC from the network - as a "DC in the
closet" fallback option
2) Install a Windows 2003 machine and promote it to a DC in the SBS 2000
domain. Also setup DNS on this machine and make it a GC.
3) Shutdown the SBS2000 machine and use ntdsutil to seize all FSMO roles to
the Windows 2003 DC.
Q: Would this be the recommended method for getting rid of the SBS2000
machine?
Q: Should I dcpromo it then shut it down (if it even can be dcpromo'd) or
just shut it down and remove it from the network?
4) Use ntdsutil to clean up metadata that refers to the former SBS2000
machine. Remove references to the old server from DNS.
Q: What would be the best method for doing the DNS cleanup?
* After the above steps I hope to have the same domain but with the SBS2000
box removed and the domain now running as a full Windows 2003 domain.
Q: Will the above steps effectively get me to a full Windows 2003 domain?
Thanks