Upgrading to Small Business Server 2003

I am assisting a small business in upgrading from Windows 2000 to Small Business Server 2003. I was told we were going to have to format the drives and do a fresh install. I will have a complete tape backup to restore data, but will I be able to restore my Active Directory information? What else must I do to prepare my clients for this upgrade? The documentation I have found talks about migrating from 1 server to another, but we only have 1 server and do not have the $$ to purchase another just to upgrade the OS. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

There are 5 clients and about 30 user accounts. So it would not be a great deal if I had to recreate them all, but I was hoping their may be an easy way to restore my AD info into SBS 2003

I am also changing the server from a single drive to a raid 5 configuration, so reformatting the drives are not an issue, because I have to do this anyway in order to get RAID setup.

Thank You.
Allen

Marina
Wed Feb 11 10:08:19 CST 2004

Look on the CD of SBS 2003. There should be a document about how to migrate
from W 2000 server to SBS 2003.

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Marina
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"ARMitts" <armitts@excite.com> schreef in bericht
news:28DC1852-F312-4617-B64D-BFCAE4531E5D@microsoft.com...
> I am assisting a small business in upgrading from Windows 2000 to Small
Business Server 2003. I was told we were going to have to format the drives
and do a fresh install. I will have a complete tape backup to restore data,
but will I be able to restore my Active Directory information? What else
must I do to prepare my clients for this upgrade? The documentation I have
found talks about migrating from 1 server to another, but we only have 1
server and do not have the $$ to purchase another just to upgrade the OS.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> There are 5 clients and about 30 user accounts. So it would not be a
great deal if I had to recreate them all, but I was hoping their may be an
easy way to restore my AD info into SBS 2003.
>
> I am also changing the server from a single drive to a raid 5
configuration, so reformatting the drives are not an issue, because I have
to do this anyway in order to get RAID setup.
>
> Thank You.
> Allen

Kevin
Wed Feb 11 14:00:40 CST 2004

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/Plan/GSG/sbsgsgab.asp

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"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"



"ARMitts" <armitts@excite.com> wrote in message
news:28DC1852-F312-4617-B64D-BFCAE4531E5D@microsoft.com...
> I am assisting a small business in upgrading from Windows 2000 to Small
Business Server 2003. I was told we were going to have to format the drives
and do a fresh install. I will have a complete tape backup to restore data,
but will I be able to restore my Active Directory information? What else
must I do to prepare my clients for this upgrade? The documentation I have
found talks about migrating from 1 server to another, but we only have 1
server and do not have the $$ to purchase another just to upgrade the OS.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> There are 5 clients and about 30 user accounts. So it would not be a
great deal if I had to recreate them all, but I was hoping their may be an
easy way to restore my AD info into SBS 2003.
>
> I am also changing the server from a single drive to a raid 5
configuration, so reformatting the drives are not an issue, because I have
to do this anyway in order to get RAID setup.
>
> Thank You.
> Allen