New SBS 2000 upgrade from SBS 4.5

Hi everyone,

I have a SBS 4.5 on site and want to upgrade SBS2000
now. I tried to follow the white paper from microsoft that
how to upgrade a brand new server to SBS 2000.

I have a old server runs SBS 4.5 and I have a new dell
server install SBS 2000 with workgroup now. My frist
question is when I join the new server to the domain now,
and since the MS white paper said it should join my new
server with workgroup, so I can transfer all of the data
from my old server to the new one such as the pri.edb and
pub .edb by exmerge. However, if I runs the Exchange 2000
with my SBS 2000 which already have Active dirctory
install, then how can my new server join the domain with
workgroup then??

Second, since my new server runs AD now, but somehow I
want to change my server name to other, can I run
dcpromo.exe from SBS 2000 like Windows 2000 server does??

Thank you for all advice. Thank you very much.

mlieser
Sat Nov 08 08:23:00 CST 2003

Hello Sara,

Since the new Dell server came with SBS 2000 preinstalled, not all of the
steps of the whitepaper will apply.
If you want to change the server name, you will need to install the server
again to a brand new install.

If you choose to not rename the server, then you can transfer all of your
data to a client machine joined to the SBS 4.5 domain
(including your Exmerge'd Exchange data). You can then disjoin that machine
from the SBS 4.5 domain and place it in a workgroup.
You will then join it to the new SBS 2000 domain and transfer your data to
the new server and use Exmerge to move the .PST data back into Exchange.
The other steps like recreating users, mailboxes, etc. will still need to
be done.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Mike Lieser, MCSA, MCSE, CNA
Microsoft Small Business Server Support

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