It's not that much less work if it goes well. And it's so much more work if it's borked.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > But but it is less work if it goes well! > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jonathan Link > *Sent:* Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:11 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] In place 2008 R2 DC to 2012 DC > > > > Why would you make more work for yourself? > > Transfer fsmo roles, if necessary. > > Dcpromo and demote the server to a member server then nuke and repave. > > > > The environment doesn't matter, the risk of borking a dc and the ease of > removing and adding a dc should make this kind of decision a no brainer. > > On Thursday, July 2, 2015, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I know, don’t do it….migrate. > > But I am going for it, the boxes are pretty fresh with rock solid > hardware. I have no nagging event log issues or issues with the DC’s. I > have a 2012 DC on a VM in the same room if it goes bad. They only do DC > stuff no other crazy apps on them. My domain is very flat and simple…..it’s > summer time there are only 75 people tops working and they are all cool if > it gets annoying. > > Anyone done it this way, how did it go? > > No, not doing it today, don’t want to mess up the holiday weekend. >
