Best bet is to build from scratch and promote as a DC and add as a new server into your Exchange org. 100% supported and least complicated. Unless the hardware is exactly the same you will have problems ghosting it.
Once everything is working be sure to follow the proper steps to remove your existing Exchange server (search TechNet for "removing first server from site". ***************************** * Erik Sojka, MOS, MCSE * * Manager, Network Services * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ***************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Shaun Delaney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:47 PM > To: MSWinNT Discussions > Subject: to Ghost or not to Ghost... > > > Afternoon all > > I have looked through Technet and the Knowledge base but > still don't have an adequate answer for the following: > > We are looking to upgrade our current NT4 SP6a (+ Exchange > 5.5) Server Hardware (well totally new machine actually). > Can I just Ghost the current production machine and dump that > image onto the new server (would this impact on the SID and > or current accounts) or is it best to start from scratch and > promote to PDC? > > Thanks > Shaun > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
