David: so for your setup, do you have one or two DC's? Is anything virtualized?
From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008 I say seize, you say transfer.....yeah you are correct - I just went through the seize activity last week practicing for an SBS swing so it was in my head, transfer is the better way to go. Dave From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008 Also, don't seize the roles, transfer them. On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Steve Kradel <[email protected]> wrote: Aye, "two is one, and one is none," as they say. Figure out the cost of a full day or more of downtime--say, at a certain busy time of year for an accounting firm--while someone tries to find backups, or realizes that the hardware is cooked and they can't restore the backups onto the new machine with a different hardware config... Add two, low-horsepower machines and make both of them DCs. Rebuild the server with 8GB to run non-DC things (applications, file server, Exchange, whatever). Or you could install HyperV / ESXi / Xen and have about four virtual hosts... --Steve On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: In that case, ADD a new DC. Having a single DC is a liability even in the smallest environment. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: Nothing in particular. It's a small accounting firm that runs lots of tax software over the network. I just noticed there was 8GB installed but only 4GB is used due to the OS limitation. I figure we minus well upgrade to a 64 bit. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008 What David said: -- Add a new server to the domain temporarily -- Promote to DC and take all the roles -- Move the Data somewhere temporarily (or, at the very least, ensure that it is backed up) -- Rebuild the new server as a DC x64 -- Join it to the existing domain and take back all of the roles -- Put the data back on the machine Off you go. What is the app or functionality that requires the 8GB RAM, btw? The answer might change the approach. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All, I have a client who currently has a Windows Server 2008 32-bit machine. They need to upgrade to 64 bit so they can make use of the 8GB of ram they have installed. The server is a DC and file server only. I'm thinking I'll have to recreate a whole new domain since I only have one server to work with and cannot directly upgrade to 64 bit. Do you guys have any suggestions on how I can do this? Thanks, Jimmy ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
