Does anyone know if it is possible to migrate to SBS 2008 without a source
server?

for instance, the server that was running SBS 2003 died and is no longer
available. I have a mirrored drive that I am connecting via USB to the new
server to move the Data (shared files) to the new server.

AD has to be re-created from scratch as well as other applications.



any help would be appreciated.

There is no "migration" that can be done, without a source server and if a new AD has already been created you couldn't do a migration at this point even if the source was still available unless you started over.

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http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
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"Bill" <Bill@newsgroup> wrote in message news:5036B23E-50D7-46F4-A026-A5577E11AD2B@newsgroup
Does anyone know if it is possible to migrate to SBS 2008 without a source
server?

for instance, the server that was running SBS 2003 died and is no longer
available. I have a mirrored drive that I am connecting via USB to the new
server to move the Data (shared files) to the new server.

AD has to be re-created from scratch as well as other applications.

any help would be appreciated.

If there is no migration path for this, how can I get the exchange data back
from the old system?

"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:

> There is no "migration" that can be done, without a source server and if a new AD has already been created you couldn't do a migration at this point even if the source was still available unless you started over.
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
> Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>
> "Bill" <Bill@newsgroup> wrote in message news:5036B23E-50D7-46F4-A026-A5577E11AD2B@newsgroup
> Does anyone know if it is possible to migrate to SBS 2008 without a source
> server?
>
> for instance, the server that was running SBS 2003 died and is no longer
> available. I have a mirrored drive that I am connecting via USB to the new
> server to move the Data (shared files) to the new server.
>
> AD has to be re-created from scratch as well as other applications.
>
> any help would be appreciated

You would have to do an exchange recovery first...
Most likely...even with just a beefy PC you'll have to rebuild and restore SBS 2003, then do the migration from there.

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Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
A Microsoft Registered Partner
------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft
Please do not submit questions directly to me.

"Bill" <Bill@newsgroup> wrote in message news:C454FDBE-4993-4D7C-987C-138D871F6024@newsgroup
If there is no migration path for this, how can I get the exchange data back
from the old system?

"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:

> There is no "migration" that can be done, without a source server and if a new AD has already been created you couldn't do a migration at this point even if the source was still available unless you started over.
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
> Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>
> "Bill" <Bill@newsgroup> wrote in message news:5036B23E-50D7-46F4-A026-A5577E11AD2B@newsgroup
> Does anyone know if it is possible to migrate to SBS 2008 without a source
> server?
>
> for instance, the server that was running SBS 2003 died and is no longer
> available. I have a mirrored drive that I am connecting via USB to the new
> server to move the Data (shared files) to the new server.
>
> AD has to be re-created from scratch as well as other applications.
>
> any help would be appreciated

"Bill" <Bill@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:C454FDBE-4993-4D7C-987C-138D871F6024@newsgroup

> If there is no migration path for this, how can I get the exchange data
> back
> from the old system?
>

If the old SBS is not bootable, you could use a utility such as Ontrack
(there are others), to extract the data out of the EDBs into PSTs that you
have saved in your backup (in program files\exchsrver\mdbdata). Then once
all your new users have been created and mailbox enabled, pump the PSTs into
their mailboxes. Same goes with PFs.

http://www.ontrackpowercontrols.com/...ange-overview/

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Cool Tool!
Thanks for posting that!

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Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
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http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
A Microsoft Registered Partner
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"Ace Fekay [MCT]" <aceman@newsgroup> wrote in message news:%23XhxIDbJKHA.4608@newsgroup
"Bill" <Bill@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:C454FDBE-4993-4D7C-987C-138D871F6024@newsgroup

> If there is no migration path for this, how can I get the exchange data
> back
> from the old system?
>

If the old SBS is not bootable, you could use a utility such as Ontrack
(there are others), to extract the data out of the EDBs into PSTs that you
have saved in your backup (in program files\exchsrver\mdbdata). Then once
all your new users have been created and mailbox enabled, pump the PSTs into
their mailboxes. Same goes with PFs.

http://www.ontrackpowercontrols.com/...ange-overview/

--
Ace

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confers no rights.

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Ace Fekay, MCT, MCTS Exchange, MCSE, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSA Messaging
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

> Cool Tool!

> Thanks for posting that!
>

My pleasure! :-)

Ace

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http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

Bill:

If the workstations were not disjoined from the domain, you should be able
to logon to them using domain credentials and open Outlook in cached mode
from the OST, then copy the exchange mailbox to a local PST for importing
into your new store.

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> Does anyone know if it is possible to migrate to SBS 2008 without a
> source server?
>
> for instance, the server that was running SBS 2003 died and is no
> longer available. I have a mirrored drive that I am connecting via USB
> to the new server to move the Data (shared files) to the new server.
>
> AD has to be re-created from scratch as well as other applications.
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>