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Nick
Hi All,
The time has finally come to replace our now six year old Server, never
missed a beat but what was designed for four people now handles twenty.
Question is what is the best way of doing this? I suspect that there are
not many benefits in going to SBS2008 for them so am intending to stick with
SBS2003 for the moment.
First problem is that this is OEM so I guess we will need to purchase an OLP
version. Does this actually require the process of reinstalling over the
top or is it just a case of entering a new licence code?
Now the difficult bit, what is the simplest/best way to transfer all to a
new Server. I would much prefer to do some form of inline upgrade if
possible. I assume I can get all the partitions mirrored onto a simple SATA
drive and boot the Server from that avoiding the current RAID controller.
This drive is can then be transfered to new Server hardware, providing it
has a basic SATA controller on-board. Of course SBS will then not boot
because it is on different hardware.
What do I do at this point? I guess it is a case of Booting to SBS install
CD and reinstall over the top or is there a better way of doing an inline
hardware upgrade?
Thanks,
Nick
The time has finally come to replace our now six year old Server, never
missed a beat but what was designed for four people now handles twenty.
Question is what is the best way of doing this? I suspect that there are
not many benefits in going to SBS2008 for them so am intending to stick with
SBS2003 for the moment.
First problem is that this is OEM so I guess we will need to purchase an OLP
version. Does this actually require the process of reinstalling over the
top or is it just a case of entering a new licence code?
Now the difficult bit, what is the simplest/best way to transfer all to a
new Server. I would much prefer to do some form of inline upgrade if
possible. I assume I can get all the partitions mirrored onto a simple SATA
drive and boot the Server from that avoiding the current RAID controller.
This drive is can then be transfered to new Server hardware, providing it
has a basic SATA controller on-board. Of course SBS will then not boot
because it is on different hardware.
What do I do at this point? I guess it is a case of Booting to SBS install
CD and reinstall over the top or is there a better way of doing an inline
hardware upgrade?
Thanks,
Nick