Migrating from one 2003 box to another

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I have a 2003 box that is giving me fits so imaged the drive with
StorageCraft's ShadowProtectIT however I am getting an error on restoring
that I can't get a solution to. So, I was going to install the OS on the
new box and then migrate user data and server settings over.

We just use this box for remote desktop access and nothing else. No
Exchange, no AD, no file shares, just remote access so I wouldn't think it
would be a difficult migration. How would I get all the user data and
server settings migrated to the new box? Any tips or or articles would be
helpful.

Thanks,
Tom
 
Re: Migrating from one 2003 box to another


"SoxFanInVA" <tjubb@no.spamsalot.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 2003 box that is giving me fits so imaged the drive with
>StorageCraft's ShadowProtectIT however I am getting an error on restoring
>that I can't get a solution to. So, I was going to install the OS on the
>new box and then migrate user data and server settings over.
>
> We just use this box for remote desktop access and nothing else. No
> Exchange, no AD, no file shares, just remote access so I wouldn't think it
> would be a difficult migration. How would I get all the user data and
> server settings migrated to the new box? Any tips or or articles would be
> helpful.

What User Data and Server Settings?

I'll make some assumptions:
User data = User Profiles
Server settings = I have no idea

For the Profiles the users have to log into the new server to create the new
blank profiles. Once created you can copy the My Documents, Desktop,
Favorites, ect from the old profiles to the new ones. Don't try to copy the
whole profile, only copy the relevant material. Some thing will still have
to be manually reconfigured by the user.

Another option might be NTBackup,..maybe to can do a Backup and Restore
*without* System State since the Hardware is not the same. I don't know,
that is just a guess.

Maybe someone else will have better suggestions.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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Re: Migrating from one 2003 box to another

Hi Phillip,

User data as in everything in their profile (My Docs, Desktop, Favorites and
any other user configurable settings) and login password.
By server settings I was pertaining anything in group policies that was
manually tweaked.

I did one backup using system state but you are saying not to because of the
hardware differences so I'll have to do another NTbackup and not use system
state.

So there is no way to transfer over the user passwords?

Thanks,
Tom


"Phillip Windell" <philwindell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "SoxFanInVA" <tjubb@no.spamsalot.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eTFUUU81IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have a 2003 box that is giving me fits so imaged the drive with
>>StorageCraft's ShadowProtectIT however I am getting an error on restoring
>>that I can't get a solution to. So, I was going to install the OS on the
>>new box and then migrate user data and server settings over.
>>
>> We just use this box for remote desktop access and nothing else. No
>> Exchange, no AD, no file shares, just remote access so I wouldn't think
>> it would be a difficult migration. How would I get all the user data and
>> server settings migrated to the new box? Any tips or or articles would
>> be helpful.
>
> What User Data and Server Settings?
>
> I'll make some assumptions:
> User data = User Profiles
> Server settings = I have no idea
>
> For the Profiles the users have to log into the new server to create the
> new blank profiles. Once created you can copy the My Documents, Desktop,
> Favorites, ect from the old profiles to the new ones. Don't try to copy
> the whole profile, only copy the relevant material. Some thing will still
> have to be manually reconfigured by the user.
>
> Another option might be NTBackup,..maybe to can do a Backup and Restore
> *without* System State since the Hardware is not the same. I don't know,
> that is just a guess.
>
> Maybe someone else will have better suggestions.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
> Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
 
Re: Migrating from one 2003 box to another

"SoxFanInVA" <tjubb@no.spamsalot.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Phillip,
>
> User data as in everything in their profile (My Docs, Desktop, Favorites
> and


> any other user configurable settings) and login password.

The accounts are not on the server, they are on the domain controllers
Local user configurable settings will be lost.

> By server settings I was pertaining anything in group policies that was
> manually tweaked.

The group policies are not on the server, they are on the domain
controllers. Simply apply the same GPO to the new server.

> I did one backup using system state but you are saying not to because of
> the hardware differences so I'll have to do another NTbackup and not use
> system state.

You probably can restore the backup you already have, just don't restore the
System State when you do it. You'd be best with a second opinion on the
whole NTBackup idea,..it was only a guess on my part. There are a *TON* of
things you can do *wrong* with this method.

> So there is no way to transfer over the user passwords?

Passwords don't exist on their own. They are part of the user
accounts,...the use accounts don't exist on the server, they exist in Active
Directory on the Domain Controllers.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------
 
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