[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] Get ready for migrating - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Monday, July 21, 2008 7:00 PM bradley

Get ready for migrating

To get ready for a migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 the first thing you do is READ.

You heard me, READ.

Let me say this one more time.. before you begin to order any new server or anything.. download these guides and READ.

Download details: Windows SBS 2008 to 2008 Migration Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=31cbc5dd-21b1-4a6e-9a9d-740ce7605448&displaylang=en&tm
And then read some more:
Download details: Windows SBS 2008 Installation Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=48229e80-d05b-4fa5-9591-8c388ab5d633&displaylang=en&tm

The SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 migration path includes migrating SharePoint on the old v2 to the new v3 to be named oldcompanyweb.

Now that you've read those two (you have haven't you?) you know that you know that there's no inplace upgrade.  So if you have a newerish system you can't plop the dvds in there and boot from there and go.  Not to mention, my home SBS Server doesn't have a DVDplayer just a cdrom one. 

But if you want to take a box and migrate plan on imaging it, moving it to a virtual state or something and stage your migration from there.

Then you need to see if your existing box is 64bit ready.  You can either find the specs -- http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12092_div/12092_div.HTML or you can use a couple of tools.

First one is Crucial.com's memory configurator.

Prices range from about $500 for 4 gigs, to $139 for 2 gigs. I'd recommend 4 gigs either in one kit or 2 2gig kits shown there.

Okay now we need to see if the chip is 64bit ready.  We could read the HP info... which says Processors include support for Hyper-Threading and Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)

Or we can use another tool. http://www.grc.com/securable.htm

Yes to 64bit, yes to Hardware DEP, no to HyperV.

One last thing.  There is no support for going from RC0 to RC1 to RC whatever to RTM.  You cannot run the RCs in production as you will not be supported.

So in the meantime... read.

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# re: Get ready for migrating

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:44 AM by Chris Knight

You can use the SBS migration process to go from Beta to RC0 and RC0 to RC1 (good practise!). You can also do a migration for AD objects using ADMT and judicious use of RunAs with the /netonly switch.

The Beta/RC EULA specifically prohibits use in a live environment, so it's not only supported but it's a violation of the license terms. Unless you've got something like a TAP agreement.

# re: Get ready for migrating

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:20 PM by Guy

Susan,

Do you know if there's a migration for SBS 2003 WSS 3 to SBS 2008 WSS 3?

Thanks for all the useful info on the new release.

Guy

# re: Get ready for migrating

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:08 PM by Mike DeVincentis

Oh boy, this is going to be fun! Serious, I can't wait to try this out on my own home sbs. ;)

Mike

# re: Get ready for migrating

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:18 AM by Ran Hooper

"Prices range from about $500 for 4 gigs, to $139 for 2 gigs. I'd recommend 4 gigs either in one kit or 2 2gig kits shown there."

I'd have a really hard time spending $500 on something that old.

# re: Get ready for migrating

Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:12 PM by Geoff

Is this guide for SBS 2003? where is our 2003 Migration Guide MS or did you not proof your doc??

" Important

Unlike previous versions, the Windows® Small Business Server 2008 server software (Windows SBS) requires a 64-bit server. Windows SBS 2008 does not support a 32-bit processor architecture.

This guide tells you how to migrate an existing Windows SBS 2008 domain to Windows SBS 2008 and then to migrate the settings and data. This guide also tells you how to remove your existing server from the Windows SBS 2008 network after you finish the migration. "

Kinda contridictory