Re: Setting up an Intranet Site

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Sorry Al, Not getting much time to revisit the Ng at the moment.

Ok ! Dual P3s are a little old for SBS2K3 IMHO, but it's possible.
Assuming this id SBS 2K and not 4.5 my plan would be to put in an IDE
Drive, Ghost to that, ( then replace the drives and Ghost back if you
like ), and just do an in-place upgrade per the Docs on the SBS Website.

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx#EBAA

Make sure you have all the drivers you may need.
Worst case you can blow it away and Ghost back to the old SBS 2K setup.

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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
CI Information Technology
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Melbourne SBS Users Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/melb-SBSusers/



"Al" <aadfvadvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1fidnR8vxrCD78ffRVnysQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sorry - typo on size of drive - should read 36gb (it is 3 x 18gb on a
> Raid 5 format)
>
> "Henry Craven [SBS-MVP]" <IUnknown@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ulyonLiPFHA.3880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> With a P3, 6Gb HDD I'd forget about upgrading on the same hardware.
>>
>> --
>> Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
>> CI Information Technology
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Melbourne SBS Users Group
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/melb-SBSusers/
>>
>> "Al" <sadfgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:Abidne_1AdxYfcXfRVnyig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Henry thanks - my worry is how difficult the upgrade is (have to do
>>> it ourselves & can't afford any downtime risk!) - existing hardware
>>> is twin P3 1gb ram, adaptec RAID with 6gb but only 1/2 used. Would
>>> rather not buy another server - what are the pros & cons of upgrade
>>> "as is" or fresh instal on new HD's (so could revert to the old
>>> drives if new instal is tricky!) but how difficult is it them to
>>> move existing setings/data.
>>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>


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