help restoring 2k3 SBS to different hardware

[Lifted]

That is a bad idea actually. DHCP should be hosted on Windows otherwise things like registered DNS and the like *may fail.*

I also have noticed that certain routers don't handle redundant DHCP as well as they should.

I suggested that as an alternative for when the SBS server is down for maintenance. Since Exchange, file shares, etc., would all be on the SBS box, the only thing the secondary server would be handling in the case you mentioned is DNS.

 

[imagoon]

I suggested that as an alternative for when the SBS server is down for maintenance. Since Exchange, file shares, etc., would all be on the SBS box, the only thing the secondary server would be handling in the case you mentioned is DNS.

Maybe. Personally if I had the second server I would divide storage up among them etc. That is up to skyking/ his client of course.

 

[PatrickBateman]

EVEN If you want a single SBS server, the cost of spare hardware is nothing. knowing what I learned these past 3 days, I would always have spare hardware.

When I built our SBS, I purchased two identical motherboards for this exact situation

 

[skyking]

Don't want two servers running, just the spare hardware. I also looked at the hyper-V alternative and that looks quite complicated.