Migrating from 2k3 domain to a 2k8 r2 domain

[phoenix79]

I need a good book to get me going. Any suggestions?

 

[yinan]

Is this going to be an in place upgrade of the domain or an actual migration? If it is just an upgrade then it is easy.

1. Build new 2K8 R2 Servers
2. Promote to DC
3. Demote 2K3 DCs
4. Upgrade forest and domain level to 2K8 R2.

Nap

 

[phoenix79]

Kinda of an odd situation... We're also moving to a new IP space at the as well. Our DC's also do DNS, DHCP, and Print Server. What we were planning to do was build the 2k8 servers, promote to DC, move them to new IP space, make one of them primary DC, configure DNS, DHCP,and PS, move rest of network to new IP space.

However, I would still like to have a good 2k8 r2 book that covers the ins and outs.

 

[dawks]

The Unleashed series of books are generally pretty good. I have a standard 2008 book, and its not too bad.

One note, there are no primary domain controllers anymore. The closest you'll find to any sort of setup like that in 2008 is that there are now Read-Only domain controllers (good for sites with slow links).

Dont forget to transfer the server roles like infrastructure master and such before removing the old servers. absolutely critical but very easy to overlook. You find them by right clicking on the domain in Users & Computers. Transfer them on the server you want to move them too.

Its actually a good idea to read up on this since you'll want to move the roles in an appropriate manner, because the are very important and can have a huge impact on the structure of your domain.

 

[rasczak]

The Unleashed series of books are generally pretty good. I have a standard 2008 book, and its not too bad.

One note, there are no primary domain controllers anymore. The closest you'll find to any sort of setup like that in 2008 is that there are now Read-Only domain controllers (good for sites with slow links).

Dont forget to transfer the server roles like infrastructure master and such before removing the old servers. absolutely critical but very easy to overlook. You find them by right clicking on the domain in Users & Computers. Transfer them on the server you want to move them too.

Its actually a good idea to read up on this since you'll want to move the roles in an appropriate manner, because the are very important and can have a huge impact on the structure of your domain.

I second the Unleashed series. I learned a lot from that book.