Small Business Server 2003 to 2012 R2 Migration and Virtualized Domain Controller Questions
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
You can only use the CNAME after you turn off the old server.
That's only because a CNAME wasn't used before. If you used service names rather than host names from the beginning, as you will now, this becomes transparent and you no longer need to turn off the old system.
This is a great point. garak - listen to this. Create a CNAME NOW, right now for that new server. Then use that new name for all of your new logon scripts. This will save you a ton of pain the next time this needs to happen.
Also, now is a good time to look at creating DFS shares instead of normal shares (OK not really instead of, but in addition to).
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Yes. Just like you can't skip virtualization now, don't skip proper DNS management too.
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@NetworkNerd said:
@garak0410 said:
Most people have said just ROBOCOPY the files from the old file server (in this case, SBS 2003) to the new one (2012 R2 Virtual Machine) and it will keep the permissions intact and echo the different server name...correct?
Something like this should suffice: robocopy /mir /sec /secfix "source" "destination"
Question...I want to just copy everything over from d$ on oldserver and copy to e$ on newserver. What's the best syntax for that? I am getting
ERROR : Invalid Parameter #3 : "/secfix"
Currently when trying this...
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@garak0410 /secfix needs more info. Add /copyall
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@scottalanmiller said:
@garak0410 /secfix needs more info. Add /copyall
I added it and it still doesn't like secfix...maybe my syntax is still bad:
robocopy /mir /sec /secfix /copyall "\oldserver\d$" "\newserver\e$"
and the double \ is in there, just now showing up in the post...
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Use three backslashes for it to show up.
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Why are using /sec and /secfix ? One or the other.
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And I don't believe that you can mix /mir with /copyall
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@scottalanmiller said:
Why are using /sec and /secfix ? One or the other.
Because it was suggested earlier in this thread...LOL
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/sec applies security, /secfix attempts to fix it. Pretty sure that they cannot be mixed.
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@scottalanmiller said:
/sec applies security, /secfix attempts to fix it. Pretty sure that they cannot be mixed.
Thanks dude...copying now.
I am doing a copy now to test some login scripts before Friday. I'll run a fresh one on Friday evening. Getting closer...got another problem I'll make in another post...Anti-Virus migration isn't going "by the book."
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Who is the AV provider? Most of the big players are here in the forum. Definitely open a new thread but I'll see about getting vendor eyes on it too.
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Getting a lot of these on the same file...is there a flag to skip this error or go to the next file? It will not proceed:
Access is denied.
Waiting 30 seconds... Retrying... -
@garak0410 said:
Getting a lot of these on the same file...is there a flag to skip this error or go to the next file? It will not proceed:
Access is denied.
Waiting 30 seconds... Retrying...It should skip after a few attempts. Do you have a lot of things open? Ideally you want everything turned off.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@garak0410 said:
Getting a lot of these on the same file...is there a flag to skip this error or go to the next file? It will not proceed:
Access is denied.
Waiting 30 seconds... Retrying...It should skip after a few attempts. Do you have a lot of things open? Ideally you want everything turned off.
Not at the moment...this is a sbscolsole.msc file and it tried at least 10 times before I canceled it...never moved off of it...
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@garak0410 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@garak0410 said:
Getting a lot of these on the same file...is there a flag to skip this error or go to the next file? It will not proceed:
Access is denied.
Waiting 30 seconds... Retrying...It should skip after a few attempts. Do you have a lot of things open? Ideally you want everything turned off.
Not at the moment...this is a sbscolsole.msc file and it tried at least 10 times before I canceled it...never moved off of it...
This file and it's directory (called Admin) should not be open...I'd like to skip it but continue with copyall if I can.
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Add /r:1 to make it only try once.
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Add /zb so that you can start and restart the process.
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@scottalanmiller can robocopy copy files you don't have rights to?
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller can robocopy copy files you don't have rights to?
No, nothing can. Robocopy runs under your users. Presumably Robocopy would be being run by an admin for a system copy. If you aren't an admin, Robocopy is just another application, it can't circumvent system security. If it could, any tool could.
