Posts made by garak0410

Next Error...I got passed the forest part of the wizard. Stopped on the Domain Controller Options Wizard Where you have options for DNS, Global Catalog and such...it stops and says:

A DOMAIN CONTROLLER RUNNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 OR LATER COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON THIS DOMAIN. TO INSTALL A READ-ONLY DOMAIN CONTROLLER, THE DOMAIN MUST HAVE A DOMAIN CONTROLLER RUNNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 OR LATER.

Months of research said I could go from SBS 2003 to 2012 R2. Is that the problem? Or is this because I couldn't get ADPREP to run on my 32bit 2003 server?

@Dashrender said:

What does it say your forest function level is? does it show 2003 function level?

Newbie mistake...I had only changed the DOMAIN level and not the forest. Changed...moving on.

@garak0410 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Maybe it didn't replicate. But there is only one DC, right? So nowhere for it to have replicated to.

Well, bad choice of words...wonder if it REALLY changed it. It shows 2003. So, right now, stuck. I could reboot the current DC tonight but alas, it puts me behind a day now.

Searching for a similar situation but nothing is coming up.

@scottalanmiller said:

Maybe it didn't replicate. But there is only one DC, right? So nowhere for it to have replicated to.

Well, bad choice of words...wonder if it REALLY changed it. It shows 2003. So, right now, stuck. I could reboot the current DC tonight but alas, it puts me behind a day now.

@scottalanmiller said:

The old server is 2003 or it's functional level is 2003? Which did you check?

Both...I changed the Functional Level about a month ago in prep for this. Wonder if it ever replicated? So, stuck here now.

@garak0410 said:

OK...adding the AD and DNS roles currently...waiting on the wizard to complete.

I got to the joining the domain and promotion step and it is telling me the FORREST FUNCTIONAL LEVEL IS WINDOWS 2000. If it is referring to the old server, I've checked and it is 2003.

OK...adding the AD and DNS roles currently...waiting on the wizard to complete.

@scottalanmiller said:

You should already be joined to the domain. It doesn't need to ask you the domain name because you only promote within the domain that you are already in.

OK, going to go step by step now...even without having the AD role yet, it is OK to join my new Domain Controller VM to the domain, correct? Just wanted to make sure...

@scottalanmiller said:

I love text adventures because you use your imagination and the story can really develop.

One of my favorites was DEADLINE because, well, you had a deadline to solve a murder. The problem was, you often had to be at the right place at the right time and type "wait" for something to happen. I never did solve it...and I don't like walkthroughs...

While only old school for being one of the first CD-ROM games, I still like Myst and am excited another one is coming out this year...though this game SCREAMS touch and would love to see it on a smartphone or tablet.

OK...this is officially Migration Week and ready to just "do it."...everyone has twisted my arm to remain with and trust Virtualization. Now that I got that VMQ turned off, the VM's run great.

So, another question I am unclear about and I have may have asked about it in some capacity...and I'll try to be as detailed as possible.

So, since I can skip running ADPREP on the existing Domain Controller since it is 32 Bit, when do I run it on the future new Domain Controller?

My next step in the migration portion of this is this:

			□ Add the AD role.
				® http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh472162
				® After adding the AD DS role and DNS roles to your new Windows 2012 R2 Server simply click the link under Post-deployment configuration from your server manager titled "Promote this server to a Domain Controller"
				® Walk through the wizard and add your new domain controller to your existing domain.

So, here are my questions:
I've never done this wizard before...will it eventually prompt me to enter a domain name? (I want it to be the same as my current one for sure)
By promoting it, it will not affect the other one at all correct? So I should be able to do this during business hours right? Only on demotion of the old one, will this one take over, right?

Thanks...

@scottalanmiller said:

And, just in case it isn't clear elsewhere, Unitrends is a VM on is own. It doesn't run on top of something else. You just download and pop into HyperV. It's an appliance, just in virtual form.

Yes...I installed Unitrends and it automatically created a Hyper-V VM. It was nice.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

I've never played on a MUD, what's involved?

It's an old school text adventure platform, but multiplayer. It's the parent of all multiplayer, online games. It was pure text, no graphics but that made it really powerful, much like books compared to movies.

Text Adventures...still my favorite genre but a good graphic adventure is my favorite too. So pumped a new Text Murphy will be released soon!

@scottalanmiller said:

This is, sadly, one of the ways in which HyperV is more confusing than every other product on the market. Microsoft, in an attempt to make things "easy" makes the SO confusing.

Good, I am justified in my confusion. Ha. And I now see where something like Unitrends is helpful in VM backups now too.

OK, I am going to bump my DC up in memory to handle the backups for now. See, just see an advantage of virtualization. I just am not ready for new snafu's if they should arise related to Hyper-V.

@scottalanmiller said:

@garak0410 said:

BackupAssist had been giving me conflicting stories...they said I can run their stuff on the host AND backup AD from the host and have granular restores. I am still a little wary of it as it just does one large backup and doesn't let me select what exact folders I want...

http://www.backupassist.com/education/resources/hyperv_implementation_guide.html

When you say "the host" what do you mean?

Why not use BackupAssist exactly like you are using it now?

The physical server that hosts the virtual's. What they kept telling me over and over is that the ONLY way AD could be backed up was only from the Domain Controller itself.

But as you said in the other post, I can just load BackupAssist on the Domain Controller, back up AD and remote backup the files and SQL and also do supplemental backups of the VM's with Unitrends when I get it working.

BackupAssist had been giving me conflicting stories...they said I can run their stuff on the host AND backup AD from the host and have granular restores. I am still a little wary of it as it just does one large backup and doesn't let me select what exact folders I want...

http://www.backupassist.com/education/resources/hyperv_implementation_guide.html

By the way...turning off VMQ also made remote desktop much better... So that solved my speed woes for sure...

I do appreciate the encouragement to drive on with my virtual plan...just ready to get it off my plate.

@garak0410 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Okay. So now for backups.

In what way is Unitrends appearing to not be the right solution? What is it lacking in the free version?

It's hard to tell context in a message (saying I am not irrationally upset...I'm content but determined...LOL) but I am done with virtualization. Every time I try something, some new challenge comes up. I just want the new server to work as the old one but faster. I've got too many other duties piling up (like ordering toner for our copier, LOL) and I've spent a week on this and keep finding roadblocks. I am getting great advice but it doesn't seem to be good for our environment or budget.

Not throwing in the towel but serious, one man IT shop and too much to do right now to keep encountering these little roadblocks and detours. Basically, I need a all in one backup suite to backup AD, Files, SQL on both virtual and physical. With ZERO budget. I guess I could use BOTH programs but I like it nice and neat.

@scottalanmiller said:

Okay. So now for backups.

In what way is Unitrends appearing to not be the right solution? What is it lacking in the free version?

It's hard to tell context in a message (saying I am not irrationally upset...I'm content but determined...LOL) but I am done with virtualization. Every time I try something, some new challenge comes up. I just want the new server to work as the old one but faster. I've got too many other duties piling up (like ordering toner for our copier, LOL) and I've spent a week on this and keep finding roadblocks. I am getting great advice but it doesn't seem to be good for our environment or budget.

@garak0410 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@JaredBusch said:

@scottalanmiller said:

This is where installing to USB is recommended. Just have a spare USB copy laying around.

Except you cannot install Server 2012 + Hyper-V to a USB.

Are you sure? Microsoft just recommended that two weeks ago on SW.

Well, something is causing extreme slowness just copying a file from my PC to the drive on my VM2 (services01). Horrendous. Is it network or VDISK related? I have a week now but got to get this resolved right away.

I did turn off VMQ on the Physical Adapters and bam! Normal Speeds! In fact, then testing one of our apps, making it's work directory a folder on the VM, I got a 3 second increase compared to physical drives on our current server and the hypervisor...finally, some success! LOL