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From: Leythos on 23 Feb 2010 10:14 In article <0386D051-5421-4E37-A9D0-2E34CDEF3923(a)microsoft.com>, LeonidSKnyshovSBSExpert(a)discussions.microsoft.com says... > > Actually not that big of a big deal. It's really a HAL issue from what it > sounds like. > > Put the drives into a new box. Boot from SBS CD. > Repair Windows. > Done. > > I've done this many times. > > Another solution? Acronis physical to virtual. Basically same thing but more > automated. Another solution is to use ERD to adjust drivers. The problem is that I don't have another server to boot from, just the new 610 that they tell me just arrived, so I'm out of luck on that method. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Leythos on 23 Feb 2010 18:24 In article <OnR2YMLtKHA.3660(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, gwdibble(a)NOSPAM.frontiernet.net says... > FWIW and haven't had time to try it myself, but I'm told that if you install > the drive from the dead box in a working machine (or use an external > enclosure), you can use the Sysinternals P2V tool to create a VM of the old > server. You might have complications like SCSI, or no server to install the > drive in, but having a VM of that old SBS might let you do a conventional > migration if you can figure out a way to make P2V work. > Well, the new server came in today, already have SBS 08 installed, created the 30+ security groups, created the users, installed the old drives in a workstation and copied all their data across... SBS 2008 shows that it's SP1, not even SP2, and I still can't see the dang company web from the local server in IE - it sure would be nice if MS would recall all the defective media and replace it with media that is updated to include the fix for this. Downloading 60+ updates remotely now to apply and reboot. One thing that threw me for a loop, on the View Basic Information page, instead of showing Small Business Server under Windows Edition, it shows "Windows Server Standard FE"..., check a couple other SBS 08 servers and they show the same thing - had me worried when I saw that - never noticed it before. Dell did a good job, the sales rep (corporate) worked with me to get a machine over-nighted, even telling me that the NEW ones would not ship for several days, but to check the outlet store since they ship over- night... He was right, less than 16 hours later and we had it onsite. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert on 23 Feb 2010 21:50 You didn't have to boot the server. Booting from SBS CD into Windows Setup and completing the Windows Server 2003 setup repair process from non-GUI screen would have resolved the problem. :) -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :) "Leythos" wrote: > In article <0386D051-5421-4E37-A9D0-2E34CDEF3923(a)microsoft.com>, > LeonidSKnyshovSBSExpert(a)discussions.microsoft.com says... > > > > Actually not that big of a big deal. It's really a HAL issue from what it > > sounds like. > > > > Put the drives into a new box. Boot from SBS CD. > > Repair Windows. > > Done. > > > > I've done this many times. > > > > Another solution? Acronis physical to virtual. Basically same thing but more > > automated. Another solution is to use ERD to adjust drivers. > > The problem is that I don't have another server to boot from, just the > new 610 that they tell me just arrived, so I'm out of luck on that > method. > > -- > You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little > voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. > Trust yourself. > spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) > . >
From: Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] on 24 Feb 2010 16:15
Good info, thanks for the update. FWIW, I think Microsoft has heard the feedback about media. I think it's something they're trying to address, but IMO no major progress yet. "Leythos" <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in message news:MPG.25ee2da65ebd8f3198a153(a)us.news.astraweb.com... > In article <OnR2YMLtKHA.3660(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, > gwdibble(a)NOSPAM.frontiernet.net says... >> FWIW and haven't had time to try it myself, but I'm told that if you >> install >> the drive from the dead box in a working machine (or use an external >> enclosure), you can use the Sysinternals P2V tool to create a VM of the >> old >> server. You might have complications like SCSI, or no server to install >> the >> drive in, but having a VM of that old SBS might let you do a conventional >> migration if you can figure out a way to make P2V work. >> > > Well, the new server came in today, already have SBS 08 installed, > created the 30+ security groups, created the users, installed the old > drives in a workstation and copied all their data across... > > SBS 2008 shows that it's SP1, not even SP2, and I still can't see the > dang company web from the local server in IE - it sure would be nice if > MS would recall all the defective media and replace it with media that > is updated to include the fix for this. Downloading 60+ updates remotely > now to apply and reboot. > > One thing that threw me for a loop, on the View Basic Information page, > instead of showing Small Business Server under Windows Edition, it shows > "Windows Server Standard FE"..., check a couple other SBS 08 servers and > they show the same thing - had me worried when I saw that - never > noticed it before. > > Dell did a good job, the sales rep (corporate) worked with me to get a > machine over-nighted, even telling me that the NEW ones would not ship > for several days, but to check the outlet store since they ship over- > night... He was right, less than 16 hours later and we had it onsite. > > -- > You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little > voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. > Trust yourself. > spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) |