Migrate Active Directory Domain Controller from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
Want to upgrade your domain controller Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
Important Steps to Follow:-
- Raise Domain Functional Level
- Prepare your current Windows 2003 Active Directory for Windows Server 2008 domain controllers.
- Then, we will need to setup the server as an additional domain controller With Windows Server 2008.
- Transfer FSMO roles to the Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller
Lets start the Migration
- Raise Domain Functional Level We need to configure the domain to run in native mode.
- On the Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, run Active Directory User and Computers snap-in by clicking on Start > Administrative Tools > Active Directory User and Computers
- Right Click the Domain Name node, then click on Raise Domain Functional Level
If you have Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controllers then choose Windows 2000 native, if you do not have any Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controllers and all of your domain controllers are Windows Server 2003, then choose Windows Server 20003. I will select Windows Server 2003 and then click the Raisebutton.
- A warning message will be displayed, informing you that the changes cannot be reversed. Click OK
- Functional level was raised successfully. Click OK
- Now Close the Active Directory User and Computers snap-in
2. Prepare current Windows 2003 Active Directory
- Before you can have a 2008 server domain controller in your existing 2003 domain, we will need to prepare both the Forest Level and the Domain level, this is done by running the following commands on the Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller.
- Insert the Windows Server 2008 DVD inside the Windows Server 2003 DVD Drive
- Open Command Prompt, this is done by Clicking on Start > Run > type CMD > click OK
- Type D:\sources\adprep\adprep /forestprep (Where D: is the drive of your Windows 2008 DVD)
Click Enter.
Read the warning message, I don't have any Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controllers, so I can simply skip this by typing Cand then press Enter, else quite the Forest Preparation step and upgrade Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controller(s) to SP4, then run forestperp again.
- After Forest preparation is completed successfully, run the Domain preparation command
Inside CMD, type D:\sources\adprep\adprep /domainprep (Where D: is the drive of your Windows 2008 DVD)
If you have not Raised the Domain Functional Level from Windows 2000 Mixed to Windows 2000 Native or Windows 2003 as was illustrated earlier in step # 1, then you will receive the following error message after you run domainprep command:
- If you did raise the domain functional level, adprep will successfully update the domain-wide information
- Although adprep /domainprep will update the domain-wide information, you can still run the last command adprep /domainprep /gpprep
Inside CMD, type D:\sources\adprep\adprep /domainprep /gpprep (Where D: is the drive of your Windows 2008 DVD)
As you can see, Domain-wide information has already been updated when we ran the domainprep command, as no Group Policy Object (GPO) updates needed, or GPO information has already been updated.
3. Setting Up an Additional Domain Controller with Windows Server 2008
Now that Windows Server 2003 Active Directory has been prepared for Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers, its time to Set Up an Additional Domain Controller With Windows server 2008 and set it as a Global Catalog. If you already have an additional Windows Server 2008 domain controller and you want to check if it is a Global Catalog
Steps to install ADC windows 2008 = http://www.getcomputersolution.com/solution/setting-up-a-additional-domain-controller-in-windows-server-2008
Steps to install Global Catalog server = http://www.getcomputersolution.com/solution/steps-to-configure-a-windows-server-2008-domain-controller-as-a-global-catalog
4. Transfer FSMO roles to the Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller
The last step in migrating a domain controller, is transferring the FSMO roles to the new domain controller.
Steps to transfer FSMO Roles = http://www.getcomputersolution.com/solution/step-to-transfer-fsmo-roles-in-windows-server-2008
Now you will successfully be able to migrate your old Windows Server 2003 Domain controller to Windows Server 2008
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