Jeremy Phillips

I’ve decided to take a slightly different approach with my tech consolidation. Instead of Windows Home Server I’m going to consolidate my multiple boxes down to a single SBS 2008 box EDIT: plus whatever else I need for my studies. Not exactly sure of the path I’m going to take yet. My current systems are deployed as (1) DC/File/Print (DIONYSUS), (1) Exchange 2007 (HERMES) & (1) Debian Linux box that doesn’t do anything anymore. For the whole process I’m thinking something along the lines of this;

1. Reinstall Debian Linux box with 2008 x86 as BRAVO. Promote to DC in existing domain, transfer all FSMO roles.
2. Move all data from DIONYSUS to BRAVO temporarily.
3. Dcpromo to remove DIONYSUS from domain.
4. Reconfigure DIONYSUS hardware. Pop out old 2.0GHz x86 Xeons, replace with new 3.2GHz x64 Xeons.
5. Install SBS 2008 on DIONYSUS. Rename box to ALPHA as I’m tired of typing the names of greek gods.
6. I’m aware I could use the existing domain through some interesting contortions but I would honestly rather not. I’m going to build a new domain from scratch.
7. Export mailbox data from HERMES, import to mailboxes on ALPHA.
8. Move SSL cert from HERMES to ALPHA. <– Is this any harder than moving it from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007?
9. Change static NAT entries on SonicWall to repoint mail.domain.tld to ALPHA. DNS won’t need to be changed.
10. Move user file share data from BRAVO to ALPHA, remap file shares on all workstations. Re-join workstations to new domain.
11. Shutdown HERMES.
12. Dcpromo BRAVO to remove old domain entirely.
13. Dcpromo BRAVO to function as second DC/DNS for new domain.
14. Reinstall MozyPro on ALPHA to ensure everything is backed up.

Let me know anything I’m obviously missing. It’s been a long time since I’ve done much with SBS so I’m sure there is something I’m not thinking of.

I’ve got a large selection of movies from DVDs I’ve ripped (yes, I own them all) that are currently served to the Tivo by DIONYSUS using pyTivo (highly recommended btw). I’m going to leave those movies on BRAVO, install pyTivo there and call it good. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with HERMES but I’ll figure something out eventually.