Posts Tagged ‘SBS 2003’
You know your server is old when…
Saturday, October 13th, 2012
You try to run Windows Update and instead get redirected to this website
Basically – your server has not been patched in so long, that Microsoft does not support it at all anymore and you need to go and install the most current service pack before you can begin the patching process. I saw this screen this weekend on an SBS 2003 server that was deployed on 2nd December 2004 and up until Friday was still running. On Friday it suffered a major hardware meltdown and now we are rushing to help this client get the server virtualised so they can continue business on Monday.
Tags: Patch Management, SBS 2003
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Oh how quick we forget SBS 2003
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Our team is migrating around 2x SBS 2003 servers as week right now over to SBS 2011 Standard. We’ve gotten pretty darned good at it but every now and then something stops you dead in your tracks. Today one of the guys was onsite doing part of the preflight check on a migration. As part of that we need to revert the server from a 2 NIC configuration with ISA as the firewall to a single NIC configuration. He did this and rebooted the server as planned. However after the reboot we found that there were issues. Users could not do DNS, they could not get an IP via DHCP or anything like that at all. After scratching our heads for a bit we finally remembered something we long forgot now… the Scalable Network Pack that Microsoft deployed as part of Windows Server 2003 SP2 was the problem. It’s been at least 5 years since I’ve seen an issue caused by this and for some reason the patch that Microsoft released to disable these features on SBS was not applied to this server. The patch I’m talking about is this one http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948496. After we applied this and rebooted – everything was fine.
I’ve got to say though… it’s been a while since I’ve seen this issue. You can bet that a check for this patch is now part of our server build/migration documentation for sure!
Tags: Migration, SBS 2003, SBS 2011 Standard
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“ConfigureSharePointDatabaseTask: Microsoft SharePoint Foundation is not configured” during SBS 2003 to 2011 Migration
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
When doing the SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 migration, make sure you have the latest version of the document and ALWAYS review the document in full.
Microsoft made a recent change in the documentation which included a step designed to get around this issue – it’s documented on Page 17 where you need to give the built in administrators group the right to logon as a batch job. If you have not done this then you will get the error listed in the title of this post.
Tags: Migration, SBS 2003, SBS 2011, SBS 2011 Standard, SharePoint, Windows Sharepoint Services
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How can I tell what Exchange Version I have?
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
I stumbled across this gem last week and thought I’d share it with you. Using the tables listed here you can figure out what version of Exchange Server you are running.
You can use the Get-ExchangeServer powershell command to find the Exchange 2010 and 2007 versions, but you will need to use the GUI in Exchange 2003.
Tags: Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange Server, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2, SBS 2008, SBS 2011, SBS 2011 Standard
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SBS 2011 Migration Tool Updated
Friday, October 21st, 2011
Microsoft this week have released an update for the SBS 2011 Migration tool that ships on the SBS 2011 DVDs. This tool takes into account more then a dozen additional checks that need to be done prior to a migration to ensure that the smooth migration form SBS 2003 or SBS 2008 to SBS 2011 Standard. It’s quick and easy to get the update, when you run the Migration Tool on your SBS 2003 or SBS 2008 server before you commence the migration, simply allow it to check for updates and the tool will bring the updates down and then perform the checks on your machine.
The SBS team has a blog post about the tool here
You can also find out more information about the specific checks done by the tool and the corrective actions needed here
This update is a MUST for any migration you are doing as well as reading the SBS Team blog – you can use this link to quickly check the Migration category for migration issues on SBS 2011 migrations.
Tags: Migration, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2, SBS 2008, SBS 2011, SBS 2011 Standard
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Object Not Found when moving mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Recently when doing an SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 Standard migration, I had an error of “Object not found” in the Local Move Request screen as you can see below.
I did some digging and found that the permissions on the SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003 mailbox store had been changed for some third party application.
Too fix it do the following,
- Open Exchange System Manager on the Exchange 2003 server.
- Expand the nodes until you get to the First Administrative Group and then expand the Servers node.
- Right click on the Exchange 2003 / SBS 2003 server and select properties
- Go to the Security tab and select the Advanced Button
- Select to enable the “Allow inheritable permissions…” box as below
- Then Select OK twice to apply the changes.
- Restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store on the Exchange 2003 / SBS 2003 server and re run the move request on the Exchange 2010 / SBS 2011 Standard server once again.
Tags: Exchange 2003, Exchange 2010, Exchange Server, Migration, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2, SBS 2011, SBS 2011 Standard
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What pre-requisites do I need on SBS 2003 before I run the Source Tool to migrate to SBS 2011?
Friday, August 19th, 2011
This extract is direct from the SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 Standard Migration documentation.
- To run the migration tools, you need Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 on the Source Server. To download and install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, see Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86).
- To ensure that the server update process works properly, go to Microsoft Update to automatically install the latest version of the Windows Update Agent. For more information, see article 949104 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
- Installation requires that you first install Microsoft PowerShell 2 0. You can download and install the software from the Windows Management Framework (Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0) website.
- Installation requires that you install Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0. You can download and install the software from the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 website.
Don’t forget now…
Tags: SBS 2003, SBS 2011, SBS 2011 Standard
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What pre-requisites do I need on SBS 2003 before I run the Source Tool to migrate to SBS 2011?
Friday, August 19th, 2011
This extract is direct from the SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 Standard Migration documentation.
- To run the migration tools, you need Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 on the Source Server. To download and install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, see Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86).
- To ensure that the server update process works properly, go to Microsoft Update to automatically install the latest version of the Windows Update Agent. For more information, see article 949104 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
- Installation requires that you first install Microsoft PowerShell 2 0. You can download and install the software from the Windows Management Framework (Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0) website.
- Installation requires that you install Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0. You can download and install the software from the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 website.
Don’t forget now…
Tags: SBS 2003, SBS 2011, SBS 2011 Standard
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SBS 2011 Standard Migration White Papers
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
I’ve done a few posts already on migrating to SBS 2011 Standard. I figured I would create this post as a permanent placeholder for all migration whitepapers on how to get to SBS 2011 Standard Edition. Below is the list of whitepapers you need to get to SBS 2011 from the previous versions of SBS.
SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 Standard Migration White Paper
SBS 2008 to SBS 2011 Standard Migration White Paper
Migration to SBS 2011 Standard on new hardware
For migration white papers on moving to SBS 2011 Essentials – check this post.
Tags: Migration, Planning, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2, SBS 2008, SBS 2011, SBS 2011 Standard, Whitepapers
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SBS 2011 Essentials Migration White Papers
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Similar to the post I did on SBS 2011 Standard Migration White Papers, I’m doing this one to create a permanent placeholder for all migration whitepapers on how to get to SBS 2011 Essentials Editions.
SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 Essentials Migration White Paper
Migration to SBS 2011 Essentials on new hardware
For migration white papers on moving to SBS 2011 Standard – check this post.
Tags: Migration, Planning, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2, SBS 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials, Whitepapers
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