Re/Max Server Closet Diary, Part 2

It's been 11 hours and 45 minutes, and I'm dog tired. The migration has gone less than smoothly, but we're finally in a good place: the new server is an Active Directory 2003 Domain Controller, all the domain accounts are migrated, and WINS, DNS, DHCP, File/Printer sharing are all configured. That just leaves Exchange for the morning - before noon. It's late, the team is tired - so we're stopping for sleep. Steve was kind enough to buy us pizza - yay!

The problems started when we tried the recommended 'upgrade an NT4 system to Win2k3 for Active Directory'. REMAX1 died. Hard. It won't boot any OS, and it's acting like it has bad RAM. After 5 years, it probably just wanted to be buried! Fortunately, we'd backed EVERYTHING up off of it, and had backup domain controllers that took over just fine. Then we setup an NT4 box in VMWare, made it the PDC, and upgraded it. After a scare with a bluescreen (requiring a driver install - no biggie in the end), it worked perfectly. Phew.

I am soooo tired, but I think some rest will make me ready for the final challenge: Exchange 2003.
Mood: tired
Music: None