Hi there,

I've done some searching around looking at various different ways to
accomplish this... could someone please provide me with the best way to
proceed?

- I'd like to move my Server 2003 primary DC (including DNS, WINS, DHCP) to
a server that's currently running Virtual Server 2005 (Server 2003). Note:
I don't want to install the DC as a VM, just on the host server OS.
- We have a secondary DC (Server 2003) running in the Domain.
- I'd like to keep the same IP as the original server, but the server name
can be different.
In what order should I move things over to the new server?
Can I change the IP of the new destination server after AD has been moved?

Any articles that describe the process to follow would be greated appreciated.

Thanks!

Set up the Virtual server as a member server in the domain, set up DNS,
WINS, and DHCP. Use a temp IP address.
Copy over whatever files necessary. Run dcpromo on the server you want to
remove to make it a member server. At this point you can change the IP and
computer names, BEFORE running dcpromo to bring up the new DC.

hth
DDS

"Xandros" <Xandros@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I've done some searching around looking at various different ways to
> accomplish this... could someone please provide me with the best way to
> proceed?
>
> - I'd like to move my Server 2003 primary DC (including DNS, WINS, DHCP)
> to
> a server that's currently running Virtual Server 2005 (Server 2003).
> Note:
> I don't want to install the DC as a VM, just on the host server OS.
> - We have a secondary DC (Server 2003) running in the Domain.
> - I'd like to keep the same IP as the original server, but the server name
> can be different.
> In what order should I move things over to the new server?
> Can I change the IP of the new destination server after AD has been moved?
>
> Any articles that describe the process to follow would be greated
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>

Xandros <Xandros@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've done some searching around looking at various different ways to
> accomplish this... could someone please provide me with the best way
> to proceed?
>
> - I'd like to move my Server 2003 primary DC (including DNS, WINS,
> DHCP) to
> a server that's currently running Virtual Server 2005 (Server 2003).
> Note:
> I don't want to install the DC as a VM, just on the host server OS.
> - We have a secondary DC (Server 2003) running in the Domain.
> - I'd like to keep the same IP as the original server, but the server
> name can be different.
> In what order should I move things over to the new server?
> Can I change the IP of the new destination server after AD has been
> moved?
>
> Any articles that describe the process to follow would be greated
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

Just join the domain, then dcpromo it, installing DNS/WINS/DHCP then (and
make it a GC....). If you don't care about migrating the existing databases
(I usually don't bother in a small network), you're good to go. You can then
transfer the FSMO
roles, make sure everything is working, and eventually demote/remove the old
DC.