enderandrew Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I have a client who runs a small business. Their server was a closet without air conditioning for lack of a server room. They decided to turn up their furnace, and mostly melted their server. I have it up and limping along. However, the plan is to put in a new server/DC. As a smaller shop, they only run 1 server to do everything. They are currently running Server 2003 Small Business Edition.The guy who set everything up initially really hosed their DC, permissions, etc. Also, they use roaming profiles and want to get away from that. I intend to make a new domain from scratch on the new server. The issue becomes, can I then wipe the old server, reinstall 2003 Small Business, and make it a backup DC to a 2008 Standard edition server? I'm hoping so, but assuming not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheky Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 (edited) You want to implement this item as the fail-safe for a production environment? With reviews likemostly melted....up and limping along I dont see why I would shop anywhere else Having a mixed bag of DCs should not be an issue. Especially if the 2003 is only serving the purpose of being replicated to. Couple of threads with decent walkthroughs.http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums...71-952e0c0e10f6http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums...0c-fa18d2ebeece Edited October 20, 2009 by iamtheky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderandrew Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Thanks! I read that 2008 still supported mixed-mode, but I was worried that 2008 Standard may not like 2003 Small Business. Those look like great starting points.I'm heavily encouraging the client to build a proper computer/server room. For the time being, I have the server in their conference room. I will be placing the new one there as well until they get a proper computer room built. I will not install the new server in the closet they were using before.The really bad thing is that last month the closet overheated and they melted their switch. I warned them about heat then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaphrum Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 The sbs2003 server has to hold all the fsmo roles. You would be better off joining the 2k8 to the 2k3 domain. You would also have to extend the schema on the sbs box first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilifrei64 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Correct me if I'm wrong.. and it has been a very long time since I messed with SBS.. but cant you only have one DC in a SBS enviroment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Correct - you can have multiple member servers in a 2003 SBS domain, but none of them can be domain controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReasonIFail Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 No, you can have multiple DC's but only one of them can be SBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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