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The process of moving one system or service from one location or model to another.

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Does a DCPROMO move FSMO roles automatically?

There's seems to be a fair bit of conflicting information out there - and although I have never tried this personally (have always manually moved the FSMO roles to a new DC prior to demotion) and intrigued to know if it is actually true. As part of…
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Migrating DNS from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2

Current environment: Two Windows Server 2003 servers, not joined to our domain (These are here to handle our outside DNS requests). Plan: Stand up Windows Server 2012 R2 server, do not join to our domain. Give IP and install DNS role on server. …
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HP G8 migrate RAID0 to RAID1 with CLI commands

This is a Dynamic Smart Array B120i. The SSA (Smart Storage Administrator) is ver 1.50.4.0 The OS was installed into a single hard disc (bay 1), the SSA reports like RAID 0. Then I add a new hard disc into bay 2 (same size disc). I want to use this…
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How do I invoke scanstate from the USMT for a large number of PCs?

I've already customized all of my XML files, but I'm having trouble figuring out the logistics of how to script scanstate to run on a large (~50) number of PCs remotely. I have a list of PCs and the corresponding user profiles I want migrated in CSV…
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How does CoreOS migrate Docker containers, when Docker volumes are in use?

I'm just learning how to use CoreOS and already ran into the first problem that really keeps bothering me: When using fleetctl to start and manage units, I learned that a unit is moved automatically to another machine, when the machine chosen to run…
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Dovecot not serving old migrated emails for some clients

I have just migrated my emails to a new mail server. The old and the new server had the exact same setup using MailDir with fetchmail, procmail and dovecot. The configurations of those three applications are mostly the default configurations. I just…
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How do I convert all accounts on a dovecot IMAP server from one Maildir layout to another?

I am currently running dovecot 2.x on a server with the following layout for mailboxes: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir I would like to change the layout to this format: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=~/Maildir/INBOX Is there…
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Decom old CA and Basic EFS certificates

Getting very close to decommissioning our old CA. The new CA is in place and happily issuing certificates and the old CA has had all the templates removed so no certificates will be issued. My concern about the decommissiong process though is…
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How do I migrate, and rename a computer using ADMT command line?

I've checked all the ADMT documentation, experimented with negative results and am unable to get ADMT to rename a computer during a migration. The command I'm using is: C:\admt>admt computer /f:c:\admt\computers2.txt /sd:psg.local /td:company.com…
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Things to consider when migrating from WinSBS2003 to WinSrv2008R2

In the next few weeks I should migrate a SBS2003 DC to Win2008R2 on a different server. I found this guide here: http://demazter.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/migrate-small-business-server-2003-to-exchange-2010-and-windows-2008-r2/ That guide is pretty…
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Srv2K3R2 to Srv2K8R2 migration redirected folders with user exclusive rights robocopy access issue

Trying to migrate users My Documents and Desktop redirected folders where the users have exclusive rights to the folders. Using Robocopy with /e and /copyall attributes running as domain admin. Access is denied. This is from Server 2003 to Server…
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SCSI Windows NT from vmware to virtualbox

We are trying to virtualize an old Windows NT 4.0 server in a bad shape. We've managed to create an vmdk image using vmware converter coldclone boot cd and we can successfully run it on vmware workstation which works flawlessly but we want to…
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How do I restore a Windows Server 2008 R2 bare metal backup to a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V instance?

I have been trying to find a simple way to migrate a physical Windows Server 2008 R2 installation over to a virtual machine hosted on Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition /w Hyper-V. I came across the bare metal backup feature on Windows Server…
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Migrating SQL server 2000 database to SQL server 2005

Can any one suggest various ways of migrating a database from SQL server 2000 to 2005. How do I make sure all constraints, primary keys and indexes are preserved. Is there any migration tool that preserves them.
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How to connect a server to Active Directory

i am planning to migrate an office (windows xp sp3 clients and a windows 2003 server named ServerA) to a Active Directory. I already have an AD Server (ServerB) running Windows 2008 Server in compatibility mode to 2003 (so i decrease the issues with…
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