SBS 2008 - Essentials 2012 R2 migration

Hi,
We installed Essential R2 ( no more SBS , first bad thing and found no migration tool for R2 ... second bad thing ) , when starting the wizard we were not able to put our domain name in ( already exists .... third bad thing)
So how could we migrate easily from a SBS to a Essentials R2 without starting from scratch ( what was possible between NT & 2000, 2000 & 2003 , 2003 & 2008 and 2008 & 2011 ) ?
Thanks in advance
Regards
Dirk
Dirk

You install the server. You hit cancel at the launch.
You don't need a migration wizard any more. What exactly have you done?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2014/02/21/deploying-windows-server-2012-r2-essentials-in-an-existing-active-directory-environment.aspx
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Migration – Keys to Success - The Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2014/03/31/windows-server-2012-r2-essentials-migration-keys-to-success.aspx
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We plan to migrate a SBS 2008 to Essentials 2012 with Office 365 ( bad idea to remove exchange from essentials ).
If we plan to use the old SBS server later on, what shoud we install as OS on this machine : a Windows 2012 Standard ( wo CALS ) , ..... ?
Thanks in advance
Regards
Dirk

Hi,
Do you mean you want to keep the old physical server with a new Windows Server OS installed in the domain after migration? If so, you could purchase any standard version Windows Server and
join it to the domain, make it as a DC or just a member server. If you want to use the latest version program, maybe Windows Server 2012 Standard is the best choice.
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Accidently removed a mailbox on the SBS 2008 server during the migration from SBS 2003

I accidently removed a legacy mailbox from the SBS 2008 server while still doing the migration from SBS 2003. I meant to click on the Move Mailbox like the instructions said but clicked on the Remove option, then clicked the 'X' to close the box since
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Hi Jeff,
Would you please let us know current situation of this issue? Just check if above suggestions can help you.
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SBS to VM 2012 R2 migration

Hi all
I am after a little bit of advice and help.
I have an existing SBS 2008 HP server and I have just received my MAPS software. As I now need to upgrade to the latest versions of the MAPS software I am looking to virtualise my servers (1 SBS and 1 2008 R2) onto a single Hyper-V server. I would like to
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1x Windows 2012 R2 as Exchange server (with VOIP software)
First question is should I install the full version of Windows 2012 R2 and add the Hyper-V role to it or just download and install the Hyper-V server? Is there any difference in the software?
Second question is what is the best way to virtualise going from SBS 2008? would you suggest giving the DHCP and DNS roles to the physical server or apply them on the virtualised DC? I noticed that the Hyper-V settings ask for DHCP and DNS server details
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First question is should I install the full version of Windows 2012 R2 and add the Hyper-V role to it or just download and install the Hyper-V server? Is there any difference in the software?
There is no universal consensus on which to use.
Full Windows gets you the GUI and access to all the roles and features Windows Server has to offer. It also gives you a larger attack surface for attackers to compromise and a greater chance that you'll need to reboot for patches. Also, many of those roles
and features lose their appeal when you find out that using most any of them in the management OS costs you one of your guest virtualization rights and when you discover that Microsoft won't support a lot of them alongside Hyper-V anyway.
Hyper-V Server gives you a reduced attack space and less to patch at the expense of not having access to nearly as many roles and features. But, to manage it directly, you will need to be(come) fairly command-line proficient and to manage it well, you should
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Second question is what is the best way to virtualise going from SBS 2008? would you suggest giving the DHCP and DNS roles to the physical server or apply them on the virtualised DC? I noticed that the Hyper-V settings ask for DHCP and DNS server
details and this would seem to be an issue if the DHCP and DNS servers are actually VM's running on the Hyper-V server.
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have reason to believe that it won't boot, everything will be fine.
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IPv6 enabled on ours without any problems. THanks for the links Anil, had not heard of those problems before

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Windows Storage Server Essentials 2012 R2 + SBS 2008 Domain

I recently purchased one of the new Thecus N2000 Windows Storage Server Essentials 2012 R2 boxes and I'd like to integrate it into my SBS 2008 domain. I've successfully joined it to the domain, but whenever I try to run the "Configure Windows
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Hi Mesan,
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I've tried removing the Essentials role, rebooting, re-adding the Essentials role
Did you mean that Windows Server Essentials Experience role had been installed on that server? I only find that
deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Datacenter with Windows Server Essentials Experience role
in an existing AD Environment. For more details, please refer to following article and check if can help you.
Deploying
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Datacenter with Windows Server Essentials Experience role in an Existing Active Directory Environment
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SBS 2008 to Server 2012 R2 Active Directory Migration

Is there a tool that i can use to migrate Active Directory from SBS 2008 to Server 2012 R2?

There is no special tool for your situation. While there is a tool called ADMT that you may see mentioned if you search enough, it isn't really well suited for what you want.
With that said, there is also no *need* for a tool as I've already said. Nor do you need to recreate the users and have mismatched SIDs. You will add the 2012 machine to your existing domain and make it a domain controller. Yes, that means you will have
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If you haven't seen it already you'll probably want to check out
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Hello
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I now need to decomission the old SBS 2008 server as they have moved to a Windows Server 2012 R2 server setup for DC, File and print and application servers.
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Server 2012 std not able to see Domain, DC and DNS on Win SBS 2008 std Domain

Hi There
I have a HP ML 110 G5 SBS 2008 std server as my DC on my network. I recently added a HP Microserver running Server 2012 std (with no roles or features installed) to act solely as a file server for a 3rd party program as the program was not running efficiently
on the main server.
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domain firewall profile but I suspect that this is part of the same problem.
the resulting problem that this is causing is that the local machines that need to contact an SQL database on the 2012 fileserver intermittently either time out or are very slow to connect.
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Re-adding the server to the domain.
Stopping and restarting DNS services on the DC.
Checking physical Network connections and routing.
Putting the 2012 server into the same Organizational Unit as the 2008 DC.
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Also, as some additional info -
Event viewer gives the following errors:
Group Policy Error:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
Date: 2015-04-27 01:17:51 PM
Event ID: 1129
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: [SERVERNAME].[DOMAIN].local
Description:
The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has
successfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator.
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy" Guid="{AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}" />
<EventID>1129</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-04-27T11:17:51.111942100Z" />
<EventRecordID>19056</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{C0CBAF2B-1E93-49C0-B910-069AE43F74B2}" />
<Execution ProcessID="732" ThreadID="1336" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>[SERVERNAME].[DOMAIN].local</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SupportInfo1">1</Data>
<Data Name="SupportInfo2">1548</Data>
<Data Name="ProcessingMode">0</Data>
<Data Name="ProcessingTimeInMilliseconds">0</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorCode">1222</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorDescription">The network is not present or not started. </Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
DNS Error:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client
Date: 2015-04-27 04:54:58 PM
Event ID: 8015
Task Category: (1028)
Level: Warning
Keywords:
User: NETWORK SERVICE
Computer: [SERVERNAME].[DOMAIN].local
Description:
The system failed to register host (A or AAAA) resource records (RRs) for network adapter with settings:
Adapter Name : {3DDD0E46-D879-48C0-9DF6-5FAC0F1A56C4}
Host Name : [SERVERNAME]
Primary Domain Suffix : [DOMAIN].local
DNS server list :
192.168.2.10
Sent update to server : <?>
IP Address(es) :
192.168.2.15
The reason the system could not register these RRs was because the update request it sent to the DNS server timed out. The most likely cause of this is that the DNS server authoritative for the name it was attempting to register or update is not running
at this time. You can manually retry DNS registration of the network adapter and its settings by typing 'ipconfig /registerdns' at the command prompt. If problems still persist, contact your DNS server or network systems administrator.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client" Guid="{1C95126E-7EEA-49A9-A3FE-A378B03DDB4D}" />
<EventID>8015</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>1028</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-04-27T14:54:58.599130300Z" />
<EventRecordID>19105</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="856" ThreadID="952" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>[SERVERNAME].[DOMAIN].local</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-20" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="AdapterName">{3DDD0E46-D879-48C0-9DF6-5FAC0F1A56C4}</Data>
<Data Name="HostName">[SERVERNAME]</Data>
<Data Name="AdapterSuffixName">[DOMAIN].local</Data>
<Data Name="DnsServerList"> 192.168.2.10</Data>
<Data Name="Sent UpdateServer"><?></Data>
<Data Name="Ipaddress">192.168.2.15</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorCode">1460</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

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Hi there,
I'm trying to work out how to fix some of the errors and random behaviour I'm experiencing with the SBS 2008 console and AD related matters since I had to quickly migrate SBS 2008 to new hardware using Windows Server Backup after a failure of the old server.
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Extend SBS 2008 - 2011 Migration

Yes, I know the SBS party has passed. But, I have a client who purchased it before the end of the year, and we are now doing a migration from SBS 2008 to SBS 2011. However, it is taking longer than 21 days.
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Can you do the same with SBS 2008?

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Migrate SBS 2008 to new hardware

We have an SBS 2008 installation and are testing a disaster recovery solution by re-installing in Migration Mode.
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Can anyone confirm or deny whether any kind of de-activation occurs? Perhaps paranoia, but thought best to check since we really can't have our live systems shut down.

Hi,
Before going further, would you please provide more detailed information about your concern? It’s difficult to understand your needs for me with the information you mentioned. For details about
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc664208(v=ws.10).aspx
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/kwsupport/archive/2005/06/18/53958.aspx
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