Migrating Domain Controllers (Windows Server 2008 R2) and Exchange Server 2010 Databases to a Different Geo-location.

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planning migration of following systems in organization: 2 domain controllers, 2 client access servers, 2 exchange server 2010. of these services running separately on dedicated vm machines (windows server 2008 r2) hosted on esxi. 

migrating these systems different geo-location hosted on 6 dedicated windows server 2012 r2 vm machines (2 dcs, 2 cass, , 2 exchange server dbs) on esxi 5.5. appreciate if provide few suggestions , best practices.


hello,

for domain upgrade see http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/archive/2012/07/27/upgrading-an-active-directory-domain-from-windows-server-2008-or-windows-server-2008-r2-to-windows-server-2012.aspx

keep in mind dcs should not backed images/snapshots prevent usn rollbacks.

best regards

meinolf weber
mvp, mcp, mcts
microsoft mvp - directory services
my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/

disclaimer: posting provided no warranties or guarantees , confers no rights.



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