Win2kPro to Win2k server

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Note that there's no upgrade path from a workstation OS to a server OS.
You'll also very likely need new server-class hardware to run W2k server -
I'd insist on hardware RAID, fast SCSI disks, plenty of memory, tape backup,
server antivirus software, UPS, etc - you don't want to use inferior
hardware to run a server, or you'll probably spend more time trying to fix
things that go wrong. Don't skimp!

Not sure how you can migrate users & policies from a workgroup with no
server OS, but someone else may have an answer. If it's a small company, I'd
probably just crreate it all manually.

Cley wrote:
> We are a small company that uses Win2000 Prof workstation
> as a file server. Is it possible to upgrade this to
> Win2000 Server w/o losing all the users & group policies?
> Will these existing users be carried out to Win2k Server's
> Active Directory? If not, how can I copy it?
>
> Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

Someone else may post, but as I said, I don't know of any way to migrate a
strictly peer to peer network to a client/server one (without even having a
standalone server OS) without a lot of manual effort. Best of luck to you,
though!

CLey wrote:
> We actually have a new machine. But my users have grown to
> about 50. I was hoping there could be a way, at least just
> to copy all the users & user groups to the new server.
>
> Thank anyway.
>
> best regards
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Note that there's no upgrade path from a workstation OS to a server
>> OS. You'll also very likely need new server-class hardware to run
>> W2k server - I'd insist on hardware RAID, fast SCSI disks, plenty of
>> memory, tape backup, server antivirus software, UPS, etc - you don't
>> want to use inferior hardware to run a server, or you'll probably
>> spend more time trying to fix things that go wrong. Don't skimp!
>>
>> Not sure how you can migrate users & policies from a workgroup with
>> no server OS, but someone else may have an answer. If it's a small
>> company, I'd probably just crreate it all manually.
>>
>> Cley wrote:
>>> We are a small company that uses Win2000 Prof workstation
>>> as a file server. Is it possible to upgrade this to
>>> Win2000 Server w/o losing all the users & group policies?
>>> Will these existing users be carried out to Win2k Server's
>>> Active Directory? If not, how can I copy it?
>>>
>>> Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> .