Summary

The virtualisation project (10 servers down to 4) is now well underway with a number of servers already decommissioned including:

• The AD Master/Old Exchange 2000/MailArchiver Server
• The Print Server
• An old Terminal Services Server

 

What is left?

The web server has largely been moved across to a virtual server now – in fact all the existing web sites have now been relocated so theoretically that should be that but life’s not always like that is it?

I also need to move:

• the FTP software and associated scripts for EDI purposes
• a SQL instance with old MailArchiver databases upon it which need migrating off
• an EDI AS2 package upon it that at some point needs reviewing
• HP Jetadmin
• WIFI Admin software

Work Ahead

In the short term I am going to remove Jetadmin and the Wi-Fi  Software, then try and migrate all the SQL databases onto the new SQL server – should be easy but I bet it isn’t!

I then plan to move the ftp software and scripts off the web server and get that going on a new image

I’ve decided to take the step of moving all the builds up to R2 level – this won’t be easy especially Storage Server on the DL380 which at this point in time I’m not even sure it supports it – but we like a challenge don’t we?

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Decommissioning the Exchange 2000 Server

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