Hi Dave

I had the following issue after migrating from sbs2003 to sbs2008 and installing Trend Worryfree Business Advanced 5.1 issues on the SBS2008 box . Not sure if this is relevant or not  

Trend Worryfree Business Advanced 5.1 issues on SBS2008

The program integrates with the SBS 2008 console. I keep

getting a security error in the SBS console because the antivirus report

indicates a computers on my network have no antivirus products.

If I open up the Trend Worryfre dashboard, the computer in question is

fine; it is are on-line and up-to-date. I would either like to repair the

SBS console or find some way to remove the way Trend integrates with it.

Another complaint is the percentages like "124% of the e-mail in 24 hours

had spam". The pointer does not seem to reset itself when it calculates

spam in a 24-hour period. I can have 18% spam or 100% spam in 24 hours, but

124% is a sloppy program error.

This was only feedback I received back from the Yahoo forum (the fix solution is un realistic)

..." Yep, there was a post on one of the lists about uninstalling Trend,

removing Vista from the domain, uninstalling SP1. At that point, when

you go to rejoin the domain, the setup wizard (through http://connect)

tells you that you need a hotfix. Install it, then you can join the

domain, re-apply SP1 and reinstall Trend.

I tried it. It worked. That's NOT an acceptable solution when all

your media now has SP1 included.

Not sure if it is a Microsoft or Trend issue, but neither seem to want

to own up to it"...

Kind Regards

Mark

Mark -

Look at installing SBS 2008 Update Rollup 1 on the server for the antivirus report problem.

blogs.technet.com/.../sbs-2008-update-rollup-1-releases-today.aspx

I started to write about this at SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 migration thoughts and issues and Active Directory

The three biggest issues for me so far have been

1. DCPromo failed to make the new server a DC during the installation process - this was a showstopper and resulted in a MS support call (out of hours, ouch). They didn't tell me what the problem was but it looked to be something to do with Group Policies and trusting accounts for delegation

2. DHCP. The new server came up with DHCP running and giving out addresses in the right ranges but none of the customisations I had made to the old server were brought across. I don't know if this is expected behaviour or not but it is something to look out for - especially if it kills your phone system!

3. Public Folders. Nothing transferred. Nothing is accessible. This will probably result in another support call. The idea of using folder replication is a nice one but gives the average SBS admin very little to go on since it isn't something that is used during SBS outside migration time.

Just finished my first production SBS 2003 to 2008 migration.  2003 was not R2, about 20 XP clients.  SBS 2008 running in VMware Server 2.0, host 2003 R2 64 8GB memory

1  Pulled the 2003 box and brought it to the shop for the migration, took back to site before demotion.

2 My Documents Redirection was enabled on 2003 and tried to migrate to 2008.  Folder redirection migration failed with old server mapping being stuck in half the clients.  Folder redirection GP failed to apply.  FIx was to remove clients from SBS and rejoin, however still had to delete several user profiles and re-add to get it going.  Must say the "Connect" process was awesome maintaining user profiles.

Am wondering if doing most of the migration off-site caused the redirection migration to fail.

3 2008 BPA has two issues I'm unable to resolve

 A  Local activation permission to the IIS WAMREG Admin Service required,  The Network Service is missing local activation permissions to the IIS WAMREG admin Service in accordance with the event ID 10016 in the system event log. For more information, see KB Event ID error messages 10016 and 10017 are logged in the System log after you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0" at go.microsoft.com/fwlink

have done the M/S fix and still shows up in BPA

B  There are no DNS name server (NS) resource records in the _msdcs sub-domain in the forward lookup zone for Windows SBS 2008. Cannot find info on how to fix this

4 Console Errors

 A Get a "Vista Power Management" Error when opening Network, Computers tab, have no Vista clients

 B Updates Tab, When selecting "Change the software update Settings" get error "Cannot display Software Update Settings.

 C  In computers tab "Updates Status" is unkown on all computers accept for SBS

Cannot believe there is no native support for backup to tape, need to set up automated backup to share for that to then be written to tape.

SBS 2008 has been online for a week now and am still digging thru things to make sure all else is well. Exchange seems good, am using Popcon for Pop collection.  Will post again as I get theu these issues.

Having a number of issues in the midst of a migration from 2003 to 2008:

1) After destination server was setup I noticed that DHCP was not migrated at all. I had to manually copy settings to a new scope on the 2008 server. Then manually export the DHCP database on the source and import on the dest. server. That was yesterday. Today I checked the config and the WINS and WINS Node Type settings have disappeared (perhaps they are not needed?) and the list of leased addresses is now empty. I have stopped DHCP on the dest. server and reactivated it on the source.

2) The migration prep tool for the source server and the migration tool on the dest. 2008 server both reported successful completion without errors but in fact that was not the case as I have the above issue and an issue with DNS name resolution on the source server.

The above issues are leaving me feeling not very confident in moving forward. I am considering reinstalling fresh on the dest. server and just creating a new domain and users, and restoring mailboxes and data from the source.

Thoughts?

Thank you,

Michael

I did the network migration but need to modify my PIX firewall to complete the changes so it is not done at this point. How would this resolve the DHCP issue?

WRT the DHCP issue, I imported the leases and created the WINS and all other settings by hand but now both have mysteriously disappeared.

I have the Administrators Companion book, where can I get a copy of your book right away?

Thanks,

Michael

Ok, most of my issues are resolved now.  One key issue is starting the migration off site.  I ran into severe issues with migrating folder redirection and I cannot help but believe it was due to the offsite time. I would strongly recommend if you need to migrate folder edirection you make sure all your clients are online as you do the GP updates.  I would GPUPDATE /force all clients with each GP change.  David's advice on using GP modeling did help finally sort it out but it was very ugly for a week or so, clients desktops disappearing and such.

during the sbs2003 to sbs2008 migration there was a timeout when the active directory was being synched.

The problem was resolved by changing the registry settings on the SBS 2003 server.  you have to

net stop ntfrs

then

change Burflags to D4 in this part of the redistry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\NtFrs\Parameters\Backup/Restore\Process at Startup:

Change the value of "BurFlags" to D4 in hex.

then

net start ntfrs

see my blog on this

rotary.elstar.com.au/.../viewtopic.php

Have a failure after migratiing to SBS2008.

Publc Store unable to mount failure 0x8004010f. On the clients Outlook 2003 unable to open folders and messages of a lockdown by system administrator for version 2003.

Tried almost all the tips on the internet even the microsoft KB's

So far no luck solving this problem now restoring AD of the SBS2003

Having several problems with migration:

1. The first attempt kept getting errors in SBS log about trying to connect and transfer Active Directory settings disabled IPv6 on SBS2008 box and proceeded past this point.

2. Now it won't proceed past setting up exchange.  Left running 48 hours and still wouldn't proceed.

Made sure to run dcdiag netdiag BPA for SBS2003 and Exchange came out fine.  Still stuck.

Hi,

What was the fix for James's DNS errors in BPA?

Thanks

I'm just as curious as Lee. Are these DNS erros or warnings that appear after you run the BPA a serious issue or just a fluke and needs no attention. Seems like all is running well with my migration.

I have just migrated my own system from sbs 2003 to sbs 2008. Most things went quite well following the steps in your book.

The problem is the migration of the Companyweb site. I have backed it up on the source server and copied the database files to the destination server. I seem to have ended up with a placeholder but no actual site. When trying to create the site in Sharepoint 3.0 Central Administration I fill all the information in and when I get to "Operation in Progress" I get the following:

Go back to site  

Error  

Unknown Error

Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services.

The event logs show the following:

Event ID 3760  Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3

SQL Database 'STS_server1_4' on SQL Server instance 'np:\\.\pipe\MSSQL$Microsoft##SSEE\sql\query' not found. Additional error information from SQL Server is included below.

Cannot open database "STS_server1_4" requested by the login. The login failed.

Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'.

Event ID 18456  Source: MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE

Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'. [CLIENT: <named pipe>]

After running the Sharepoint Configuration Wizard I get the following event:

Event ID 18456  Source: MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE

Login failed for user 'TARGETEDSOFTWAR\GWelshAdmin'. [CLIENT: <named pipe>]

I've tried granting the Network Service full control, googled the event id's, all without a solution.

I could go back to the source server attach the database files and copy the documents manually but, that defeats the whole point of a migration. I should also like to know the cause and solution to this for customer migrations.

Did we get a result for James' BPA error about IIS WAMREG Local activation permission?

Hi,

Did anyone find the fix for BPA error:

There are no DNS name server (NS) resource records in the _msdcs sub-domain in the forward lookup zone for Windows SBS 2008

There are a few false positives with the BPA, is this one of them?

Thanks all,

James.

I have a couple of 2003-2008 migration issues which I've been unable to resolve despite hours googling...

1. When trying to move the Public Folder Store I get the following error: "The connection was refused. Ensure that your HTTP Virtual Servers are all started and check that the WWW service is running.  Id no: c103b401".  

I had originally skipped past this problem on the migration as the public folders are not that important to me, but at the end of the migration you have to remove Exchange - but I can't do this as it complains that the folder contains replicas.  

2. Other main problem is that redirecting of the Document folder does not work and causes (i think) the logon process to take a long time - 15+ mins,  Strangley sub folders like My  Music, Picture, Videos are ok.  When I do a "gpresult /v" under the "The following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out" section is the "Small Business Server Folder Redirection Policy; Filtering : Denied (Security)". Clients are Vista/Win7, although the previous message evens occurs on the server itself.

I'm thinking (2) maybe because of (1) because I haven't been able to demote the old server??

Any help would be much appreciated.

Did anyone do it without a hitch?  

Hello,

I am in the process of migrating a business to sbs 2008, from sbs 2003. Everything was going relatively smooth until after the mailbox move. All mailboxes were successfully migrated to the sbs 2008 server, Exchange 2007. I have followed all steps in MS Migration Guide in order.

I'm stuck on trying to move Exchange Public folders. When I right click on the Public folder store and select Move all Replicas the sbs 2008 server doesn't appear in the list box, and I can not type the server name either. From the sbs 2003 server I can ping the sbs 2008 server by name but I noticed that if I do a search in AD the sbs 2008 is not found. I have not been able to find any posts or blogs with other people having this issue. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Rich

Hi David,

I completed the migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 within 10 days.

Your book SBS 2008: Installation, Migration and Configuration was a tremendous help. I used as my main guide throughout the whole process. There were issues that cropped up during the migration which I managed to resolved through the advise/tips given by the SBS community (online).

Once again, thank you for the support.

Cheers,

WL

@Rich and @David

I am having the same issue Rich is having, nothing in the Move Public folder replicas server pull down. If either of you get an answer to this issue please let me know. Reply back here... I don't think it is a DNS issue but could be wrong. I have DNS on both the old SBS2003 and SBS 2008 both have the IP of each other in them and both have the name servers referenced in the forward lookup zones. Still nothing in the pull down... This is frustrating...

I got my answer..

It was quite a ridiculous fix! I had completed the migration successfully and all the DNS was setup properly as well. I was scratching my head on this one for a while. then it occurred to me, I had not rebooted the source server. I was never prompted to and honestly I was so elated that the initial SBS 2008 migration finally completed I was focusing on the destination server issues and ignoring the source server.

The Migration instructions did not specify that the source server needed to be rebooted. Well I rebooted the source server and low and behold all of the issues went away. I was able to replicate the Public Folders, Move Mailboxes and the AD, replication and group policy errors in event log stopped.

Sometimes the solution to a seemingly complex problem is quite simple.

Reboot.

Has anybody ever migrated sbs 2003 to Sbs 2008 over a WAN link? My client just aquired a company and they have sbs 2003. My client would like to migrate to sbs 2008  with a new server in Seattle but the old sbs 2003 box is in Denver where they have  a T1. My client has a 10Mbit Ethernet over copper circuit. If we create a VPN with our firewalls, would it be possible to migrate to sbs 2008.

Just completed my first Migratation from SBS2003 to SBS2008 using Dave's book and completed the whole thing in about 2 days (using the evenings to copy e-mails and data files. Fanatastic book by the way, although some steps seem to have changed order in the migration tasks.

Just a few issues to resolve (outlook 2007 asking for password everytime(now solved), SBS Console update services giving me a error and a Backup Exec 12.5 problem (now solved)).

Public Folders did take a long time to replicate accross (2 days).

Hi Darren,

for me migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 20098 went well and only problem my clients are facing that even though they are connected with the network using VPN but after certain time MS Outlook started asking for password on all the system which are using 3g card and VPN to connect to the server.

can you guys please help me to sort out this issue.

server is now 2008 SBS edition,  Cllient Computers have windows XP Pro and Vista Business with few of them are using MS Outlook 2003 and rest using Office 2007.

A prompt reply to sort out this issue will b really appreciate.

Many Thank

Bill

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Hi David,

Thank you for your reply, based on the 64bit Architecture i downloaded the SP2 for Exchange 2007, also i did donwload the tool to help the installation of SP2 on SBS 2008. when i run the tool it installs seccuessfully and in next stage it asks me to specify the folder where the SP2 for Exchange is located. despite providing the correct location it still does only give me option to select the folder and does not recognize or show me the file which i donwloaded from Microsoft website. could you please let me know what i am doing wrong?

Having the DC_Promo failed issue too. Have tried the Group Policy update but still getting the same thing. There seems to be no definitive answer to this problem although many people seem to have it. I am running it in Hyper-V

Hello David,

I wonder if you have heard of disappearing disk space with SBS 2008?  

We migrated from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 nearly two years ago, and have always had an issue with disappearing disk space.  Our IT guy investigated and found that the event log files are just stacking up, and never get automatically deleted.  

We are currently running on 1.39GB free space...

Six months ago, our IT guy completely re-installed the software, as prior to this we had upgrade after upgrade, so he was hoping the latest version would fix the issue, but as of today, it's still a problem. He can fix it, but it's never a permanent fix, and just recurs after a few days... Any ideas?  

Thank you very much in advance for any help you can give.

Cat

Did anyone find the fix for BPA error:

There are no DNS name server (NS) resource records in the _msdcs sub-domain in the forward lookup zone for Windows SBS 2008

Haven't seen much about this lately.

Just trying to do a migration on site...

Destination server keeps giving out verify that the domain name and credentials are correct and then try again...

I haven't had any issues yet.

Hello,

We are about to start migrating from sbs 2003 to sbs 2008. Right after 2008 is installed what are the necessary steps to take right after installing 2008 to make sure users can login.

If we stop after installing (and dhcp etc is migrated)  will the users be able to login and access their exchange 2003 mailboxes so that we have time to migrate the rest when its convenient for us?

Someone referenced this post to answer question "Accidentally delete a user account that i NEED back! pleasee help?? ://?"...

Hi guys,

I have reached the end of my 21 day grace period, but my exchange public folder replication is not complete. It is very slow. It copied 900 MB fairly quickly and since then it has been crawling and reached 1.1Gb with another 500Mb to go. I have completed all other requirements for the migration. Is there anyway this can replication can be forced to complete?

Can I run the finish migration in the migration wizard before this public folder migration is comlpete.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Dominic