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I was already running 64-bit) in the \\support\\adprep folder (note the changed file location between Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 &#8211; it used to be in \\sources\\adprep) and run the following commands (theres more detail on these actions in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petri.co.il\/windows-server-2008-adprep.htm\">Daniel Petri&#8217;s article on Windows Server 2008 ADprep<\/a>):\n<ul>\n<li><code>adprep \/forestprep<\/code> (on the schema master for the forest)<\/li>\n<li><code>adprep \/domainprep<\/code> (on the infrastructure master for each domain, after making sure that the domain is in at least Windows 2000 native mode)<\/li>\n<li><code>adprep \/domainprep \/gpprep<\/code> (on the infrastructure master for each domain)<\/li>\n<li><code>adprep \/rodcprep<\/code> (if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/07\/windows-server-2008-read-only-domain-controllers.htm\">read only domain controllers<\/a> are required in a Windows Server 2003 forest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>After this, I ran <code>dcpromo.exe<\/code> on the new server, promoting it to a domain controller in the existing forest\/domain, electing to make the server a DNS server and a Global Catalog server at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>With the new server running as a DC, I needed to transfer the FSMO roles.\u00c2\u00a0 I did this by following the advice in <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/?id=324801\">Microsoft knowledge base article 324801<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to: register scmmgmnt.dll; 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this post will concentrate on the infrastructure).\u00c2\u00a0 This is pretty straightforward (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/networking\/archive\/2008\/06\/27\/steps-to-move-a-dhcp-database-from-a-windows-server-2003-or-2008-to-another-windows-server-2008-machine.aspx\">details can be found on the Microsoft Enterprise Networking team blog<\/a>) and involves a couple of commands &#8211; one to export from the 2003 R2 server and another to import on the 2008 R2 server:\n<ul>\n<li><code>netsh dhcp server export <em>filename<\/em> all<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>netsh dhcp server import <em>filename<\/em> all<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>After confirming that\u00c2\u00a0the DHCP service was running on the target with\u00c2\u00a0all entries transferred, I stopped the DHCP Server service on the source (<code>net stop \"DHCP Server\"<\/code>),\u00c2\u00a0and renewed a client IP address (by starting up a PC, but running <code>ipconfig \/renew<\/code> would have been as effective) to check that renewals worked before restarting the service (<code>net start \"DHCP Server\"<\/code>), deauthorising the original DHCP server\u00c2\u00a0and removing the DHCP role.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbbergs.com\/windows\/articles\/DecommissionDC.html\">If I was using the Encrypted File System or the server was a Terminal Services Licensing Server there would be some extra steps<\/a> (not for me).<\/li>\n<li>Finally, with all services removed from the 2003 machine, I shut it down, deleted the virtual machine files from the host server, and removed the computer account from Active Directory, which can now have the forest and domain functional levels raised if necessary, as I&#8217;m completely free from legacy domain controllers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having built a low-power\u00c2\u00a0server to run my home infrastructure, I need to get moving on decommissioning the old virtual machines so I can turn off the Dell PowerEdge 840 that runs them. 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