Migrating from Server 2008 to 2012 in VM, does it require a new hostname?
Hi, at my work we are currently being asked to migrate our file servers and DB servers. Unfortunately over the years, we have developped many small applications internally within our department and...
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ask them if they have ever heard of CNAMES in DNS. --it is possible for File servers, DB's it's case-by case, but usually can tell the application the new path/name of the DB/instance name We have...
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first if you own the server license it doesn't expire. a support contract may run out but you own the license for life. and for server 2008 you will be able to extend support contracts for a long time...
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Hi molan, thank you for the great response. Just to clarify, I made a mistake, I re-read my emails, and they said it is because the are phasing out that version of windows server. I read up on CNAME...
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One more thing, is the issue more complicated than we think just because the servers are in VMWare?
View ArticleMigrating from Server 2008 to 2012 in VM, does it require a new hostname?
the fact that your servers are virtualized is irrelevant to the issue. using CNAMES isn't a band aid this is how the internet and large networks work and is a widely accepted solution. depending on...
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One last thing, IT is telling us that we currently don't have a DNS entry for our file servers. For example we have a pdm server called windchill. The host name is B7052. We asked them to add a DNS...
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if your file server is joined to an active directory domain then yes it would now have 2 DNS records. the CNAME you created and the Host Name. If it isn't domain joined and you manually added only...
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Eric8971 wrote: I dont understand what is so hard with shutting one system down, and renaming the new one with the old host name, then changing the DNS entry and making sure AD is fine. Do you see any...
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