Now that we have prepared SBS 2011 for migration, it is time to prepare the new Windows Server 2016 to start the migration process.
dfsrmig /setglobalstate 3 Step 3: Install Server 2016 and Join the Domain Finally, run the following command to complete the SBS preparation for migration. If the output displays, “ Migration has reached a consistent state on all Domain Controllers,” it indicates everything has worked, as it should be. If it displays the global state as ‘Redirected’, then run this command to check the status of the migration, dfsrmig /getmigrationstate If it displays the Current DFSR global state: ‘Prepared’, execute the following command, dfsrmig /setglobalstate 2Īnd then check the status with, dfsrmig /getglobalstate Use the following command to begin, dfsrmig /setglobalstate 1Īfter a minute or two, execute the following command again, dfsrmig /getglobalstate The command is used to check the global state. Then by using the following command in Command Prompt, you need to find the current Global state, dfsrmig /getglobalstate For more details, visit this Microsoft page. Next, you need to migrate the SYSVOL replication from NTFRS to DFSR. Step 2: Raise SBS Domain Functional Level A backup will help you restore the server in case something goes wrong during the migration process. After that start with a System State backup by opening the command prompt as administrator and then entering the following command, wbadmin start systemstatebackup –backuptarget:=D: It helps avoid the risk of data loss during mailbox migration from SBS 2011 to Server 2016.įirst, check the SBS 2011 server and spend some time to find out anything that might cause a problem during the migration.
Steps to Migrate SBS 2011 to Windows Server 2016īelow, we have discussed all the steps to migrate SBS 2011 with Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 on the new Windows server 2016 & also mentioned the steps to migrate mailboxes by using the Exchange Management Shell (EMS), Exchange Admin Center (EAC), or by using Exchange database (EDB) to PST converter software such as Stellar Converter for EDB. That too, without any loss of data or need to re-create user profiles. Assuming you already have created and set up the new server 2016, you can proceed and migrate everything, such as Domain Controller (DC), DNS, AD, files, folders, DHCP, users, shares, security groups, and permissions from SBS 2011 to Windows Server 2016. SBS 2011 migration to a new server, such as Windows server 2016, requires you to prepare the SBS 2011 and new server 2016 for migration. In this guide, you will learn steps to migrate SBS 2011 to Windows Server 2016 and the MS Exchange 2010 on SBS 2011 to MS Exchange 2016 on Server 2016. Thus, it becomes a necessity to migrate the SBS 2011 to a newer server, such as Windows server 2016. Looking at this 62 gigs of data it's all text files except for a catalog data folder in there as well.Summary: Small Business Server or SBS 2011 reached its end of life on January 14, 2020. has nearly 62gigs of data in it.? Checking each users mailbox we might have a total of 6 to 7 gigs of email.and it should be on the D: drive. But after doing some looking I found that at C:\program files\microsoft\exchange server\v14\mailbox\mailbox database folder.
all of sudden after moving the mail in house our C: drive has gone down to little or no free space. The Public folder database is the same, should it be moved as well? Should we, can we move the log folder to the D: drive as well? which is where we wanted it.but the log folder path is still to the c:\program files \microsoft\exchange server.folder on the c:drive. We currently only have four users on this server.įirst question is that I noticed when checking on the location of the Exchange (mailbox database), it shows that Mailbox Database path is D:\program files. Prior to moving the mail in house we used the Backup and Server Storage wizard to move the Exchange database, Sharepoint, and User files to the D: drive so we would not have to worry about space. We have two partitions on our server c: 120 gigs and d:342 gigs. Things were going well and we were able to send and receive as DNS updates were taking place. We have a new SBS 2011 server in our office and it's been running great for a few weeks now and we started to set up and move our mail in house over the weekend.