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However, would it not be best to future proof... are they ever going to be part of a domain ? if so you may need to go pro anyway.

Could you not build a Cloezilla server ? All you need is a spare pc ? Clonezilla - Sever Edition Image over your network... might be faster.

Shouldn't be a problem, what ever roles your running on your 2008.... Add them onto your server 2012 joined to the domain and that will work - the roles will take over on 2012. Any shares etc copy them over to the 2012 server with permissions, share settings and that will work too. I believe your 2008 server will still work, it just won't serve the roles as it will be demoted. (Never done it so don't quote me:)) OR if you wanted to, build a new domain on server 2012, and copy across your shares and add users etc.

Ahh I see... still check out Power Broker. Good program.

PowerBroker Open - Likewise Open - Active Directory Software Integration For joining Linux machines to AD, works a treat. We have our Samba server joined to Ad and it works seamlessly with AD user accounts. - you could also look at http://ltsp.org/ - You only need a low spec server for it too, might be handy just boot it over network and viola they have an environment they can play with and you issue a command to rebuild the environment if it breaks!!

Sounds like you might Have the DHCP server role installed on your 2003 server too hence why when you connected to Wireless you got a different IP. Re-Check your server. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-imagefileviewer/communityserver-wikis-components-files-00-00-00-00-05/3821.4.png_2D00_550x0.png - - - Updated - - - Whats happening is... Your DHCP server on your Linksys is sending out IP's to clients, and at the same time you may have DHCP on your server which will also be responding to DHCP Requests - this will cause conflict or the server will give out an IP but it may not be correctly configured.

What version of Server are the current Servers ? 2003, 2008R2 ?

Then, if it's exactly as above your IP addresses will be coming from the Linksys, so simply, plug in a switch, connect your client PC's and server... And possibly a wireless access point and you'll be home and dry. No configuration will be needed on your server 2003 server, IT should have a statically assigned IP with the Gateway address being that of the Linksys. Your clients once connected to the Linksys will be given an address within the range set on your Linksys Router.

OK you must have a DHCP server somewere on your network ? Usually unless you've configured it not to do so, Linksys routers will have a DHCP server built in and the pool will look something like this: http://kb.wimanx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/18.png

It'll be the DHCP on your Linksys.... No Doubt. And it'll more than likely be in the 192.168.1.1 range.....

I always advise..... always use more than one backup procedure / solution!! Backup your Backups .. offsite and onsite!! You never know when Disaster may strike... and always test your recovery procedures... Be it from Tape, Hard Disk, Remote Storage, SAN, Offsite solution... whatever it is back it up and test recovery is a good way to stay safe. Here we Backup the local network to a SAN, which is NetAPP which is part of a failover cluster and mirrored. The NetApps are backed up - onsite to DotHill SAN's then that data is copied to DotHills at our other sites. I think Tape Was and IS a good solution... However.... I think the modern way that seems to be popular is external Hard Drives - for those that Can't afford a SAN. Whatever the medium is.... there's always a failure rate and we as IT people need to make sure that those failures are easily recoverable.

If your DHCP Pool has the wrong addresses in it, those addresses will be given to the clients who request and IP through DHCP so if you have a wrong address configured you need at ammend the addresses in the DHCP pool. Then the clients will get the right address.

I've never come across this '5' license issue, I for example have a server running ESXi free and have about 20 vm's on that machine. I've used it on more than 5 servers at a a time too. Never had any hassle. Never seen the 5 license before... whoops.

You can use it as you like if you are using the free version of ESXi, however there are some drawbacks.. like the free version of VEEAM likes you to pay for your license so you dont get scheduled backups etc. Aslong as you dont go over the specs stated: (It won't let you) Requirements CPU Minimum: single socket, dual core Ideal: dual socket, four or more cores per CPU Memory Minimum: 4GB Ideal: 8GB or more Network Minimum: one network adapter, plus one for management interface Ideal: one network adapter for management interface, plus multiple adapters for virtual machines Local Storage (SATA/SAS) Minimum: one 80GB drive Ideal: two mirrored drives, plus four RAID 5 drives for virtual machines Shared Storage NFS, iSCSI or Fibre Channel for virtual machine storage Specifications Unlimited number of cores per physical CPU Unlimited number of physical CPUs per host Maximum vCPUs per virtual machine: eight Limitation of 32GB RAM limit per server/host has been removed from the free Hypervisor. Operating system support: Microsoft OS (18 versions), Linux (54 versions), Mac OS X 10, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc. (See a complete list of supported versions.) - See more at: Free Virtualization with VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) | VMware United Kingdom

Any change in DNS or IP Settings ? What does a good old fashioned trace route give you - on both new and old images ?

Sony VAIO..... Mines as solid as a rock Hardware wise and build. Unless it's something that can physically make me a cup of tea, I wont be changing mine any time soon... rather upgrading. The new VAIO's I don't think are built as good, mines been knocked about a bit (was like that before I got it). But it's Spot on and a great work horse!

I've done a similar thing last week, moving profiles from one drive to another to extend space on Drive C. I used Cobian Backup, to backup the profiles, and kept all permissions and times. Backed them up to another drive, change the drive letter of that drive and it worked, I haven't seen any downtime and nothing in the helpdesk regarding anything to do with profiles. Happy Days!!

if your pulling a wrong address then that address will be assigned in a DHCP pool somewhere, change the address in the pool and it will be given to clients.

2 x NetApp FAS 3020C SAN.

Have heard really good things about ESET, I've never actually used it on a corporate network though. We use Sophos, with Endpoint Protection and Management Console.

Everything you need to know is on this page dude. Spacewalk: Free & Open Source Linux Systems Management

Why not do it through your Linksys ? It'll be more than capable and will do NAT for you. If need be, add an Access point to your Linksys to make it wireless or extend your wireless range. You could also plug a 16/24/48 port switch into your Linksys and plug in your PC's / Server into the switch and they will get internet access from your router.

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Oh Aye.