SBS 2008 "Migration Wizard" Says SBS 2003 "Isn't SBS" So Stops

Hi there,

I am Migrating SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 at a clients location.

Everything went pretty well as I followed the V2 Migration Document to the
letter; SBS Anayzer looks good, Migration Prep tool ran fine, I generated the
answer file, installed SBS 2008 and now want to run the migration wizard but
I get an error "The migration wizard only supports migration from Windows
Small Business Server".

Users and computers are migrated into SBS 2008 AD & all FSMO Roles are on
SBS 2008 system but the users do NOT show up under SBS Console. DHCP and DNS
are running properly. As expected, the Exchange Management Console shows
mailboxes as residing on the SBS 2003 system.

The MigrationWizard.log repeats the following entries:

4352] 081231.190914.5909: Setup: Initializing...C:\Program Files\Windows
Small Business Server\Bin\MigrationWizard.exe

[4352] 081231.190914.8717: Setup: Built-in
Sid=S-1-5-21-3165639952-2095603548-4287156033-500

[4352] 081231.190914.8717: Setup: current
Sid=S-1-5-21-3165639952-2095603548-4287156033-1194

[4352] 081231.190915.2617: Setup: Exiting Migration Wizard since the source
OS isn't supported.

This error is stopping further forward progress as I don't want to do all
the migration steps manually for fear of missing somehting or not having the
proper SBS integration.

Some other sites I looked up mentioned 2 possible registry issues on the old
SBS2003 system. The first was KB 914990 and that registry key does not exist.
The other one that other sites mentioned was KB 940318, and that key does
exist. (Both on the Source Server). So I don't think these are the issue, but
have no idea what is or how to resolve it.

Suggestions are welcome!

Stephen

Being this is a holiday, you may not get a lot of response, but if any of
the MS Support Persons are on duty today you might have better luck in:

microsoft.connect.windows.server.sbs08.

Here's a link to the web version:

http://connect.microsoft.com/cougar/...i/default.aspx

Instructions for getting to the NNTP version are off this page:

http://connect.microsoft.com/cougar

I have cross posted and am still waiting for a response...

In the mean time I have found out how to add AD users to the SBS 2008
console, which is one less thing to worry about.

Still hoping for help / suggestions as I have to have their LOB applications
up and running for Monday morning.

I am having the same sort of problem. How can you add the AD users to the
console?

[Therionpyros]

As per Microsoft:

Hello,

Thank you for your post.

From the problem description of the post you submitted, my understanding
is: SBS 2008 Migration Wizard failed with the following error:

"The migration wizard only supports migration from Windows Small Business
Server. For more information, including supported versions and minimum
requirements see the Migration Guide"

If I have misunderstood your concern, feel free to let me know.

Based on my research, the problem may occur if the source OS is not
detected. Please follow the steps below to test the issue:

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Data folder on SBS
2008.
2. Open the info.xml file in an editor.
3. Search for "sourceservertype" and replace "Others" with "Sbs2003" (case
sensitive).
4. Save the file with the original name.

Then, try to run the Migration Wizard again.

Please let me know the results at your earliest convenience. If anything is
unclear in my post, please don't hesitate to let me know and I will be glad
to help. Thank you for your efforts and time.

Glad it helped! Happy migrations!

Try using this Guide from Technet.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc546065.aspx

Also BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE MIGRATION DOCUMENTS.

Source server health really is the the key to a successfull migration.

If these fixes from Technet dont help, your best bet may be to restore the source server system state from before the migration, and run the SBS 2003 Best practices analyzer and resolve ALL issues befor proceeding to migeration. I have had to do this a few times myself, its just the nature of these migrations.

[rickie_20]

Just to say, I had the same problem with SBS 2008 migration, found this link via google! and it was spot on! solved the problem in seconds!

Thank you very much

I have a new problem, I wonder if your good self could help me with:

I have installion Issues:

The main one of concern is the following:

Windows Server 2008 Installation issues


The required active directory structure was not created.
A remote desktop file, which will allow a user to remotely access the server through terminal service was unable to be created.

Windows Sharepoint is not configured

The connrctors for exchange Server 2007 cannot be configured

One or more updates cannot be installed.

[Chigle]

Richard , we are currently having the same issue - Have you had any response to this yet ?
We are migration from Windows 2003 Server to SBS2008