We currently use two Windows Server 2016 domain controllers for DNS. I've built Server 2022 replacement domain controllers, but our IP addressing scheme has changed, so the new…
I'm down to roughly 15 Windows Server 2016 machines that still need to move to Windows Server 2022. Most of our earlier upgrades worked, but the last five…
I'm down to roughly 15 Windows Server 2016 machines that still need to move to Server 2022, but the last five upgrade attempts have failed. Some get stuck…
I'm planning to upgrade a Windows Server 2016 installation directly to Windows Server 2025. Microsoft lists 2016-to-2025 as a supported in-place upgrade path, but this server is running…
I've moved most of our infrastructure into the cloud, with only the VPN transition left before we can confidently shut down our main headquarters. We didn't have time…
I'm planning to migrate three domain controllers from Windows Server 2016 to 2022. Two of the existing domain controllers also host DHCP in a failover load-balancing configuration. I'd…
I manage a virtual server hosting several websites. I'm comfortable with basic IT work but I'm not an expert. The server currently runs AlmaLinux 8 with PHP 7.3,…
I've worked as a systems administrator for more than 20 years, and moving a large dataset between servers is still one of the jobs I dread most. Linux-to-Linux…
I'm planning to move an on-premises SQL Server Web Edition instance to a new server. The main database is about 30 GB and supports a web application with…
I'm managing the tech side of my dad's company and need some guidance on upgrading our server. Currently, we have a Lenovo SR 550 running Windows Server 2016,…
I'm planning a migration of around 55 virtual machines from one datacenter to another, and it will likely involve changing their IP addresses. These VMs don't handle DNS,…
I need some advice on migrating an old physical server that was converted to VMware to Hyper-V. We used the VMware converter to turn a legacy HPE ML350…
I'm currently working on migrating our DHCP services from two Windows Server 2016 instances to a single Windows Server 2022 instance. The current setup has these 2016 servers…
I'm in the middle of migrating some servers from RHEL6 to RHEL9, but I've hit a snag. It seems like RHEL9 doesn't accept SHA-1 by default anymore, and…