
Hello everyone,Do you get technical skills development training by your employer? "Technical skills training is a basic component of employee education because it is a primary way for you to develop the skills you need in your role. Do you get technical skills development training by your employer? IT & Tech Careers.In the worst case where the new box doesn't come up for some reason you lose a chunk of time, but there would be no damage to your core infrastructure. And migrating the image to the new box if done in isolation from the rest of the network will cause you no issue so that you can test the box. Taking an image doesn't damage the original machine. Whilst thinking about your application it would also be worth checking (apologies if you've done this already) that the dependancy IS on the computer name alone and not any MAC address or other variable.Īssuming that's the case I'd feel quite comfortable performing the migration you indicate. If you have other DCs and you are confident in their reliability then temporarily re-assign your FSMO roles if required and then demote the server before performing the image. If you're running single-DC / SBS then as Martin suggests the 'cold boot from CD' is the best option. The issues I do sometimes have are generally caused by BIOS settings rather than hardware. I've used the Universal Restore option around a dozen times on PCs, laptops and workstations and have had very few issues.

I've performed this task once with Acronis TrueImage on an SBS server using the Universal Restore option and it worked perfectly. I assume that you are buying new hardware and would like to move the whole 'system' from old box to new box? Do you have any other DCs in the network? Or are you running single-DC / SBS?
