Hi I have a Sccm 2007 R3 server on windows 2008R2, my database also in same box SQL 2005. single primary site in mixed mode. The SCCM server is working for couple of years and now its becoming slow, giving errors, some times OS deployment and Software updates also not working. i'm planning to upgrade the hardware and move in to a new server. i want to quick migration to new server with fresh OS. so i want to know safest and easiest way to re install a new sccm server with same site code and same clients. I have following theory in my mind. 1) remove the old sccm server from the network and delete the contents of System management container in AD. 2) Install SCCM 2007 R3 in a fresh server with same site code, 3) Configure the SCCM for OSD,Software Deployment, Software updates ect. 4) Put a GPO in AD that will gonna locate the new site code and server for all the clients. is this method gonna work ? can i manage all the existing sccm client deployed machines ? Asitha

That will work, but you will also loose all of your ConfigMgr objects (packages, collections, advertisements etc). Why don't you just replace the hardware? The OS can be upgraded during that process.Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

See, there are lot of discussions happened on this topic. Please go through some of them http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrbackup/thread/0980de40-683b-4bb4-a008-e8d46e61486f/ http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrgeneral/thread/60314956-f508-4b9b-ad3c-5022c44a899e/Anoop C Nair - Twitter @anoopmannur MY BLOG: http://anoopmannur.wordpress.com SCCM Professionals This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties/guarantees and confers no rights.

That will work, but you will also loose all of your ConfigMgr objects (packages, collections, advertisements etc). Why don't you just replace the hardware? The OS can be upgraded during that process.Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

See, there are lot of discussions happened on this topic. Please go through some of them http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrbackup/thread/0980de40-683b-4bb4-a008-e8d46e61486f/ http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrgeneral/thread/60314956-f508-4b9b-ad3c-5022c44a899e/Anoop C Nair - Twitter @anoopmannur MY BLOG: http://anoopmannur.wordpress.com SCCM Professionals This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties/guarantees and confers no rights.

One other way you can use, the ConfigMgr backup and restore it to the new hardware (given that you can keep the servername and partition layout). Copy all packages\backup folders from old server , rename the new server to the old name (using the same name, ip , drives, path for installtion) You can also refer this blog article Moving SCCM server to new hardware. Hope this will be helpful...Zulqarnain Ali | MCTS, MCSA | Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

One other way you can use, the ConfigMgr backup and restore it to the new hardware (given that you can keep the servername and partition layout). Copy all packages\backup folders from old server , rename the new server to the old name (using the same name, ip , drives, path for installtion) You can also refer this blog article Moving SCCM server to new hardware. Hope this will be helpful...Zulqarnain Ali | MCTS, MCSA | Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Asitha, As this thread has been quiet for a while, we assume that the issue has been resolved. At this time, we will mark it as "Answered" as the previous steps should be helpful for many similar scenarios. In addition, we’d love to hear your feedback about the solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems. Thanks,Yog Li -- Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.