Comments on: What are the pitfalls of moving old windows server to a new location in the computer room? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/move-old-window-server-to-new-location/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:14:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: mrdenny http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/move-old-window-server-to-new-location/#comment-85117 mrdenny Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:04:48 +0000 #comment-85117 Just make sure that you have backups before you power down the system in case of a failure.

]]> By: rechil http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/move-old-window-server-to-new-location/#comment-85004 rechil Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:36:04 +0000 #comment-85004 One thing is very necessary, that I think, Whatever u do, before doing anything with the server, u should take all necessary backups including registry, important data, AD and whatever u think that r necessary…. Without taking proper backup, it may fatal for the server.

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]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/move-old-window-server-to-new-location/#comment-84990 carlosdl Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:45:32 +0000 #comment-84990 “No it should not cause any mechanical problems.”

Hate to say this, but it could.

A couple of years back we needed to move an old server which had been running uninterruptedly for a long time. We shut it down for at most 10 minutes and when we tried to power it up it didn’t start. The reason ? The hard disk failed.

So, if it is a critical server you might want to (and should) be prepared in case something goes wrong.

]]> By: j10 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/move-old-window-server-to-new-location/#comment-84988 j10 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:11:31 +0000 #comment-84988 thank you.

]]> By: charliebrowne http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/move-old-window-server-to-new-location/#comment-84987 charliebrowne Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:09:09 +0000 #comment-84987 No it should not cause any mechanical problems.

]]> By: j10 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/move-old-window-server-to-new-location/#comment-84986 j10 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:07:33 +0000 #comment-84986 It will be the same VLAN and IP address. Should I be concern about old drives? Will moving those old boxes could cause “mechanical” problems?

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