Transferring disks from one Proliant to another...

[Steve Holland]

Hey,

Scenario:

1 x Proliant DL360 G2
1 x Proliant DL360 G1

They each have an existing Win2k build on them and there's a requirement to
swap the disks from one machine to another (why I have to do it is a long
story - I just need to do it). Each machine has a different array controller
in it - so when I swap the disks each one is going to give me "inaccessible
boot device" blue screens.

How can I alter the existing build on each machine to ensure I can swap the
disks and therefore boot the existing builds when they've moved?

I think it should be a simple thing to do, but all my research on the topic
seems to have pointed me at the "MassStorageController" section in the
sysprep config. This isn't relevant here - the builds are already in place.

Thanks for your help!

Cheers
Steve

 

[NIC Student]

You may need to repair the installation after the swap by booting to the
Win2k CD or one of the following articles:

How to Move a Windows 2000 Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;249694

"STOP 0x0000007B" Error After Moving Windows 2000 System Disk to Another
System
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;271965&Product=win2000

 

[Steve Holland]

Thanks Scott.

I'd prefer to go the "registry priming" route, rather than repairing the
installation.As they are live boxes I don't want to risk changing something
with the repair when all I wanted was the other array controller driver. A
question I have from the second article below - the mergeide.reg stuff only
seems to include IDE drivers? Is there some way to merge the registry
entries for the SCSI drivers?

Thanks again!
Steve

 

[NIC Student]

Hmmm, I've never tried that article. Maybe someone else can give advice on
how effective it is.

I usually go for the repair because the machine retains its name/guid/roles,
etc and has been fairly trouble-free for me.

 

[Steve Holland]

Fair enough, Scott. I'll give that a try then.

Thanks for your help.