Comments on: Complications from an SBS 2008 Migration http://www.thirdtier.net/2009/11/complications-from-an-sbs-2008-migration/ Support for IT Professionals Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:18:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jason Leib http://www.thirdtier.net/2009/11/complications-from-an-sbs-2008-migration/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Jason Leib Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:48:45 +0000 http://www.thirdtier.net/2009/11/complications-from-an-sbs-2008-migration/#comment-130 I had the same issue with the SBS 2003 BPA. Not wanting to encounter the same issue you had when we decide to migrate this box, I worked with MS support, and ended up with the following as the resolution: Step 1: You can do the WMI query to get the computer's name by doing Start/Run wbemtest Click Connect Namespace: root\cimv2 Click Connect Click Query Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem Click Apply You should then see Win32_ComputerSystem.Name='ComputerName' Specifically, note whether the computer name returned is upper- or lowercase. Normally the ComputerName values are in upper case. I suggest you change the registry key and test again: 1. Start regedit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName, change the value "ComputerName" in to be upper case. 3. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName, change the value ComputerName in to be upper case. 4. Reboot the server and test again. I had the same issue with the SBS 2003 BPA. Not wanting to encounter the same issue you had when we decide to migrate this box, I worked with MS support, and ended up with the following as the resolution:

Step 1: You can do the WMI query to get the computer’s name by doing

Start/Run
wbemtest

Click Connect
Namespace: root\cimv2
Click Connect

Click Query
Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem
Click Apply

You should then see
Win32_ComputerSystem.Name=’ComputerName’

Specifically, note whether the computer name returned is upper- or lowercase.

Normally the ComputerName values are in upper case. I suggest you change the registry key and test again:

1. Start regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName, change the value “ComputerName” in to be upper case.
3. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName, change the value ComputerName in to be upper case.
4. Reboot the server and test again.

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