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I) 2008 is combination of vista and windows 2003r2. Some new services are introduced in it 1. RODC one new domain controller introduced in it [Read-only Domain controllers.] 2. WDS (windows deployment services) instead of RIS in 2003 server 3. shadow copy for each and every folders 4.boot sequence is changed 5.installation is 32 bit where as 2003 it is 16 as well as 32 bit, that’s why installation of 2008 is faster 6.services are known as role in it 7. Group policy editor is a separate option in ads II)The main difference between 2003 and 2008 is Virtualization, management. 2008 has more inbuilt components and updated third party drivers Microsoft introduces new feature with 2k8 that is Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 introduces Hyper-V (V for Virtualization) but only on 64bit versions. More and more companies are seeing this as a way of reducing hardware costs by running several 'virtual' servers on one physical machine. If you like this exciting technology, ma

1- When installing terminal services for win2000 u r prompted to select application server functions or administrative functions sets can be installed sequently on one server but it performs only one function at one time. But in 2003 still distinguishes between application and administrative services but installation and management are now consolidated. 2- In Win 2000 server we can apply 620 group policies but in 2003 we can apply nearly 720 so Win2003 server is more secure than win 2000 server. 3- In 2000 we cannot rename domain whereas in 2003 we can rename Domain. 4- In 2000 it supports of 8 processors and 64 GB RAM (In 2000 Advance Server) whereas in 2003 supports up to 64 processors and max of 512GB RAM. 5- Win 2000 Supports IIS 5.0 and 2003 Supports IIS6.0 6- Win 2000 doesn’t support Dot net whereas 2003 Supports Microsoft .NET 2.0 7- Win 2000 has Server and Advance Server editions whereas 2003 has Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter and Web server Editions. 8- Win 200

In Veritas Storage Foundation, some time we will get this kind of disk shrink issues due to which the Private/Public portions of the disk won't have enough space to shrink as requested by the user. However, this problem can be resolved by trying this option - When you try to mirror the disks, you will find the option called "Disable Track Alignment". Leave your comments if this does / doesn't work. I need to do more checks on this option.