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Shane White
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Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:09 pm Post subject:
In-place upgrade information? |
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Hi,
I'm trying to find information on upgrading a Win2k PDC to a Win2k3 PDC
in-place using the existing box. Most of the migration info I'm finding
talks about installing a Win2k3 member server, installing AD, etc. The
environment that I'm going to upgrade isn't that large-- just the one Win2k
PDC box, so I need to upgrade that machine to Win2k3. Any resources on this
would be greatly appreciated...
thanks,
Shane |
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jjhols
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Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject:
RE: In-place upgrade information? |
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Hi
The way I would go about this upgrade would be as follows.
1. Run winnt32 /checkupgradeonly from the Server 2003 cd to make sure all
applications are compatible.
2. Perform system state backup and verify it is good.
3. Run Winnt32 to upgrade from Windows 2000 to Server 2003.
And of course also test this before you apply it to your production enviroment
I found this article to helpful http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325379
Good Luck
"Shane White" wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm trying to find information on upgrading a Win2k PDC to a Win2k3 PDC
in-place using the existing box. Most of the migration info I'm finding
talks about installing a Win2k3 member server, installing AD, etc. The
environment that I'm going to upgrade isn't that large-- just the one Win2k
PDC box, so I need to upgrade that machine to Win2k3. Any resources on this
would be greatly appreciated...
thanks,
Shane |
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Frances [MSFT]
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:31 am Post subject:
RE: In-place upgrade information? |
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Hello Shane,
In addition to the information Jjhols has offered, I would like to add two
points:
1. Please perform a full backup before you take any action.
2. Please run "ADPREP /FORESTPREP" and "ADPREP /DOMAINPREP" as described in
the following article below. This step upgrades the existing Windows 2000
forest and domain to ensure that they contain the additional objects,
attributes and permissions necessary to support the Windows Server 2003
Active Directory environment.
325379 How to upgrade Windows 2000 domain controllers to Windows Server
2003 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;325379
Upgrading from Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/upgrading/w2k/default.mspx
Upgrading from Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/whyupgrade/win2k/w2kto
ws03-2.mspx
Any further questions, let us get in touch!
Best regards,
Frances He
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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