upgrade to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2

[Tech 24]

I have a file server running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and I want to
upgrade to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise to take advance of the File
Server Resource Manager option. This server in a cluster node, and I want to
confirm if it is possible to upgrade the server to R2 without installing from
scratch
and loose all the files, permissions, cluster settings I already have.
thanks

 

[Danny Sanders]

Re: upgrade to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2

To go to R2, you will need to run adprep (from the second disk of the R2
set) on the schema master for your existing domain. After adprep
successfully completes, you can add the R2 features to any Win 2k3 SP 1
server in that domain by running setup2 from the second CD of the R2 set. No
need to install from scratch.

hth
DDS

"Tech 24" <Tech24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a file server running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and I want to
> upgrade to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise to take advance of the File
> Server Resource Manager option. This server in a cluster node, and I want
> to
> confirm if it is possible to upgrade the server to R2 without installing
> from
> scratch
> and loose all the files, permissions, cluster settings I already have.
> thanks
>
>