Re: DC Win2k3 SP2 upgrade from STD to ENT
Danny, thanks for the reply.
Well, here's what's happening. My current production DC is a Windows 2003
Standard Server; which I'd like to upgrade to a Windows 2003 Enterprise
Server (mainly for the IAS feature); the Enterprise CD I'm using is not the
R2 version though. (I do own an R2 version, but we're not going to use that
version yet)
For obvious reasons, I need to do an upgrade - not a new installation.
When the CD autoruns, I'm unable to upgrade the OS. I get the message
stating that the OS on the computer is newer than the one on the CD. It also
states that only a 'new' installation will be allowed. It also states that in
case I want to keep the 'older' installation; I should install this version
on a different windows directory. As, a matter of fact, the window that comes
up has the 'continue' button grayed out, so I'm unable to upgrade from the
GUI. Only 'Cancel' and 'Detail' buttons are enabled.
I went ahead and tried booting the machine using the Win2k3 ENT bootable CD
and I got the following: You chose to install Windows on a partition that
contains another operating system. Installing Windows on this partition might
cause the other operating system to function improperly....
I've gone as far as creating a 'test' new domain (running Windows 2003
Standard SP2 and fully patched) on a virtual machine on my lab. I get the
same results as well.
Seems to me that either I'm missing something or the upgrade path broke
after SP2.
Thanks again!
"Danny Sanders" wrote:
> > Well, it doesn't quite work that way.
> >
> > As soon as I try to install it says that the OS on the hard disk is newer
> > than the one on the CD and it wants me to remove the old installation.
>
>
> Actually it does work that way. What I suspect is that you forgot to tell us
> that the existing install is Win 2k3 SP2 and the Enterprise version you are
> trying to upgrade to is Win 2k3 SP2 "R2".
>
> R2 is a 2 disk set. You will need to run adprep from the second CD of the R2
> set on the Schema master for your domain, then upgrade using the Win 2k3
> Enterprise R2 version.
>
> R2 is just a set of upgraded features that require a schema modification to
> prepare the domain for the new R2 features.
> If you were going to use the updated features you would run adprep from the
> second CD to prepare the domain, then install the R2 feature(s) only on the
> servers you need to use the new features on. It does not sound like you are
> wanting to use the new R2 features so just run adprep on the schema master
> and then upgrade the DC.
>
> hth
> DDS
>
> "Edward" <Edward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5DCB404-E209-44C9-8868-488AD362EE5B@microsoft.com...
> > Well, it doesn't quite work that way.
> >
> > As soon as I try to install it says that the OS on the hard disk is newer
> > than the one on the CD and it wants me to remove the old installation.
> >
> > Maybe I need an 'upgrade' cd or media? I have the MSDN CDs we receive from
> > Microsoft.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Edward,
> >>
> >> Just insert the enterprise disk and with autostarting it should prompt
> >> you
> >> with the supported options.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Meinolf Weber
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> >> > I have a couple of domain controllers running Windows Server 2003
> >> > Standard with SP2 and I'd like to know if it's possible to upgrade
> >> > them to the Enterprise edition?
> >> >
> >> > Basically, I need to do this as IAS on the standard version only
> >> > supports up to 50 devices and I need to add more devices. Apparently
> >> > the enterprise version of IAS supports more devices.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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