Upgrade painlessly from w2008std to 2008R2std...?
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From: Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] on 13 Oct 2009 08:17 Hello Jake, No need for disconnecting, keep in mind for a 2008 R2 DC you have to upgrade the schema according to: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731728(WS.10).aspx Just check out the upgrade guide posted before. Depending on the OS architecture use adprep32.exe (32bit) or adprep.exe (64bit). Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] skrev: > >> Hello Jake, >> >> If you use only the RTM versions and no RC/BETA you can do it >> inplace, whereas i prefer always a clean install for a new OS >> version. >> > Me too, but I installed w2008 from scratch on these two 10 days ago,so > it should be near-as clean (except AD, DNS etc which were migrated :-) > > I hoped that perhaps I could just upgrade a disconnected domain > controller without denoting / promoting it, (just let the R2 installer > do its work, then reconnect and restart) or wouldn't taking a shortcut > like that be an option..? > > jake >
From: Jake on 21 Oct 2009 05:30 Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] skrev: > Hello Jake, > > No need for disconnecting, keep in mind for a 2008 R2 DC you have to > upgrade the schema according to: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731728(WS.10).aspx > > Just check out the upgrade guide posted before. > > Depending on the OS architecture use adprep32.exe (32bit) or adprep.exe > (64bit). > > Best regards > > Meinolf Weber Thanks again. Another issue comes to my mind: If I recall correctly R2 is 64bit only. We currently run win2008std in 32bit. What else do we need to be aware of when jumping from 32bit to 64bit in this case? New drivers? What else...? regards jake
From: Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] on 21 Oct 2009 06:20
Hello Jake, In-place upgrade from 32bit to 64bit is not possible, it requires a reinstall. For drivers you have to check the hardware vendor website before. But as far as i realized until now there is a really good driver support included within 2008 R2. Other problems related to the OS architectur i didn't heard about until now. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] skrev: > >> Hello Jake, >> >> No need for disconnecting, keep in mind for a 2008 R2 DC you have to >> upgrade the schema according to: >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731728(WS.10).aspx >> >> Just check out the upgrade guide posted before. >> >> Depending on the OS architecture use adprep32.exe (32bit) or >> adprep.exe (64bit). >> >> Best regards >> >> Meinolf Weber >> > Thanks again. > > Another issue comes to my mind: > > If I recall correctly R2 is 64bit only. We currently run win2008std > in 32bit. > > What else do we need to be aware of when jumping from 32bit to 64bit > in this case? New drivers? What else...? > > regards > > jake > |