Upgrade painlessly from w2008std to 2008R2std...?
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From: Jake on 13 Oct 2009 06:40 Hi, I consider to upgrade two of our domain controllers to benefit from R2's DFS clustering services. Would the upgrade be painless, or should I expect a lot of tweaking and reconfiguration? rgds jake
From: Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] on 13 Oct 2009 07:10 Hello Jake, I would not cluster Domain controllers, doesn't matter which OS version you use. You can but follow this way http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281662 Additional i suggest to use the following NG: microsoft.public.windows.server.clustering And this forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/winserverClustering/threads 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 > Hi, > > I consider to upgrade two of our domain controllers to benefit from > R2's > DFS clustering services. > Would the upgrade be painless, or should I expect a lot of tweaking > and reconfiguration? > > rgds jake >
From: Jake on 13 Oct 2009 07:14 Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] skrev: > Hello Jake, > > I would not cluster Domain controllers, doesn't matter which OS version > you use. You can but follow this way > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281662 > > Additional i suggest to use the following NG: > microsoft.public.windows.server.clustering > > And this forum: > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/winserverClustering/threads I just need to cluster a few fileshares, so that shouldn't be any problem, but I also wanted to know if a (general) upgrade from 2008 std to 2008R2 std would be painless or if there are many pitfalls... jake
From: Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] on 13 Oct 2009 07:34 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. Check this one for known problems: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/973422 And here some additional info: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd365353(WS.10).aspx http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f2d08680-0875-44d3-bb5f-c5b05ac7201b#tm 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, >> >> I would not cluster Domain controllers, doesn't matter which OS >> version you use. You can but follow this way >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281662 >> >> Additional i suggest to use the following NG: >> microsoft.public.windows.server.clustering >> And this forum: >> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/winserverClustering/ >> threads > I just need to cluster a few fileshares, so that shouldn't be any > problem, but I also wanted to know if a (general) upgrade from 2008 > std to 2008R2 std would be painless or if there are many pitfalls... > > jake >
From: Jake on 13 Oct 2009 07:56
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 |