Experience with upgrading from 2003 to 2008 vs. clean install "Steve" <steve[ at ]steve> 12/3/2008 11:28:00 PM Hi, I've read a lot of good and helpful information here about issues and best practices when upgrading from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2008 Server. Currently we have 5 Windows 2003 Domain Controllers and im ready to start migrating them. How has your experience been with upgrading versus performing a clean install, aside from the usual Software or Hardware incompatibilities. Any reluctances? Active Directory, Group Policy issues? Should I anticipate any issue's with having 2003 and 2008 servers coexisting with each other during the process? All of our workstations are Windows XP SP2 machines if that matters. Thank you! Steve

Re: Experience with upgrading from 2003 to 2008 vs. clean install Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)[ at ]gmx.de> 12/4/2008 7:00:32 AM Hello Steve, It is fully supported to do an inplace upgrade. So that wan't be a problem and will work. For additional software you have to make sure with the vendor that they support it. Personally i prefer to add a fresh installed 2008 to the domain and move the FSMO roles to it, make it GC and DNS etc. So you can be sure that no old "rubbish" is on the server. AD and ofcourse all related functions will work with an upgraded 2003 machine. You can run the different OS versions without any problem together. The only disadvantage is that you can not use the new Forest/Domain functional levels until you kick out all older OS DC's. 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 [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I've read a lot of good and helpful information here about issues and > best practices when upgrading from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2008 > Server. Currently we have 5 Windows 2003 Domain Controllers and im > ready to start migrating them. > > How has your experience been with upgrading versus performing a clean > install, aside from the usual Software or Hardware incompatibilities. > Any reluctances? Active Directory, Group Policy issues? Should I > anticipate any issue's with having 2003 and 2008 servers coexisting > with each other during the process? > > All of our workstations are Windows XP SP2 machines if that matters. > > Thank you! > > Steve >

Re: Experience with upgrading from 2003 to 2008 vs. clean install "Steve" <steve[ at ]steve> 12/4/2008 6:43:39 PM Thank you for the input Meinolf. I also prefer just to do a fresh install which we are going to do with a couple of the servers but were undecided on the rest. At this point im still researching the printer migration since one of the domain controllers is also a print server. Sounds like there are some issue with incompatible printers being deleted during the upgrade process. Did you encounter any issues in regards to the printers? "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)[ at ]gmx.de> wrote in message news:ff16fb66fafe8cb23fd83d063c7[ at ]msnews.microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello Steve, > > It is fully supported to do an inplace upgrade. So that wan't be a problem > and will work. For additional software you have to make sure with the > vendor that they support it. Personally i prefer to add a fresh installed > 2008 to the domain and move the FSMO roles to it, make it GC and DNS etc. > So you can be sure that no old "rubbish" is on the server. AD and ofcourse > all related functions will work with an upgraded 2003 machine. > > You can run the different OS versions without any problem together. The > only disadvantage is that you can not use the new Forest/Domain functional > levels until you kick out all older OS DC's. > > 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've read a lot of good and helpful information here about issues and >> best practices when upgrading from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2008 >> Server. Currently we have 5 Windows 2003 Domain Controllers and im >> ready to start migrating them. >> >> How has your experience been with upgrading versus performing a clean >> install, aside from the usual Software or Hardware incompatibilities. >> Any reluctances? Active Directory, Group Policy issues? Should I >> anticipate any issue's with having 2003 and 2008 servers coexisting >> with each other during the process? >> >> All of our workstations are Windows XP SP2 machines if that matters. >> >> Thank you! >> >> Steve >> > >

Re: Experience with upgrading from 2003 to 2008 vs. clean install dkumar <dkumar.3k5f7a[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 12/9/2008 10:35:23 AM Hi Meinolf Weber - Same scenario I am going to execute very soon.( Upgrading 2003 AD to Win 2008) Steps – I am cross verifying with application vendors though rely on Windows 2003 AD Upgrading Schema ( ADperp / forestprep of 2008 ) on existing Win 2003 AD - Necessary ? Installing 2008 and promoting as DC and moving all the roles to New 2008 Box. Examine the logs for any error Checking all the applications -- dkumar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dkumar's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/dkumar.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/server-migration/1082074.htm http://forums.techarena.in