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Win2k upgrade package
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Schoenberg
Programmer
nope...sounds like a naive concept, though. LOL
Are you specifically talking about upgrading your SMS server from NT 4.0 to Windows 2000?
If so, I've done it too many times to count. Works great! Highly recommended. Windows 2000 provides better performance and availability of the SMS server, and SMS SP3 gives you even extra performance gains for the server.
There are currently some issues not worked out yet, for Windows 2000 SP2 and SMS, though. I'd stick with Windows 2000 SP1 until hotfixes have been communicated. Rod Trent
Microsoft SMS Installer ISBN:0072124474
Admin911:SMS ISBN:0072130229
IIS 5.0: A Beginner's Guide - ISBN:0072133724
If so, I've done it too many times to count. Works great! Highly recommended. Windows 2000 provides better performance and availability of the SMS server, and SMS SP3 gives you even extra performance gains for the server.
There are currently some issues not worked out yet, for Windows 2000 SP2 and SMS, though. I'd stick with Windows 2000 SP1 until hotfixes have been communicated. Rod Trent
Microsoft SMS Installer ISBN:0072124474
Admin911:SMS ISBN:0072130229
IIS 5.0: A Beginner's Guide - ISBN:0072133724
Rod,
Great reply. I am about to upgrade my SMS Site Servers (Three primary site servers in 3 sites running on Windows NT 4.0 with SMS 2.0 (SP3) and SQL (SP2)) to Windows 2000.
However, I have been unable to find detailed Microsoft documents on how to perform the upgrade. I want to do an in-place upgrade seeing how my hardware is sufficient.
- I plan to perform a full flat backup of the server and database (meaning services and database stopped.).
- Then I need to run a Compaq primer utility to put all drivers in defualt mode during the windows 2000 upgrade process. (For example, NIC teaming may get screwed up...therefore, the primer utility disables teaming during the upgrade process.)
- Now, I'm not sure. I may leave the SMS and SQL services shut down duing the windows 2000 upgrade process. I'm not sure...what do you recommend?
- I'm also not sure if order matters...primary site, secondary site?
Am I missing any steps? In general the upgrade process should be pretty straight forward.
Thanks for any information... Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000
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Great reply. I am about to upgrade my SMS Site Servers (Three primary site servers in 3 sites running on Windows NT 4.0 with SMS 2.0 (SP3) and SQL (SP2)) to Windows 2000.
However, I have been unable to find detailed Microsoft documents on how to perform the upgrade. I want to do an in-place upgrade seeing how my hardware is sufficient.
- I plan to perform a full flat backup of the server and database (meaning services and database stopped.).
- Then I need to run a Compaq primer utility to put all drivers in defualt mode during the windows 2000 upgrade process. (For example, NIC teaming may get screwed up...therefore, the primer utility disables teaming during the upgrade process.)
- Now, I'm not sure. I may leave the SMS and SQL services shut down duing the windows 2000 upgrade process. I'm not sure...what do you recommend?
- I'm also not sure if order matters...primary site, secondary site?
Am I missing any steps? In general the upgrade process should be pretty straight forward.
Thanks for any information... Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000
If your company is in need of experts to examine technical problems/solutions, please check out
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