Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

Most people seem to be lobbing new boxes at it but anyone done an upgrade and what problems (if any) have you come across?


Same goes for EX2k to EX2003



Some people haven't got a NEW hardware budget

Thanks

pblakeway

Ive upgraded member servers with no probs, if upgrading DCs then you have to update the schema to a 2003 one. (even if you are continuing to run in 2k mixed/native modes)

There is something in the back of my mind that sets of a warning about upgrading to 2k3 with exch. involved, was a bstrd of a question on the msce so you may want to check that out further.

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

Knew someone would say that

The temptation to backup data and go for a fresh install is so strong! But oh how tedious...

pblakeway

Hi PTMW,
ive just checked back over some course notes, apparently the 2k3 schema is not compatable with exch 2k. Dont take this as gospel though its only what i could work out from the text books.
This would mean your upgrade of exch should come before the domain upgrade.

LanCat

Also had big problems with AD restoral on DC's that had been upgraded from W2K to 2003. If you have more than one DC then my advice is to plan on an upgrade/fresh install mix and some role shuffling.

roblane

Puff,

upgrade is NOT uncommon but I can understand everyones rationale for going with clean builds.

To address the schema issues - specifically potential incompatibility with the exchange 2000 schema version of inetorgperson and the W2003 flavour of that object check out :

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314649

And for a general overview of what you should be doing prior to upgrade:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;325379 which also includes the schema upgrade details