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TLMPLHou66
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
Upgrade clusters to Exch2003 |
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This weekend I will upgrading Exchange 2000/Windows 2000 A/P CLusters to
2003. I know I need to upgrade the Front End first. I know I need to upgrade
Exchange prior to upgrading Windows. I understand that I will upgrade the
passive node before failing over to the first node and upgrading that one.
I'm really looking for gotcha's that are not as obvious. I've looked at the
logs on the servers and they appear to be relatively clean. Is there anything
else to watch out for besides removing the old cluster account from the Store
permissions tab?
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Sasa Milovanovic
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
RE: Upgrade clusters to Exch2003 |
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Hi,
do you really want to do inplace upgrade? Consider buying spare or temporary
servers for upgrade...
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Regards,
Sasa Milovanovic
MCSE:Messaging
sasa.milovanovic(at)exchangemaster.net
www.eugeurope.org
Korisnik "TLMPLHou66" napisao je:
| Quote: | This weekend I will upgrading Exchange 2000/Windows 2000 A/P CLusters to
2003. I know I need to upgrade the Front End first. I know I need to upgrade
Exchange prior to upgrading Windows. I understand that I will upgrade the
passive node before failing over to the first node and upgrading that one.
I'm really looking for gotcha's that are not as obvious. I've looked at the
logs on the servers and they appear to be relatively clean. Is there anything
else to watch out for besides removing the old cluster account from the Store
permissions tab? |
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seth
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
Re: Upgrade clusters to Exch2003 |
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or you could do this...
How to upgrade Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003 in an
active/passive clustered environment by doing a clean installation of
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842427
"Sasa Milovanovic" <sasa.milovanovic(at)exchangemaster.net> wrote in message
news:4B9BCF33-AEC6-40B6-8CCC-49B310E5497B@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Hi,
do you really want to do inplace upgrade? Consider buying spare or
temporary
servers for upgrade...
--
Regards,
Sasa Milovanovic
MCSE:Messaging
sasa.milovanovic(at)exchangemaster.net
www.eugeurope.org
Korisnik "TLMPLHou66" napisao je:
This weekend I will upgrading Exchange 2000/Windows 2000 A/P CLusters to
2003. I know I need to upgrade the Front End first. I know I need to
upgrade
Exchange prior to upgrading Windows. I understand that I will upgrade the
passive node before failing over to the first node and upgrading that
one.
I'm really looking for gotcha's that are not as obvious. I've looked at
the
logs on the servers and they appear to be relatively clean. Is there
anything
else to watch out for besides removing the old cluster account from the
Store
permissions tab? |
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TLMPLHou66
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
RE: Upgrade clusters to Exch2003 |
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Why??
It's really not an option right now.
"Sasa Milovanovic" wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
do you really want to do inplace upgrade? Consider buying spare or temporary
servers for upgrade...
--
Regards,
Sasa Milovanovic
MCSE:Messaging
sasa.milovanovic(at)exchangemaster.net
www.eugeurope.org
Korisnik "TLMPLHou66" napisao je:
This weekend I will upgrading Exchange 2000/Windows 2000 A/P CLusters to
2003. I know I need to upgrade the Front End first. I know I need to upgrade
Exchange prior to upgrading Windows. I understand that I will upgrade the
passive node before failing over to the first node and upgrading that one.
I'm really looking for gotcha's that are not as obvious. I've looked at the
logs on the servers and they appear to be relatively clean. Is there anything
else to watch out for besides removing the old cluster account from the Store
permissions tab? |
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Russ Kaufmann [MVP]
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
Re: Upgrade clusters to Exch2003 |
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"TLMPLHou66" <tmarshall@placorp.com> wrote in message
news:627F3CF0-BC9B-47EE-80BA-86A73DE0BFD4@microsoft.com...
That is an easy question to answer. Because it is a high availability
environment and you should do everything possible to keep the servers
pristine and to manage them well. When upgrading from one OS to another,
there are always pieces of the old OS floating around. Granted, there should
not be any problems caused because of it, but I have seen problems in the
past and I am not willing to risk my HA environments to a risk that I can
eliminate completely.
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Russ Kaufmann
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Website
http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp - Blog |
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TLMPLHou66
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
Re: Upgrade clusters to Exch2003 |
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Yes but, an upgrade will work right. That is why MS has upgrade paths. You
can't always start out fresh and clean everytime. I'm looking for information
on upgrades not clean installs.
Thanks.
"seth" wrote:
| Quote: | or you could do this...
How to upgrade Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003 in an
active/passive clustered environment by doing a clean installation of
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842427
"Sasa Milovanovic" <sasa.milovanovic(at)exchangemaster.net> wrote in message
news:4B9BCF33-AEC6-40B6-8CCC-49B310E5497B@microsoft.com...
Hi,
do you really want to do inplace upgrade? Consider buying spare or
temporary
servers for upgrade...
--
Regards,
Sasa Milovanovic
MCSE:Messaging
sasa.milovanovic(at)exchangemaster.net
www.eugeurope.org
Korisnik "TLMPLHou66" napisao je:
This weekend I will upgrading Exchange 2000/Windows 2000 A/P CLusters to
2003. I know I need to upgrade the Front End first. I know I need to
upgrade
Exchange prior to upgrading Windows. I understand that I will upgrade the
passive node before failing over to the first node and upgrading that
one.
I'm really looking for gotcha's that are not as obvious. I've looked at
the
logs on the servers and they appear to be relatively clean. Is there
anything
else to watch out for besides removing the old cluster account from the
Store
permissions tab?
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seth
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
Re: Upgrade clusters to Exch2003 |
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it'll work
just showing all your options
"TLMPLHou66" <tmarshall@placorp.com> wrote in message
news:0A028A88-BF2C-4536-A929-0127D41EB789@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Yes but, an upgrade will work right. That is why MS has upgrade paths. You
can't always start out fresh and clean everytime. I'm looking for
information
on upgrades not clean installs.
Thanks.
"seth" wrote:
or you could do this...
How to upgrade Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003 in an
active/passive clustered environment by doing a clean installation of
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842427
"Sasa Milovanovic" <sasa.milovanovic(at)exchangemaster.net> wrote in
message
news:4B9BCF33-AEC6-40B6-8CCC-49B310E5497B@microsoft.com...
Hi,
do you really want to do inplace upgrade? Consider buying spare or
temporary
servers for upgrade...
--
Regards,
Sasa Milovanovic
MCSE:Messaging
sasa.milovanovic(at)exchangemaster.net
www.eugeurope.org
Korisnik "TLMPLHou66" napisao je:
This weekend I will upgrading Exchange 2000/Windows 2000 A/P CLusters
to
2003. I know I need to upgrade the Front End first. I know I need to
upgrade
Exchange prior to upgrading Windows. I understand that I will upgrade
the
passive node before failing over to the first node and upgrading that
one.
I'm really looking for gotcha's that are not as obvious. I've looked
at
the
logs on the servers and they appear to be relatively clean. Is there
anything
else to watch out for besides removing the old cluster account from
the
Store
permissions tab?
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Sasa Milovanovic
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:58 am Post subject:
Re: Upgrade clusters to Exch2003 |
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Thanks Russ! :)
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Kind regards,
Sasa Milovanovic
Korisnik "Russ Kaufmann [MVP]" napisao je:
| Quote: | "TLMPLHou66" <tmarshall@placorp.com> wrote in message
news:627F3CF0-BC9B-47EE-80BA-86A73DE0BFD4@microsoft.com...
Why??
That is an easy question to answer. Because it is a high availability
environment and you should do everything possible to keep the servers
pristine and to manage them well. When upgrading from one OS to another,
there are always pieces of the old OS floating around. Granted, there should
not be any problems caused because of it, but I have seen problems in the
past and I am not willing to risk my HA environments to a risk that I can
eliminate completely.
--
Russ Kaufmann
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Website
http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp - Blog
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