IIRC, an upgrade from NT4 was the only way you could get Windows 2000 servers to not run IIS by default. That's probably the only reason I've ever used to upgrade, if I'm not totally mistaken and thinking of something completely different (was a long time ago)
Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -----Original Message----- From: "Andrew S. Baker" <asbz...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:25:59 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: Re: Upgrading Windows in-place - your experiences? I've always advised against in-place upgrades. I've done more than a few, and the only ones that went really well long term were the ones where I had built and maintained the original box myself, and then done the upgrade. A clean upgrade, when you can plan for it, it always better, IMO, unless there's some software running that you cannot install new to the new box. Having said that, 2008 to 2008 R2 is the easiest of the Windows upgrades (far better than Vista to Win7). * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * 2011/10/4 Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk> > I haven't upgraded a Windows Server install for years now as typically > with physical boxes the box gets replaced after a three year period so the > OS is rebuilt/refreshed. > > Virtualisation has changed that somewhat as we now have VM's with a > potentially infinite "physical" life, and as a result I have quite a few > that are still running Windows 2003. > > I may rebuild them all with 2008 R2 which also solves the fact that right > now they're 32bit, but what are peoples experiences of upgrading Windows > in-place? > > As I said I've not had to do so for years now so I'm out of touch with > how good/bad of an experience it is these days? The one potentially nice > thing is that other than any third-party apps, the VM's are about as clean > as you can get, no HP PSP or suchlike to have to deal with. > > I should add we're talking small role-specific VM's here, nothing crazy > like Exchange. > > Thanks, > Paul > ------------------------------ > *MIRA Ltd* > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
