Re: Adding new 2003 R2 Domain controllers to existing Server 2003
No problem, as a volume license customer I have the original R2 disks as
well as the R2 with SP2 versions but thanks for pointing that out.
Jim
"Baboon" <baboon@news.postalias> wrote in message
news:7FF5FD9A-2E6A-4B82-A594-9E89321DAB23@microsoft.com...
>I don't think this is going to be a problem, but one correction: W2K3 R2
> came out with SP1 slipstreamed, not SP2. That said, I imagine you can
> also
> buy W2K3 R2 with SP2 slipstreamed at this point.
>
> I am sure you can use disk 2 to install the R2 components on a SP2
> installation anyway. You do have the product key for R2, correct? You
> will
> be prompted if your server was installed from pre-R2 W2K3 media.
>
> "Jim" wrote:
>
>> Danny, All my server are Server 2003 SP2 already so are you saying that I
>> just have to run the second disk and then they are full R2 machines?
>>
>> One of the main reasons I want to have R2 is the ability to establish
>> quotas
>> on individual folders to limit the amount a user can put there.
>> Can I just install the second disk on the member server that I want to
>> have
>> the quota's on and not upgrade the domain controllers to R2?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Danny Sanders" <DSanders@NOSPAMciber.com> wrote in message
>> news:%232SesdLdIHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > R2 is Win 2k3 SP2 with feature upgrades. You would run adprep on the
>> > schema master for your domain, then install the updated R2 features on
>> > the
>> > servers you want to use the updated features on by installing the
>> > second
>> > disk of the R2 set on those servers. If you are not going to use the
>> > updated features, there is no need to install the second disk. By only
>> > using the first disk you will have a Win 2k3 SP 2 server ready to go.
>> > At
>> > any point later you can add the R2 updated features on this server by
>> > running setup2 from the second disk of the R2 set.
>> >
>> > FYI I've never see anyone in these news groups that said the schema
>> > update
>> > went belly up. But good backups is a good Idea.
>> >
>> >
>> > hth
>> > DDS
>> >
>> > "Jim" <jj@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23Vr%23IYLdIHA.4312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >> Hello, I have a Server 2003 domain and need to upgrade the hardware of
>> >> 2
>> >> of my domain controllers. I thought this would be a good time to move
>> >> to
>> >> Server 2003 R2.
>> >>
>> >> I wanted to do a sanity check on the process and make sure there are
>> >> no
>> >> gotcha's that I've not yet read about.
>> >>
>> >> I've built the hardware and installed Server 2003 R2 and understand
>> >> that
>> >> the next step is to run the forest prep. I've got good tape backups
>> >> of
>> >> the domain controllers and individual system state backups of each as
>> >> well.
>> >>
>> >> Would there be any other best practices that I should do from a
>> >> disaster
>> >> standpoint in case the forest prep goes south and I need to restore?
>> >>
>> >> Or is this upgrade so minor that I'm worrying too much?
>> >>
>> >> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>