Re: 2003 Enteprise SP2 or 2003 Enteprise R2

Thank you. I am a tiny bit confused.

You mentioned W2K3 R2 is a version with W2K3 SP1 and Feature CD (second CD).
So let say we have a bunch of servers running on W2K3 with SP1 or SP2, does
that mean I can just insert the R2 #2 CD and install the features onto these
servers and that would automatically make my W2K3 SP1 and SP2 servers becomes
R2?

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Regards,

Andy


"Danny Sanders" wrote:

Thank you very much. So to understand correctly. If I update from the
current W2K3 SP1 to SP2, it would be the same as having W2K3 R2?

Nope.

It may (not sure haven't tested) be possible to have a Win 2k3 SP 1 R2
computer and Win 2k3 SP 2 R2 computer, a Win 2k3 Sp 1 and a Win 2k3 SP 2
computer, and all are different.

R2 and SP 2 are different. SP 2 is an OS upgrade that should be applied to
all your Win 2k3 servers.

R2 is a *feature* upgrade. You would install the *feature* update only on
the server you want to use that feature on.

Example. We use R2 for the updated DFSR features. We want our branch offices
to replicate data back here to our hub server. We only installed R2 on those
branch servers and the hub they are replicating to.

With SP 2 after testing we will eventually get around to installing SP 2 on
all of our Win 2k3 server.

SP 2 does not include *any* of the updated features that R 2 include.

hth
DDS

"gocrm" <gocrm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you very much. So to understand correctly. If I update from the
current W2K3 SP1 to SP2, it would be the same as having W2K3 R2? Meaning
after the upgrade it will contain all the features as W2K3 R2?

Sorry for the newbie questions.

--
Regards,

Andy


"Danny Sanders" wrote:

1) If I don't upgrade and leave the host with the Windows 2003 , will
this
cause a compatibility issue since the host is R2 and the VMs are not?

2) Will I gain any real benefit by upgrading the host to R2? Will it
give
me any better performance?


R2 is not an upgrade. It's a feature update. R2 is a 2 disk set, disk 1
is
Win 2k3 SP1. Disk 2 is the updated features. If you want a Win 2k3 SP 1
server just use disk 1. If you want to use the updated features (DFSR for
example) you install those update features on your Win 2k3 SP 1 servers
by
running setup2 from the second disk of the R2 set. You will gain better
performance when using the R2 updated features as opposed to using the
same
features in Win 2k 3 SP1. DFSR for example.


SP2 is the upgrade.

hth
DDS

"neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No for compatibility/performance. Basically Windows 2003 R2 is Windows
2003 SP1 w/ a bonus pack of features (some of which you can download
and
some not).


"gocrm" <gocrm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Greetings,

This question is related to Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise.
But
since it is relevant to the OS, I am posting it here.

I am running Windows 2003 Enterprise SP2 on the host server. On the
virtual
instances, I installed several Windows 2003 Enterprise R2 VHD. I am
thinking of upgrading my HOST server to Window 2003 Enterprise R2. I
thought
this would keep my host and the more VMs syncronized. My quetions
are:

1) If I don't upgrade and leave the host with the Windows 2003 , will
this
cause a compatibility issue since the host is R2 and the VMs are not?

2) Will I gain any real benefit by upgrading the host to R2? Will it
give
me any better performance?

I read the comparision between the R2 and the Enterprise SP2 version
and
it
only have the few diffences. The differences were mostly Active
Directory
and File Syncronization.

I really don't want to upgrade because it's a real pain to reload 264
servers. I am just wondering if there's a real reason to upgrade or
not
upgrade. Thanks for your help.

--
Regards,

Andy








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