Re: SBS2k -> SBS03 Upgrade Problems
From: Eric Hoffman (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/29/04
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Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 10:57:42 -0800
I am in the exact same boat for an inplace upgrade.
Maddening to say the least. Has anyone had any luck
working around this?
>-----Original Message-----
>no advice from me, unfortunately, on your issues. just
letting you know we're in it together. Since you've done
some inplace upgrades, can you tell me: do ineed to have
iislockdown installed before upgrading?
>
>--
>Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
>"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom
long"
>
>
> "Ken St. John" <MinutemanSolutions@NOT-
VERYhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O5xigYu$DHA.2800@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Greetings All!!
>
> I guess it's a sign of the times that I haven't had to
post to this group for a while ... all of my SBS03
clients are just purring away happily!!
>
> Until now ...
>
> I have two remaining holdouts, and one (a dental
office) had their upgrade this weekend. Although this is
the fifth or sixth time (dating back to B2) that I have
done in place upgrades of SBS2k to SBS03, this is the
only time I REALLY had some serious problems.
>
> Situation: older Compaq Proliant server, P3 500,
512MB, 18GB, etc. Hardware is scheduled for replacement
in 9-12 months ... but we gotta keep this puppy running
until then!! No hardware related issues at all.
>
> On install, SBS03 integrated setup appears to have
skipped a couple of upgrades ... the Intranet and
Exchange. Not noticing this at the time, Setup appeared
to have completed properly, and asked me for permission
for the final re-boot. Did so. Upon startup, it asked
to run Windows Update ... we did and I received two
failures to install properly -- WM9 (ok) and KB832880
(the Intranet update). Hmm. Then I ran the ICECW, and
found no options at all for Exchange and email. Hmm.
Went back to the integrated setup and had a close
look ... sure enough Intranet had no check marks on it as
being installed and neither did Exchange. Looking closer
at the drop downs, I saw the Intranet had the option of
UPGRADE as did Exchange, so I made those selections and
restarted the process. About 30-40% through the Exchange
installation/upgrade ... I received the following error
box:
>
>
>
> Hitting RETRY got me nowhere, so I hit CANCEL and
Setup appeared to continue to process normally. But, all
of the key Exchange players (Store, etc.) are set to
Manual and are stopped. Configuring e-mail does not
appear as an option in the Internet Wizard.
>
> On the Intranet side, everything appeared to install
OK. But, when I manually re-ran KB832880 the install
fails right after it says it is installing file
SQMSTOUP.DLL (I think I copied the file name correctly).
>
> I then get this error message:
>
>
>
> Although I suspect that pressing CANCEL would be OK as
I am guess that we have an issue with the original
WindowsUpdate installed version being only somewhat
properly installed, I have chosen the chicken's way out
and hit OK. By the way, //Companyweb does NOT work ...
permission denied, so it appears that the fix is NOT
installed.
>
> Fixes:
>
> 1) Although my preference would have been a clean
install, there are several third party dental related
apps running on this server that I do not want to have to
mess with right now (bad software and bad tech support!!)
so in-place upgrade is the only real choice. I must do
everything possible to AVOID a rebuild from square one as
dealing with re-installing this crappy dental software is
just too much for me right now!! However, I do discount
these apps from having any influence at all on these
issues as they ran perfectly before the SBS03 upgrade
started.
>
> 2) I suspect I can remove then reinstall the Intranet
component. Need some suggestions to make sure I get
everything, but I actually think that will be fairly easy.
>
> 3) What about resolving the Exchange errors? Can I
simply REMOVE then REINSTALL the Exchange Component
(using integrated setup)?
>
> Good news is ... these folks are pretty light users of
Exchange data and the loss of what they have or the loss
of Exchange capability for a day or two is not a huge
issue although they will probably not be happy. So,
obviously, this is not the long term solution!! Other
piece of good news is that in its current state, the
underlying Server 2003 seems to be running well and the
Dental apps are functioning properly so at least they can
get the important parts of their work done tomorrow
morning (Monday)!
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance/suggestions!!
>
> Cheers!!
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
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