Re: Sp1 and Eval SBS 2003 Unable to Install

Hi Edmund,

Thanks for your reply.

I have seen the log you have provided for me. Currently, it does not
indicate more clear direction than rerun the retail upgrade. So you may
need to do it.

However, I still provide some information regarding SBS 2003 disaster
recovery for your reference:

Since the complete reinstall may cause wide impact, we usually treat it as
our last resort. After analyzing the case log, there is still something we
could do before the total reinstall. Here, I suggest you try to reinstall
the IIS components. Please go through the steps in the following KB article
to see if the problem can be resolved:

887305 How to reinstall Internet Information Services 6.0 in Windows Small

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=887305

If you do want to perform a system reinstall, please refer to the following
disaster recovery steps:

* Use ldifde utility to export the user list and mail address list

* Use Exmerge to export the messages from mailboxes

* Use Outlook to export the contents in the public folders to .pst files

* Use Outlook to export the Outlook rules

* Back up the SharePoint database

* Copy other data such as the files in shared folders to other location
(removable media, other partition on the server or shared folders on client
workstations)

* Boot the computer with SBS installation CD. Format the original system
partition and clean install SBS 2003 server. When you reinstall the server,
you can duplicate the original domain and server name. Also you may use new
domain name or server name for this new installation.

* After installing all SBS components, configure the SBS server networking
configurations by using CEICW

* Use SBS add users wizard to create user accounts according to the ldifde
list

* Use Exmerge to import the messages to mailboxes

* Use Outlook to import the messages of public folders

* Use Outlook to restore the rules

* Restore the SharePoint database

* Copy other data back to the server

For ldifde:

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Install Windows server 2003 support tools on the server. You may install
the tools from SBS installation CD#2.

Open a command prompt, input the following command: (for example, the
server internal FQDN is ds9.starfleet.federation)

ldifde -f c:\userlist.txt -s ds9.starfleet.federation -d "dc= starfleet,
dc= federation" -p subtree -r
"(&(objectcategory=person)(objectClass=User)(givenname=*))" -l
"givename,samaccountname,mail,proxyaddresses"

You will get the user names and e-mail addresses from userlist.txt file

More info:

237677 Using LDIFDE to Import and Export Directory Objects to Active
Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=237677

For Exmerge:

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You may download the latest Exmerge utility from the link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=429163EC-DCDF-47DC-
96DA-1C12D67327D5&displaylang=en

Also, you can find the instruction after decompressing the file

It's recommended to create a dedicated user account (normal user account)
to run the Exmerge. You can right-click Exmerge program file and choose
'Run as'. Run the utility as the specific user account. For how to
configure this user account, please refer to:

292509 How to configure an account to use the ExMerge utility in Exchange
2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292509

322312 When the Mailbox Merge Program Tries to Open the Message Store, the
Operation Is Unsuccessful

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=322312

823143 How to configure the administrator account to use Exmerge 2003 in

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823143

For public folder migrating:

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1. Use an account on Outlook client computer that has administrative rights
to log on to a mailbox on the server that is running Windows 2000.

2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Outlook Data File.

3. Click Personal Folders File (.pst), and then click OK.

4. Name the file Public.pst, save the file to a path that has a lot of free
disk space, and then write down the location where the file is saved.

NOTE: The .pst files have storage limits of 2 gigabytes (GB) each.

5. Accept the default settings that are listed in the "Create Microsoft
Personal Folders" dialog box, and then click OK. A new folder group that is
named Personal Folders is created in Outlook.

6. In the Outlook folder list, expand Public Folders, and then expand All
Public Folders.

7. Drag each top-level public folder that you want to export to the
Personal Folders folder that you created in step 4. All top-level public
folders and their subfolders are copied.

8. Log off the Outlook client.

9. From the Outlook client, use an account that has administrative rights
to log on to a mailbox that is homed on the SBS 2003 server.

10. Create new public folders.

11. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Outlook Data File.

12. Click Personal Folders File (.pst), locate and click the .pst file that
you created in step 4, and then click OK two times.

13. Drag the folders from the Personal Folders folder to All Public Folders
in the Outlook folder list.

For CEICW:

========

There is a wizard in SBS 2003 server which can help us easily configure the
Internet connections and e-mail settings. Open Server Management console,
navigate to 'To Do List'. In the right panel, click 'Connect to the
Internet'. For more information:

825763 How to configure Internet access in Windows Small Business Server
2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825763

For Outlook rules:

========

You can use Outlook to export the current rules. Go to the client
workstations, open Outlook application. Click 'Tools'->'Rules and alerts'.
Click 'Options' and then 'Export rules' button. You can export the rules to
a file.

For User profiles:

========

The above steps will help you install the SBS 2003 server. To preserve
client user profiles and settings that were on the original domain to the
new SBS 2003 installation, a manual way is documented in the KB article:

314045 HOW TO: Restore a User Profile in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314045

Another way is to create a local profile, copy the original domain profile
to the local profile, and then let the "Setup Computer" wizard do the task
"map local profile to new domain profile" for you.

As long as you create your computer accounts using the server manager''s
"to do list" you will be prompted to migrate profile information. When you
join the workstations to the domain by using the web site (ie
http://servername/connectcomputer) part of the process of joining the
domain will allow you to migrate user settings. However, to use this
method, you need to make sure that the profile you want to migrate from is
a local user profile (Not a previous domain profile):

1. Before joining the client to SBS 2K3 domain, create a local profile, and
then copy the old domain profile to a local profile.

2. Add the SBS Server into the network

3. Use the Setup Computer Wizard in SBS 2003 to join the (now) XP Pro
machines to the SBS domain: Server Management, Standard Management, Client
Computers, Set Up Client Computers.

4. On the client, access http//<Server name>/connectcomputer to bring up
the Setup Computer Wizard, it will then allow you to map domain user
accounts to local profiles on the machine thus preserving your profiles:
"Assign Users to this Computes and Migrate their Profiles".

5. You will Add a domain account to "Users assigned to this computer!/, and
then choose the existing local user profile in the "Current User Settings".
By Default, the value for "Current User Settings" is "None".

For SharePoint database:

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829112 How to back up and restore http://companyweb data in Windows Small

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829112

827701 How to perform a disaster recovery operation of SharePoint Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827701

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let us
know.


Best regards,

Crina Li (MSFT)

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| From: "olt" <edmund.davis@xxxxxxxxx>
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| Subject: Re: Sp1 and Eval SBS 2003 Unable to Install
| Date: 9 Jun 2005 06:40:55 -0700
| Organization: http://groups.google.com
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| Hi Crina,
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| Shall I email you the log files directly?
|
| Regards,
| Edmund
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|

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