RE: Problem Upgrading evaluation copy

Hello George,

Thank you for posting back!

According to your description, I understand that you used OEM CD/DVD to
upgradue the evaluation copy.

Please understand that we cannot upgrade using the OEM CD/DVD. If you have
an OEM SBS 2003 DVD/CDs, the option is either clean install, or use ADMT
(Active Directory Migration Tool) to migrate the data to another machine,
and then move back to the original server if necessary.

For more information, please refer to the following KB articles:

818025 Windows 2003 Server Evaluation Copy Expiration Behavior
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818025

810613 Supported Paths for Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 or to Windows
Small
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810613

Hope this information helps. If you have any further questions or concern
on this issue, please feel free to let me know. I am looking forward to
your reply!

Best regards,

Brandy Nee

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

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>In someone else's message, I read that the evaluation copy cannot be
updated
>using an oem version. Is this true? If so, since I am using an oem
version,
>could this be my entire problem.
>Georgennne
>--
>Learning by Trial and Error
>
>
>""Brandy Nee [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
>> Hello George,
>>
>> Thank you for posting to the SBS Newsgroup.
>>
>> I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand
that
>> the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support professionals
to
>> answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
>> greatly appreciated!
>>
>> According to your description, I cannot complete understand what exact
>> issue you met now, so I need your help to gather the following
information
>> for further research:
>>
>> 1. What is the "third SQL instance"? Please explain in detail "When
>> reinstating the back up, I chose to reinstate security settings, and to
>> preserve the mounts".
>>
>> 2. Please copy and paste the full content of the error message to the
>> Newsgroup. But I strongly suggest you that capture a screen shot for the
>> issue for us to better understand your issue.
>>
>> 3. Please go to %system root%\Program Files\Microsoft
Integration\Windows
>> Small Business Server 2003\Logs, copy and paste the whole content in
>> setup.log to the Newsgroup.
>>
>> 4. Also, please go to %system root%\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
>> Server\MSSQL\Install, copy and paste the full content in replsys.out to
the
>> Newsgroup.
>>
>> 5. On the server, run "eventvwr" (without quotation marks), check
whether
>> there is any error, if yes, double click it, click the Copy button and
>> paste the full content to the Newsgroup.
>>
>> 6. What is the edition of your SBS 2K3 server, Standard or Premium?
>>
>> I am appreciated your time and co-operation, and am looking forward to
>> hearing from you!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Brandy Nee
>>
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>>
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>> ======================================================
>> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
>> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding
>> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
manner.
>> You can locate the newsgroup here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
>>
>> When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check
the
>> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there
are
>> any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your
newsreader,
>> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
>> issue.
>>
>> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
>> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
>> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
doing
>> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>>
>> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
Please
>> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>>
>> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
>> ======================================================
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>>
>>
>>
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>> >When I was upgrading my evaluation copy. Everything went fine until I
got
>> to
>> >upgrading the third SQL instance. The program ran into an error
message
>> and
>> >stopped. (error running script: replsys.sql (1). Now, every time I
put
>> the
>> >retail cd in. It wants to start where it left off, but it never
finishes.
>> >I tried reinstating my backup for that particular instance but that
didn't
>> >work. When reinstating the back up, I chose to reinstate security
>> settings,
>> >and to preserve the mounts. Should I not preserve the mountsl.
>> >
>> >Or, do I need to reinstate the entire backup prior to my upgrade and
start
>> >again
>> >--
>> >Learning by Trial and Error
>> >
>>
>>
>

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