Re: Windows Server 2008 Std Upgrade

Hello John,

Is your production environment on VM or did you only test it on VM's? What Virtual Server do you use MS, VmWare or anything else?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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I am trying to upgrade our first production server to 2008. I did
this with a test server and it worked fine. Both production and test
servers are going from 2003 Std to 2008 Std. Both are VMs with the
same Hardware specs. The production server has DC, DNS, DHCP,
File/Print Roles. I have run ADPrep for the forest and everything is
fine.

When I go to do the upgrade the setup either hangs at "Gathering
Files: 20%", or goes through the whole setup and rolls back to 2003
because of an error. It just tells me to check microsoft for a
compatibilty check. I ran this upgrade 4 times and 3 of those it
stopped at 20%.

I also have the problem of it not taking my key, but the test server
let me enter it after the install. So I don't think I have a problem
there, but I thought it should be noted.

Any suggestions??



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