Server 2003 R2

billybob01

I am looking at upgrading some servers with the R2 release. Is there anyone who has made this move and what steps are required and is ther anything i need to be aware of, can i still run my DFS from my 2003 server onto 2003 R2?

RussS

Have installed R2 on a few machines lately. The thing to be aware of is that it can turn on DEP and screw a few things up.

billybob01

DEP?

blargoe

Data Execution Prevention.

You shouldn't have any problems, but if you have any servers running non microsoft apps that are poorly written you should be especially watchful.

snadam

blargoe wrote:

Data Execution Prevention.

You shouldn't have any problems, but if you have any servers running non microsoft apps that are poorly written you should be especially watchful.

yes, I had the similar experience when installing R2. It was throwing me for a loop

billybob01

Excuse my lack of knowledge but is R2 free? where can i read more about R2? and is it a straight forward install?

NinjaBoy

If you're part of the Software Assurance from MS (or if your company has the software assurance from MS), then you can download R2 from the MS site. It isn't free as such as you/your company pays for the licencing on a yearly basis.

Installation for me was easy. If you install Windows 2k3 from fresh then it's 2 cd's, however if you already have Windows 2k3 installed on a server then just run the second CD and it'll "upgrade" Win2k3 to Win2k3 R2. One thing that I had to do was to run forestprep and domainprep in order to include some of the new features of R2 in run/work with AD (but that was a piece of cake to do).

-ken

billybob01

thanks for the info

RussS

blargoe wrote:

Data Execution Prevention.

You shouldn't have any problems, but if you have any servers running non microsoft apps that are poorly written you should be especially watchful.

How about Microsoft Server Management Tools? Run some of them, and .... bang, they disappear