Upgrade Considerations; In-Place Upgrade - Compaq 108164-003 - ProLiant - 800 Integration Notes

Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Installation Instructions for Compaq Prosignia and ProLiant Servers

Upgrade Considerations

Compaq recommends creating a
backup of your server's
configuration before attempting to
perform an upgrade.
Server to Microsoft SBS 2000.

In-place Upgrade

This upgrade involves upgrading the Small Business Server 4.5 installation to Small Business
Server 2000 on the same server. To proceed with this option, follow the process outlined in
Chapter 16 of the Small Business Server 2000 Planning and Installation Guide provided in your
Microsoft SBS 2000 documentation set.
You may obtain the Windows 2000
Primer Utility from Compaq by
downloading SP14394 from the
Compaq FTP site.
Microsoft SBS 2000.
During the upgrade, you may be required to use the F6 key as pointed out in the first task detailed
in Table 8 if the driver for your storage controller does not reside on the Microsoft SBS 2000
media.
While performing the in-place upgrade and just after the base operating system installation
occurs, the Microsoft SBS 2000 Installer starts. During this process, you may receive a screen
containing a list of services needing to be disabled or removed. Follow the instructions provided
after clicking the Details button on this screen.
One software package that may not be obvious to remove is the Internet Mail Connector.
Instructions on how to remove this software package are detailed in the README.DOC file
located in the Readme directory of the Microsoft SBS 2000 CD-ROM #1. These procedures are
also outlined in the "Removing Exchange Internet Mail Connector" section of this paper.
Removing Exchange Internet Mail Connector
When upgrading from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange 2000 Server, you must remove the
Internet Mail Connector (IMC). Additionally, you should record any custom IMC configuration
properties before deleting it as detailed in Table 10.
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If your Compaq server's configuration includes Microsoft SBS 4.5 and
you want to upgrade to Microsoft SBS 2000, you can follow one of two
paths as recommended by Microsoft: (1) in-place upgrade or (2)
migration upgrade.
You can also upgrade a server configured with Microsoft Windows 2000
If in-place upgrade is the path selected and the Compaq server's
configuration includes the Compaq Server Support for Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0, execute the Windows 2000 Primer Utility from
Compaq prior to beginning the upgrade. The Primer Utility removes
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 based utilities that may be incompatible with
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