Part 3: Windows Server 2003 Upgrades and Migrations (Web design conference)
Part 3: Windows Server 2003 Upgrades and Migrations Chapter 8 Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 General Considerations for Upgrades . . 229 Upgrading from Windows NT 4 . . . . . . . 245 Upgrading from Windows 2000 . . . . . . 232 Whether you can upgrade an existing server to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 depends on hardware compatibility, available disk space, and adequate hardware resources (such as the CPU and RAM). Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 is also dependent upon the existing Windows version on the target system Setup will only upgrade Microsoft Windows NT 4 Server (with Service Pack 5 or later) and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003. To upgrade to Windows Server 2003, you must take into account different considerations depending upon whether you are currently running a Windows NT 4 network environment or a Windows 2000 based network with the Active Directory directory service already implemented. Yet there are also issues common to each of these scenarios, such as whether the server hardware is adequate. For many companies running Windows NT 4 servers, it is questionable whether the server hardware can adequately support Windows Server 2003 operational requirements. General Considerations for Upgrades Before you begin the upgrade process, you must consider several areas of information, including the most basic, such as whether your existing hardware and software support upgrading to Windows Server 2003. If upgrades are not supported, starting off with a new installation on new server hardware and migrating the user and group information to the new server might be your only option. You can upgrade a system to Windows Server 2003 only if you re currently running Windows NT 4 Server with Service Pack 5 or later or a Windows 2000 Server platform. Further, servers running Windows NT 4 Enterprise Edition or Windows 2000 Advanced Server must be upgraded to Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition. Additionally, Windows 2000 Server using the Remote Storage service must be upgraded to the Enterprise Edition of Windows Server 2003.
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