Web server certificate - Part 3: Windows Server 2003 Upgrades and Migrations
Part 3: Windows Server 2003 Upgrades and Migrations Chapter 8 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Inside Out Upgrade Issues A range of network services and applications require consideration and preparation prior to upgrading the hosting servers. . Itanium (IA-64) versions of Windows Server 2003 The Itanium (IA-64) versions do not support 16-bit applications (with the exception of Microsoft Windows Acme setup), nor do they support 32-bit device drivers. Likewise, 32-bit drive management utilities and 32-bit antivirus programs do not operate on 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003, and the 32-bit Web components cannot be loaded in the 64-bit version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. . UDDI and SQLXML You can t run Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Web Release (SQLXML) on the same machine because of their differing requirements for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) support. SQLXML requires the Isolation mode used by IIS 5, while UDDI uses the new worker process Isolation mode of IIS 6. . Cluster service Upgrading Windows 2000 Cluster service to Windows Server 2003 Cluster service requires that you restart the Cluster service. To restart this service, you must log on using an account that is a member of both the local Administrators group as well as the Domain Admins group. When you upgrade from Windows NT Cluster service, the security descriptor does not contain the system security identifier, or SID (see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 812876). . Windows 2000 SP3 required for Windows Server 2003 admin tools Windows Server 2003 administrative tools can be used only to manage Active Directory on a server running Windows 2000 Server if it has Service Pack 3 (SP3) or is using unsigned Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) traffic. Inside Out IIS is not installed by default Although there are many changes in IIS between Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, the key change of interest here is that it is no longer installed by default if IIS isn t already installed on the server that you are upgrading to Windows Server 2003, it won t be installed during the setup process. Even if IIS is installed, it will not be started automatically when the server starts up, even if it was configured to do so before the upgrade. Security is tighter by default on new installations of IIS in Windows Server 2003, yet if you upgrade an existing IIS Web server, the Windows Server 2003 default security constraints will not be applied to this installation. For further information on IIS 6, see IIS 6 Administrator s Pocket Consultant, by William R. Stanek (Microsoft Press, 2003). You can either set the service to start automatically after installation or preconfigure the system to support IIS. To enable IIS to retain its operational status after the upgrade, you must prepare the server by performing the following steps: . Secure the IIS server by using the IIS Lockdown Tool, which is available at http:// www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/iislockdown/default.asp. 230
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