RE: [ActiveDir] Inplace DC upgrade to 2003 on HP/Compaq hardware?

[Michael B. Smith]

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First, I haven't done any remotely.   But I've upgraded quite a number of DL/320's and DL/360's.   I did a BIOS upgrade first, then the support pack, then the upgrade, then reapplied the support pack. The Windows 2003 drivers are fine, I found, but the support pack occaisionally has a few updates. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 1:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Inplace DC upgrade to 2003 on HP/Compaq hardware? Has anyone done an in-place upgrade from 2000 to 2003 on HP/Compaq servers?   I am trying to put together a plan for upgrading our forest, and one of the sticky points is our remote domain controllers. What I would like to do is update each DC to the latest 2k support pack, then do an in-place 2003 upgrade, then grab the latest 2k3 support pack (I am assuming that the 2k and 2k3 versions of support pack are different).   I will, of course, test in the lab, but as some great admiral once said: "The best scale for an experiment is twelve inches to the foot". I'd like to hear from someone who's done this in the real world.   My other option is to demote the existing DC, rebuild from scratch, and promote. I can do this fairly easy (all my remote DCs have RIB cards), but it will require someone at each location to swap the smart start CD with the OS cd.