Hello, In-place upgrade would certainly simplify the "SWING and SWING BACK" upgrade to E2K3. I have been a fan of the in-place upgrade for Exchange from the Betas of the mid 90's.
BUT, the 5.5 to 2K inplace upgrade worked very poorly in production environments for us and others I'm aware of. And in addition to an inplace upgrade for Exchange you're probably also doing the OS. Are the 2003 upgrades for Exchange and the OS primarily just "Service Pack" type upgrades, or are they significantly rewriting the Database tables, etc.... ? I feel burned from the 5.5 to 2K inplace upgrade, and the couple extra hours needed to remove the "first server in the site" (maybe DR it to a cheap PC for a month or so in case OUTLOOK clients need to see it to resolve where their new home server is) and bring it back up with a fresh install of 2003 Exchange and OS might save many hours in the long run. I haven't heard any horror stories of inplace upgrade to E2K3... but it's still fairly early ... Any success stories out there of E2K3 inplace upgrades outside of the test lab? Brent -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fyodorov, Andrey FTL Posted At: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:09 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Upgrade to Exchange 2003 Subject: RE: Upgrade to Exchange 2003 Now do an in-place upgrade of the old server and move everyone's mailboxes back - no need to remove the first server ;) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Flannery Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:33 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Upgrade to Exchange 2003 Hi, I have just upgraded my Exchange 2000 system to Exchange 2003 by introducing a new 2003 server and moving all mailboxes and public folders to it. I then upgraded the original server to 2003. Now I want to decommission the original server and completely remove it from the organization. Is there a recommended way to remove a server cleanly ? Thanks, Tony. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
