You should also take a full online backup afterwards.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Blackstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:49 AM Subject: RE: Installing Service Pack 4 > Things tend to go smoother that way. > Then when you are done, you can either manually restart those services or > reboot. I usually just reboot. Then run the Exchange Optimizer and you are > done! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastian, Didy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:47 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Installing Service Pack 4 > > > I was not aware of that. I know the exchange services are stopped as part > of the SP install. > > Thanks. I will give it another go...... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:42 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Installing Service Pack 4 > > > When installing an Exchange SP you need to stop as many services as > possible. Including but not limited too > > SNMP > Any server agents such as Compaq Insight Agents > All Exchange service > All Backup services and/or agents > IIS Admin Service (which will stop all other IIS services) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastian, Didy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:18 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Installing Service Pack 4 > > > The server had no virus scan software installed........ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sander Van Butzelaar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:07 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Installing Service Pack 4 > > > I have an idea it was the antivirus software that wasn't stopped while > putting on SP4 that caused the failure in the first place (although he > doesn't state that there was AV on before) Just a hunch ..:-) > > Sander > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 January 2003 01:01 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Installing Service Pack 4 > > > >>it basically failed > > How? Where? Application event log messages? service pack installation > log? > > Exchange sp4 is not reversible. It makes schema changes to the store (which > you would have read in the documentation). > > >>I would appreciate your views on whether I should take the STORE.EXE > and the > EMSMDB32.DLL from the SP3 and replace it on my exchange server. > > I vote abso-freakin-lutely not! > > I would back up and reapply sp4 as per the documentation (stop unnecessary > stuff like perfmons (local and remote), run performance monitor after, etc) > > After a failed service pack upgrade, you installed crappy antivirus > software? Big kahunas... > > William > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sebastian, Didy > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 2:49 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Importance: High > > All, > > I recently moved my exchange server over to new hardware which had the > following specs: > > NT4 Server with service pack 5 > Exchange 5.5 with service pack 3 > > I decided to upgrade the service packs to NT4 SP6 and exchange sp 4. SP6 > installed no problem, but when I tried installing SP4, it basically failed > although certain files were upgraded and changed. At this point I tried > installing the Groupshield software, but that failed. In the end I > reinstalled SP3 for exchange and successfully installed Groupshield. Ever > since then I have noticed that the memory usage on the store has been > creeping up. I also noticed that the store.exe is from my SP4 exchange. I > know there is a hotfix for the store in SP4. > > I imagine that my exchange server is now a mixture of SP3 and SP4. I would > appreciate your views on whether I should take the STORE.EXE and the > EMSMDB32.DLL from the SP3 and replace it on my exchange server. I hope this > would fix my initial problem with the memory leak on the STORE. > > I can then try and figure out why the SP4 did not work out. > > Thanks, > Didy > uop Guildford IT > Tel: +44 1483 466107 > E-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is intended for the > addressee(s) only, and may contain confidential information. The > unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail or any information > contained within it is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. 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