In a virtual environment John's comments are probably apt. Deploy an additional VM, assuming your host can support it, configre the OS, promote to a DC, demote the others to member servers and remove from the old servers from the domain.
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:27 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > It would seem to me that the best advice would be what was given me earlier > when I asked about upgrading to Win2008 level on our DCs: Build it from > scratch and move the roles. That's just my gut feeling. :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:21 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Updating Virtual servers > > What is the best way to update the Operating system on Virtual Servers we > have 2 Windows 2003 Servers that are DCs along with a Physical 2003 DC that > we would like to upgrade to either 2008 or 2008 R2 and I am not sure about > the best way to go about it. > > > Does anyone have any ideas or cautions that I should be aware of > > Thanks in advance > > > Bob Anderson > > IT Manager > Kent Sporting Goods Inc. > 433 Park Ave. S > New London OH 44851 > 419-929-7021 x315 > ? Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
