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Upgrade issue server 2003 R2 SP2 Std. to Server 2003 R2 SP2 ENT.

Answered Upgrade issue server 2003 R2 SP2 Std. to Server 2003 R2 SP2 ENT.

  • Tuesday, December 04, 2012 9:07 PM
     
     
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    I ran the upgrade but 3/4 of the way through it asked for Disk 2. I inserted
    disk 2 but it says that it can not find the install.exe or install.ex_ file.
    I have viewed the disk and there is not install file.

    How is this resolved?

    BL Hayes

     

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  • Wednesday, December 05, 2012 9:20 AM
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    According to the below post, this problem could be caused by .Net Framework 2.0


    win2003R2: Upgrade failed "the file 'install.exe' on Windows 2003 disk 2 is needed"
    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/ddddd485-5933-42f5-9760-fa80a32d7a3a


    You can either uninstall .Net Framework 2.0 from Add/Remove in Control Panel or follow the solution as following

    I tried a different approach to what Marcus did, which also worked...

    First, I downloaded just the DotNet2SP2.exe, since all the threads were pointing to dotnet2. I extracted the .exe to a directory, and then renamed the setup.exe to install.exe which is what the R2 upgrade was asking for specifically. I then burnt the folder to an iso, and mounted it when the upgrade was asking for "the file 'installe.exe' on windows 2003 disk 2 is needed." The upgrade continued, and then promptly asked for the original windows 2003 cd to continue the installation. After it was finished, windows updates services, and bits were all working flawlessly. Download and install all updates, and you're finished.

    Mitchell


     
  • Friday, December 07, 2012 2:33 AM
     
     
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    I am sorry, these recommendations don't go towards solving the problem. After going through the steps, none of them solve the problem. Checking the internet seems this is an unsolved problem MS. Since 2003 as EOL might as well try the 2008 upgrade path.

    Thanks all.

    BL Hayes

     
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012 6:27 AM
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    I am sorry, these recommendations don't go towards solving the problem. After going through the steps, none of them solve the problem. Checking the internet seems this is an unsolved problem MS. Since 2003 as EOL might as well try the 2008 upgrade path.

    Thanks all.

    BL Hayes


    Sounds good. Windows Server 2003 Std. can be in-place upgraded to Windows Server 2008 Std./Ent.


    WS2008: Upgrade Paths, Resource Limits & Registry Values
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/02/01/ws2008-upgrade-paths-resource-limits-registry-values.aspx