[windows2000] Re: Upgrading AD to W2K3 - problem
- From: "Angus Macdonald" <Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:01:02 -0000
Never mind -I fixed it. Turns out that VMWare virtual SCSI controllers aren't
supported natively by W2K3 and the unhelpful error message is the evidence.
-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Angus Macdonald
Sent: 21 March 2007 12:10
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Upgrading AD to W2K3 - problem
I've started the process of upgrading our elderly W2K AD to W2K3 but have hit a
snag. Here's what I've done so far:
Purchased hardware
Setup a VMWare W2K SP4 server on the W2K domain
Made the virtual server the schema master and IM and waited a few days
Taken the virtual server off the network
Run adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep to prepare AD
Joined the network again
Waited for and verified replication throughout the domain
All good so far, no errors or problems. However, whenever I try to upgrade the
virtual server to W2K3 (with or without SP1) I get the following error towards
the end of the process, ""setup failed to install the product catalogs". This
is a fatal error and installation fails.
Since I'm using a virtual server it's easy to roll back to W2K. Can anyone
suggest (ideally from experience) a fix for this? The virtual server is brand
new and clean, full SPs and patches.
Thanks
Angus
Other related posts:
