Cannot upgrade 2003 Enterprise R2 trial to full
Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Windows Server 2003 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jared Harder
(11 messages posted)
I have a Dell server with licenses to use up to 5 virtual servers on the host. I
installed the trial version of 2003 Enterprise R2 (the same OS as was installed on
the host) to use as a domain controller before we settled on a final solution. It
turns out we're going to keep the virtual server functionality, so it's been placed
on me to upgrade it without major loss of functionality. It has another domain controller
that acts as a backup if this primary controller goes down.
So, I have installed 2003 Enterprise R2 trial on this virtual machine. I later upgraded
both the host and this virtual machine to SP2. Now, the 180-day trial is coming
to an end (17 days right now) and I need to upgrade it to the full version so I don't
lose the server. When I put the CD that came with my server in, I am told that the
version I have installed is newer than the version I am trying to upgrade to and
cannot proceed without doing a new installation. I believe this is due to the presence
of SP2 on the system.
Basically, I need a way such that I can easily upgrade or replace this virtual machine
with the fully licensed version without needing to go through the sticky process
of rebuilding the server. I'd ideally like a way to run the CD and perform an upgrade,
but that option is looking less and less likely.
Is there a way that I can make a slipstream CD from my original CD plus SP2 and use
that to upgrade my virtual machine? Or would performing an in-place upgrade by booting
from the CD and installing over the already-present OS do what I need? Or am I out
of luck and need to just rebuild this server from scratch?
Thank you.
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