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Exchange 2007 SP1 to SP3 Upgrade questions - 21.May2013 8:49:34 AM

psb146

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Hi,

We have a SBS 2008 server running Exchange 2007 SP1. We are looking to upgrade this to SP3 but had a couple of questions before we do so�

1 � I have noticed that there have been a total of 10 rollups released for SP3. We have never been involved in an upgrade like this and wanted to know�

If we installed SP3 - do we individually need to install each rollup one at a time? Will they install automatically via windows update?

2 � Should we be aware of anything before we do this? Apart from taking a full backup of the server (which we intend to do).

Thanks for any help provided

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RE: Exchange 2007 SP1 to SP3 Upgrade questions - 21.May2013 9:31:27 AM

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You need to run the below command before you install SP3 on the server.
Run setup.com /preparead this command will upgrade the schema too for your exchange organization. As you have SBS environment you don't have to run the /ps and /preparead and /preparedomain separately

Once you ran /preparead successfully install SP3
After that install RU10 cause these RU's are cumulative hence you don't have to install the RU's one after another.

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RE: Exchange 2007 SP1 to SP3 Upgrade questions - 21.May2013 9:42:15 AM

psb146

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Hi

Thanks for the response...

So I simply open a CMD windows and type:

Run setup.com /preparead

What does this exactly do?

Thanks

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RE: Exchange 2007 SP1 to SP3 Upgrade questions - 21.May2013 10:35:59 AM

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/PrepareAD
Prepares the Active Directory forest for the Exchange installation.
This will perform all the operations listed below in the local domain.

/PrepareSchema, /ps
Prepares the Active Directory Schema for the Exchange installation.

/PrepareDomain, /pd
Prepares the local domain for the Exchange installation.

/PrepareDomain:<domain FQDN>, /pd:<domain FQDN>
Prepares the specified domain for the Exchange installation.

/PrepareAllDomains, /pad
Prepares all domains in the forest for the Exchange
installation.

�Prepare Topology Optional Parameters�

[/DomainController, /dc]
Specifies the domain controller that setup will use to read
and write to Active Directory. Netbios or FQDN format can be used.

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RE: Exchange 2007 SP1 to SP3 Upgrade questions - 22.May2013 10:59:09 AM