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Upgrading exchange 2003 RC1 to "full" version... - 21.Oct.2003 9:36:00 PM

leifiplomeros

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Hello ppl,

I have short question I hope some1 can answer:
I'm currently running Exchange 2003 RC1 and things are getting tuned in and I do NOT wish to do it all over again.So is there a way to "upgrade" my current invironment and keep ALL settings the way they are?Would be most thankful if someone can help me out (and so would my employer *lol* )!Thanks a lot in advance !

Best Regards

Leif

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RE: Upgrading exchange 2003 RC1 to "full" ver... - 21.Oct.2003 9:56:00 PM

Henrik Walther

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Hello Leif,

You can upgrade your current RC1 installation to the Full one by running "setup.exe" and choosing "Reinstall". None of your Exchange specific settings will be touched, but be aware you may have to reapply security settings on the Exchange virtual folders afterwards, at least I had to the 3 times I did an in-place upgrade.

But, yes there always seems to be a but [Roll Eyes]

RC1 was only meant to be run in a test environment, not in production [Mad]

so the best option would be to do a fresh installation.

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RE: Upgrading exchange 2003 RC1 to "full" ver... - 21.Oct.2003 10:42:00 PM

leifiplomeros

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Hello Henrik,

Thanks a lot for responding so quick.I agree with the fresh installation part but I will try to do it anyway since I've got tons of other things to do,guess I better cross my fingers and pay my respect to the "binary old mighty" and hope for the bestand again.....thanks a lot !

: )

Leif

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Originally posted by Henrik Walther:
Hello Leif,

You can upgrade your current RC1 installation to the Full one by running "setup.exe" and choosing "Reinstall". None of your Exchange specific settings will be touched, but be aware you may have to reapply security settings on the Exchange virtual folders afterwards, at least I had to the 3 times I did an in-place upgrade.

But, yes there always seems to be a but RC1 was only meant to be run in a test environment, not in production so the best option would be to do a fresh installation.

(in reply to leifiplomeros)

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RE: Upgrading exchange 2003 RC1 to "full" ver... - 23.Oct.2003 9:38:00 PM

Ricky

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Hello Lief,

I would strongly recommend that if you are going to install the full version over RC1 that you redo windows update and that you also reapply any patches and service packs as a matter of precaution also remember to make a full backup of you server before doing the upgrade.

Regards

RM

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