Upgrade our testlab machine from Windows 2008 64bit Ent SP2 to Windows 2008 R2 (RC).
What is running on top of it:
- IIS
- Hyper-V
How to upgrade? Just put in Windows 2008 R2 RC DVD, click for upgrade. It will show the programs/apps that is not compatible, you will need to uninstall some of the apps (that not supported) to ensure a smooth upgrade.
It will then prompt KB957256. As for today, not be able to find this KB article.
We ignore it (cause in a test lab - you might want to test and test and test in a live environment).
After the upgrade, the installation wizard will transfer your files, settings and programs to the R2 environment.
Within 2 hours, everything is up and running. It is the easiet upgade we ever had.
Good job MSFT.
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Thanks for Yeo, would like to add-on this article.
If you have Hyper-V running on pre R2, you will need to make sure the following:
1) Do not save state, stop the virtual machine before the upgrade or you will need to remove the save state as it is not compatible.
2) If you have snapshots, it will not migrated over too
3) Other than that, our VMs running smooth :)
Cheers
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