Upgrade OS using Terminal services

I want to upgrade Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 over Terminal Services.
Is this possible? I am having a terrible time finding a discussion on
this.

thanks
Joatman

You mean from within a TS session?
I don't know if this is even possible, but I would strongly advise
against it.
If it is possible at all, then I guess it would have to be an
unattended setup, with a pre-configured unattend.txt file.

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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"Joatman71" <joatman71@yahoo.com> wrote on 15 jan 2006 in
microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.apps:

> I want to upgrade Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 over Terminal
> Services. Is this possible? I am having a terrible time finding
> a discussion on this.
>
> thanks
> Joatman

Yes. I need to upgrade a bunch of servers that are in another city. I
can go there and do it, but it will take three or four trips because
they can't all be upgraded at once. If I get it working using a
local version with the unattended setup is it likely to work with the
production servers?

I've no idea. You'll have to test the process thoroughly.

Actually, I never ever upgrade any server OS.
I always perform a fresh install from scratch.

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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net
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"Joatman71" <joatman71@yahoo.com> wrote on 16 jan 2006:

> Yes. I need to upgrade a bunch of servers that are in another
> city. I can go there and do it, but it will take three or four
> trips because they can't all be upgraded at once. If I get it
> working using a local version with the unattended setup is it
> likely to work with the production servers?

Me too, upgrading terminal server is just as sketchy as upgrading any client
OS. It's much more reliable to do a clean install, and overall takes less
time. This page will give you some tips when building a new server:

http://www.sessioncomputing.com/security
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Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.sessioncomputing.com


"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> I've no idea. You'll have to test the process thoroughly.
>
> Actually, I never ever upgrade any server OS.
> I always perform a fresh install from scratch.
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net
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>
> "Joatman71" <joatman71@yahoo.com> wrote on 16 jan 2006:
>
> > Yes. I need to upgrade a bunch of servers that are in another
> > city. I can go there and do it, but it will take three or four
> > trips because they can't all be upgraded at once. If I get it
> > working using a local version with the unattended setup is it
> > likely to work with the production servers?
>