Upgrade OS using Terminal services

[Joatman71]

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

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

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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[Joatman71]

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?

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

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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[Guest]

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
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