Hi,

For which reasons do you need to upgrade your Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition ?

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sanderberkouwer/archive/2009/08/25/domain-controllers-standard-enterprise-or-datacenter.aspx


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Hey all
I have 2 Windows server 2008 R2 64Bit Standard Edition domain controllers.
I want to upgrade them both to Enterpise edition. Is this operation just to insert the enterpise media and chose upgrade?
Is there any thing that i need to know, or is this operation just straight forward.

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Hello,
Such In-place upgrade is supported. However, it is not recommended to proceed like that for a DC. Details about in-place upgrade:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2255099

For that, I would recommend proceed like the following:

Make sure that each DC is a DNS and GC serverMake sure that there no AD replication issues using dcdiag and
repadminChoose a DC and demote it. Before doing it, you have to move its FSMO roles to another DC if it is an FSMO holderRe-install the OS of the old DC so that it will use Enterprise EditionPromote again the DC and make it a DNS and GC serverDo the same for the second one
That is the most recommended way in your case.
Please note that Standard edition is enough for DCs. If you are planning to use applications / clustering on them then this is not recommended.


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Hi,

For which reasons do you need to upgrade your Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition ?

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sanderberkouwer/archive/2009/08/25/domain-controllers-standard-enterprise-or-datacenter.aspx


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Hello Mr X,
there is a typo in DCDIAG the "G" is missing. And you mixed replication and healthcheck, for replication is used "repadmin" instead or new ADREPLSTATUS

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30005

For the rest i agree of course with Mr X. I prefer also new installs instead of in-place upgrades on DCs.Best regards
Meinolf Weber
MVP, MCP, MCTS
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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Hey all

I want to upgrade because, we need to use more than 50 RADIUS clint connected to out DC controllers.

And bacause we want to use 1 range for RADIUS clints.

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Hello Mr X,
there is a typo in DCDIAG the "G" is missing. And you mixed replication and healthcheck, for replication is used "repadmin" instead or new ADREPLSTATUS

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30005

For the rest i agree of course with Mr X. I prefer also new installs instead of in-place upgrades on DCs.


Best regards
Meinolf Weber
MVP, MCP, MCTS
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/


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Thank You Meinolf,
I updated my reply. And yes, it would be better to use dcdiag and repadmin to check both replication and health.
Thank You very much :)


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