The end of Mainstream Support means that that Microsoft will no. Windows Server 2008 (SP2) & 2008 R2 (SP1) will reach End of Extended Support on. This time, the end of date is Jan 14, 2020, which is Extended Support end date. The first end of date would be Jan 13, 2015, also known as Mainstream Support end date. A rolling upgrade allows you to progressively upgrade your cluster nodes while keeping your resources highly-available, however you may have some downtime while moving the resource groups between nodes. I moved all of the functional roles to the new server and then demoted my Windows 2003 server to a member server. This blog post will walk you through performing a rolling upgrade from Windows Server 2008 RTM to Windows Server 2008 SP2. So, I installed a new server, joined it to the domain and promoted it to a domain controller. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Microsoft announces Windows Server 2008 (R2) end of life date once again. So, I made the decision to upgrade my domain from Windows 2003 SP2 to Windows 2008 R2. "Vote as Helpful" on posts that help you. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. It has nothing to do with the upgrade you are performing. The warning you are seeing is a generic warning to not randomly modify server level settings without understanding the implications. Somehow only included the client tools for upgrade in the feature selection dialog.Ĭheck the release notes here to find the link to the correct SP2 package.ĭuring upgrade, make sure that the engine is selectable in the feature selection dialog. Can you supply the link to where you downloaded the SP2 package? My assumption is that you got the SP2 package for Express Management Tools, which only updates the client tools, or
4- If you need to get security updates and latest drivers for the operating system then choose Go online to install updates now. 3- Windows Setup screen, click on Install now. It appears that you ran the upgrade only for the tools (SSMS). 2- Insert the Server 2012 Standard CD/DVD into the DVD-ROM and then open it.