RE: Re: [OT] ish - Upgrading W2K3 to 64 bit?

["David Irwin \(Home\)" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do have one suggestion... VMWare...

Use the VMware Converter (free) to move the existing server into a virtual
environment (free). That easily releases the existing hardware for you to
do
a fresh install of Windows Server 2003 R2 x64... to have Exchange 2007
added
on-top.

Perfect.

Links:
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/

http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

Dave

PS: I have done this to several servers, and had (almost) no problems with
the conversion, and every time I had a problem simply powering on the
original server takes you back to where you were with no changes.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gale
Sent: 04 May 2007 21:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] ish - Upgrading W2K3 to 64 bit?

Yes - that would normally be my preference too bu this is my fairly new
server with big raid etc. I'd want to stay on this hardware. I do have
other
hw I can use in the process though.

Any ideas?

-----Original Message-----
From: lexfordparc <paul@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 04 May 2007 20:34
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] ish - Upgrading W2K3 to 64 bit?

Personnally I wouldn't do an in-place upgrade but would build a 64bit
2007 server into the same admin group of the E2K3 server and do a move
mailbox migration