I just migrated from SBS 2003 to 2008 using David's book.
Everything went well until i started the first updates for the sbs server
the server hanged at configuring updates: Stage3 of 3 0%
I've read in another blog that restarting the server in safe mode could solve this issue, I did and at first it looked good installation progress went to 100% but after that nothing......restarting in normal mode gives the previous message (configuring updates: Stage3 of 3 0%) So im stuck with a server that does not work.
My question can i reinstall the sbs 2008 and do the migration again without ruining anything ??
I would phone Microsoft support and see if they will help you without charging. Applying updates should not cause this type of issue.
Failing that, what hardware and other software are you using?
Thanks
David
Hi David
Thanks for your reply.
New Hardware is a Dell R510 server old hardware is an older Dell server with a dell TL2000 robotic tape library
Is it possible to re-image the new server and start the migration again using answer file without using the backup? (like demoting new server & startin a new migration)
Software used is MS SBS 2003 & Symantec Backup exec 12 for windows servers small business edition. (Any tips on what i should restores from backup (system state ??)) if this is the only way to go
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