How to migrate windows server 2003 to 2008 live server

How to migrate windows server 2003 to 2008 live server without shutdown could anyone explain me ?
Thanks & Regards, Amol . Amol Dhaygude

I don't think you can do it without a shutdown. This also depends on the types of services, roles etc hosted on the server. 
Refer this : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755199(v=ws.10).aspx
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