In Place Upgrade of DC

I'm usually against doing in place upgrades, but I've got a Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controller that is also the CA for our domain. Does anyone know of any potential problems when upgrading a DC and CA to Windows 2012 R2?
Thanks

This article says in place upgrade IS supported http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh994618.aspx
"Domain controllers that run 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 can be upgraded to Windows Server 2012.
You cannot upgrade domain controllers that run Windows Server 2003 or 32-bit versions of Windows Server 2008. To replace them, install domain controllers that run a later version of Windows Server in the domain, and then remove the domain controllers that
Windows Server 2003."

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Out-of-place upgrade to 11.2.0.4 (from 11.2.0.3); how does it affect certain items?

Hi All,
I've never done a db patch set update, and from what I've read today, I will need to do a full installation of 11.2.0.4 to have this patch set applied.
This sounds scary and being a rookie Oracle DBA, what does this mean to my existing Oracle Database installation (Oracle 11GR2 on Windows Server 2008R2)?
If I do an out-of-place upgrade (Oracle recommended), and create a new home, what will happen to the existing schemas/etc?
My application is configured to connect to SERVERA, SID=123 so when I install a new home, etc, does this change anything? I've read I need to modify the tnsnames files in my new home to be similar to my current tnsnames file..
Basically, I want to upgrade to patchset 11.2.0.4 b/c it's supposed to address a bug I have, but I want to be able to keep the 'settings' the same for the end users/applications (SERVERA, SID=123).
Thanks in advance

You have to remember that the database software/binaries are separate from the database itself. Typically, you first install the software (like you did for 11.2.0.3) and then create a database. Best practice states that the location of the database files should be outside/different then the location of the binaries.
When you install your new 11.2.0.4 in a new location, that is all that you are doing - the install does not affect the existing database. Once the 11.2.0.4 software is installed, you can upgrade the database by following the steps in the upgrade guide (the database files stay where they are, but the database gets upgraded from 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4) and when the upgrade is completed successfully, the old (11.2.0.3) binaries can be de-installed at leisure.
HTH
Srini

How can I perform an "in-place upgrade" on an unbootable Windows 7 machine or at least rebuild Safe Mode?

Some strange glitch has erased every single unlocked & unprotected file on my C: drive. It wasn't a virus because I checked autorun records and running processes using the respective Sysinternals utilities and didn't find anything suspicious.
I restored all data except for some system files and files that had "too long" of a path using shadow copies, which luckily for me were just a few hours old. Then, I decided to reboot into Recovery Environment and run System Restore from there. For even
more strange reason, the available restore points in RE were dated November 2010 (it's May 2012 right now) and the recent save dates are nowhere to be found.
To make matters worse, SFC doesn't work and Safe Mode shows BSOD after loading CLASSPNP.SYS.
Error messages so far:
RE's startup repair tool: System files integrity check and repair error code 0x2
SFC: Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation
BSOD: 0x7B (0xFFFFF880009A9928, 0XFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0x0, 0x0), but the HDD is perfectly fine - it's a dual-boot machine
CBS.log: Failed to get CSI store. [HRESULT = 0x80073712 - ERROR_SXS_COMPONENT_STORE_CORRUPT]
What I need is a way to perform either an in-place upgrade without booting into Windows, or a way to fix the SXS Component Store, or rebuild the Safe Mode so that I could initiate upgrade install from there. A clean install isn't an option because I don't
have the luxury of time to run through the reboot cycles when re-installing and updating other software (I'm using Windows 8 CP for now as my work tools are mostly in the cloud).

"Den B" wrote in message news:9528356a-7e8f-45bf-9eee-30b40b5df4aa...
Some strange glitch has erased every single unlocked & unprotected file on my C: drive. It wasn't a virus because I checked autorun records and running processes using the respective Sysinternals utilities and didn't find anything suspicious.
I restored all data except for some system files and files that had "too long" of a path using shadow copies, which luckily for me were just a few hours old. Then, I decided to reboot into Recovery Environment and run System Restore from there. For even
more strange reason, the available restore points in RE were dated November 2010 (it's May 2012 right now) and the recent save dates are nowhere to be found.
To make matters worse, SFC doesn't work and Safe Mode shows BSOD after loading CLASSPNP.SYS.
Error messages so far:
RE's startup repair tool: System files integrity check and repair error code 0x2
SFC: Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation
BSOD: 0x7B (0xFFFFF880009A9928, 0XFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0x0, 0x0), but the HDD is perfectly fine - it's a dual-boot machine
CBS.log: Failed to get CSI store. [HRESULT = 0x80073712 - ERROR_SXS_COMPONENT_STORE_CORRUPT]
What I need is a way to perform either an in-place upgrade without booting into Windows, or a way to fix the SXS Component Store, or rebuild the Safe Mode so that I could initiate upgrade install from there. A clean install isn't an option because I don't
have the luxury of time to run through the reboot cycles when re-installing and updating other software (I'm using Windows 8 CP for now as my work tools are mostly in the cloud).
It is not possible to do a repair install of a system unless you can boot to the system.
Have you checked the hard drive for problems? - download the manufacturer's test utility, create the disk, and run the extended checks.
Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi |
CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

In place upgrade to 2012 R2 fails, Setup can't continue. Your computer will now restart, and your previous version of windows will be restored.

I have multiple Windows Server 2008 R2 machines in which I am attempting to do an in place upgrade to 2012 R2, and it is repeatedly failing.
Setup gets all the way through, and it says Getting ready, followed immediately by an error saying: Setup can't continue. Your computer will now restart, and your previous version of Windows will be restored.
I am attempting to install:
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter (Server with GUI)
x64 Date modified 3/18/2014
I have found several posts, many discussing how disk space can be an issue, I have increased disk space so it shouldn't be an issue. I have also made sure the only only partition on disk 0 is C: and system reserved.
I have disabled all unessential services and went through and removed all unessential applications, and extras. Still getting the error.
Here is the update log
2014-11-24 08:20:20:715
888 ed8
AU AU initiates service shutdown
2014-11-24 08:20:20:715
888 ed8
AU ########### AU: Uninitializing Automatic Updates ###########
2014-11-24 08:20:20:840
888 ed8
Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-11-24 08:20:20:840
888 ed8
Service *********
2014-11-24 08:20:20:840
888 ed8
Service ** END ** Service: Service exit [Exit code = 0x240001]
2014-11-24 08:20:20:840
888 ed8
Service *************
2014-11-24 08:23:27:265
892 9a0
Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.6.7600.320, tz: -0500) ===========
2014-11-24 08:23:27:281
892 9a0
Misc = Process: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
2014-11-24 08:23:27:281
892 9a0
Misc = Module: c:\windows\system32\wuaueng.dll
2014-11-24 08:23:27:265
892 9a0
Service *************
2014-11-24 08:23:27:281
892 9a0
Service ** START ** Service: Service startup
2014-11-24 08:23:27:281
892 9a0
Service *********
2014-11-24 08:23:27:635
892 9a0
Agent * WU client version 7.6.7600.320
2014-11-24 08:23:27:635
892 9a0
Agent * Base directory: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
2014-11-24 08:23:27:635
892 9a0
Agent * Access type: No proxy
2014-11-24 08:23:27:635
892 9a0
Agent * Network state: Connected
2014-11-24 08:24:14:827
892 9a0
Report CWERReporter::Init succeeded
2014-11-24 08:24:14:827
892 9a0
Agent *********** Agent: Initializing Windows Update Agent ***********
2014-11-24 08:24:14:827
892 9a0
Agent * Prerequisite roots succeeded.
2014-11-24 08:24:14:827
892 9a0
Agent *********** Agent: Initializing global settings cache ***********
2014-11-24 08:24:14:827
892 9a0
Agent * WSUS server: <NULL>
2014-11-24 08:24:14:827
892 9a0
Agent * WSUS status server: <NULL>
2014-11-24 08:24:14:827
892 9a0
Agent * Target group: (Unassigned Computers)
2014-11-24 08:24:14:827
892 9a0
Agent * Windows Update access disabled: No
2014-11-24 08:24:14:951
892 9a0
DnldMgr Download manager restoring 0 downloads
2014-11-24 08:24:14:981
892 9a0
AU ########### AU: Initializing Automatic Updates ###########
2014-11-24 08:24:14:997
892 9a0
AU # AU disabled through Policy
2014-11-24 08:24:14:997
892 9a0
AU # Will interact with non-admins (Non-admins are elevated (User preference))
2014-11-24 08:24:15:043
892 9a0
AU Initializing featured updates
2014-11-24 08:24:15:043
892 9a0
AU Found 0 cached featured updates
2014-11-24 08:24:15:397
892 9a0
Report *********** Report: Initializing static reporting data ***********
2014-11-24 08:24:15:397
892 9a0
Report * OS Version = 6.1.7601.1.0.196880
2014-11-24 08:24:15:397
892 9a0
Report * OS Product Type = 0x00000007
2014-11-24 08:24:15:428
892 9a0
Report * Computer Brand = VMware, Inc.
2014-11-24 08:24:15:428
892 9a0
Report * Computer Model = VMware Virtual Platform
2014-11-24 08:24:15:428
892 9a0
Report * Bios Revision = 6.00
2014-11-24 08:24:15:428
892 9a0
Report * Bios Name = PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
2014-11-24 08:24:15:428
892 9a0
Report * Bios Release Date = 2013-07-30T00:00:00
2014-11-24 08:24:15:428
892 9a0
Report * Locale ID = 1033
2014-11-24 08:24:15:582
892 9a0
AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-11-24 08:24:15:582
892 9a0
AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-11-24 08:24:15:582
892 9a0
AU AU finished delayed initialization
2014-11-24 08:24:20:865
892 6a0
Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-11-24 08:55:38:187
892 9a0
AU AU initiates service shutdown
2014-11-24 08:55:38:187
892 9a0
AU ########### AU: Uninitializing Automatic Updates ###########
2014-11-24 08:55:38:250
892 9a0
Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-11-24 08:55:38:297
892 9a0
Service *********
2014-11-24 08:55:38:297
892 9a0
Service ** END ** Service: Service exit [Exit code = 0x240001]
2014-11-24 08:55:38:297
892 9a0
Service *************
Any ideas on how I can resolve this, or further troubleshoot?

I also had this error: "Setup cannot continue. Your computer will now restart, and your previous version of Windows will be restored."
trying to do a in-place upgrade of a Domain Controller Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2012 R2.
The problem was the separated System Reserved Partition. After I removed using this instructions:
http://jacobackerman.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-remove-system-reserved-partition.html
The upgrade ran ok, and now have my DC as Windows 2012 R2.
Hope that helps!.

Windows 7 In Place Upgrade Pre-Windows boot and Graphics issue Alienware M17x

So I'm having multiple issues here. The first issue surfaced immediately after I removed and reinserted my graphics card. For reference The computer in question is an Alienware M17XR3 with an AMD 6870m. Anyhow, The issue I had then was
that my built in display showed a black screen (would see a quick flicker of what was supposed to be on it when changing display settings but then a black screen) after Windows botted up. I could use an external monitor with no problem, and safe mode
or Windows without graphics drivers allowed everything to run normally. The on screen display also works normally on boot screens or boot disks such as the windows install disk and Hyrens boot CD. I am assuming my graphics card is shot. Either
that or my motherboard. Input on this is greatly appreciated. I do intend to upgrade it myself to a 6970m, but I won't have the money until another 1 or 2 paychecks roll around, and I woulld like to be able to use the on-screen display sooner than
that.
Anyhow, to ensure that it is a hardware issue, rather than a software issue, I cleaned old drivers then installed drivers I knew were fully functional. I did this several times with several driver versions. Nothing yielded any results. I
do not wish to do aclean install unless absolutely necessary or at least not until after the weekend, when I will have time to reinstall my 300+programs, games, themes, mods, etc. I am not opposed to doing this but I need the computer tonight and
do not have time to do all that before then. I'll be using it with an external display tonight, so the graphics issue can wait, however, to test with a clean install, I was using Aomei Partition Assistant to break off some free space as a second partition
on which I could install a second Windows 7 installation for testing purposes. I have done this multiple times before. Unfortunatly, on 4.5 hours of sleep and having been up for about 18 hours straight I wasn't thinking and forgot to plug my laptop
in. It lost power during the process and the Windows installation is now totally glitched. I've tried several fixes all to no avail and would prefer to avoid a clean install until after the weekend.
In Windows XP, I could boot from the install disk and perform a repair install, similar to the Windows 7 upgrade/in place upgrade. I would like to do this, but seeing as I cannot access the Windows environment, I'm in a bit of a jam. I could
run that program again from mini Windows XP (Hyren's Boot CD) I believe and create the second partition and dual boot. My question is, can I drop the new Windows folder over the old one or do something similar to avoid losing my programs and files? Thanks

Hi,
Based on my knowledge, we cannot just copy the windows folder to make programs work in the new operating system.
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Blair Deng
Blair Deng
TechNet Community Support

"Windows 8.1 installation has failed" - in-place upgrade to Windows 8.1 U1

I am unable to upgrade my toshiba laptop that has Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 U1. I am getting an error message at 37% or 39% through the upgrade process and am met with an error message similar to this:
Ignore the 96%, but this is the same exact error message I am getting each time I try to do an in-place upgrade of Windows 8.1 U1 Pro.
I am currently running Windows 8 Pro on my laptop. I have the .cbs log file contents here:
http://pastebin.com/52QpQzZA
I really would like to do an in-place upgrade and not have to re-configure all the apps and their settings again. What could be causing this failure?

I have seem to have figured out the problem after some trial and error.
First, I followed another user's solution about turning off Windows Update service before I performed the Windows 8.1 Upgrade via USB flash drive.
Second, my mistake here was I was upgrading Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 U1. When I tried upgrading Windows 8 to
Windows 8.1, it finally worked without issue.
Either I was upgrading two versions ahead that made the Windows Upgrade process fail each time or it had something to do with Windows Update service being on during the upgrade process.
It has completed without failure!
Thank you for your replies!

Compatibility_level on SQL Server 2012 in-place upgrade

Hi all,
Based on BOL, master and user databases' compatibility_level will not be changed to 110 on SQL Server 2012 in-place upgrade.
Database Compatibility Level After Upgrade
The compatibility levels of the tempdb,
model, msdb and
Resource databases are set to 110 after upgrade. The
master system database retains the compatibility level it had before upgrade.
If the compatibility level of a user database was 90 or 100 before the upgrade, it remains the same after upgrade. If the compatibility level was 80 or less before upgrade, in the upgraded database, the compatibility level is set to 90, which is the
lowest supported compatibility level in SQL Server 2012.
I get the some result in our environment. So in-place upgrade SQL 2008 instance to SQL 2012 (both standalne and clustered), master/user databases' compatibility_level is 100. I also try to use SQL 2012 new function
OFFSET and FETCH, it works.
My concern is, whether we have to manually update the compatibility_level to 110? As SQL 2012 new features seem work even with compatibility_level <110, is there any problem if we leave it?
(I didn't find any document about this, and related change metioned as a step for SQL 2012 in-place upgrade.)
Any thoughts?
MCSE:Data Platform

So the idea is that if you have applications that are dependent on behaviour that changes, you can stay with the old compat level. I believe that there is some upgrade assistant to investigate whether this applies to you.
On the top of my head, I don't recall any differences between compat levels 100 and 110, but there surely are some. But there are no new reserved keywords as I recall. And some things break even with the old compat level. (COMPUTE BY and the old RAISERROR
syntax for instance.) So I don't think it is particularly brave to change the compatibility level. Change it back if something really breaks.
The risk if you don't change it now, is that you have code developed on a dev server with compat level 110, which breaks when you deploy in production. And this happens one year from now, and no one recalls that this server has compat level 100, so it
causes a lot of confusion and waste of time.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, [email protected]

Error TF255050 when attempting to install reporting services in TFS 2013 in-place upgrade.

Hi,
Last week we performed an in-place upgrade of our TFS 2012 server to TFS 2013. During the upgrade process all went well until we hit reporting. After placing the reporting server's name in the input and click populate URLs we get the TF255050
error. We are running a dual tier setup, the reporting server is on a different server than tfs. (Though the tfs database and the reporting database share the server).
Myself and my partner did a lot of digging on here and have tried most everything we could find to no avail.
-We have ensured myself(installer) and the tfs service account are local admins on both machines
-Sql client connectivity tools are installed
-WMI seems configured correctly when compared to other resolutions to this issue others have posted
note: this site
ProBlog on artiso.com was mentioned in several posts as part of a resolution but is a broken link.
-I can connect to the reporting services manager from the tfs server without a problem, as both myself and the tfs service.
-I've followed suggestions mentioned in this post (ERROR (TF255050)
while configuring Reporting Services)
-I've also looked into windows logs on both machines and really seen nothing useful. We do know that we can successfully talk to sql server though, as the TFS 2013 install already did so.
I could really use some direction/help on the issue.
Thanks

Hi Kyleco,
Thanks for your post.
Your TFS 2013’s SQL Server instance and the Reporting Server installed on the same machine?
On your TFS 2013 Server machine, open the SQL Server Management Studio and try connect to your Reporting Server, ensure can connect successfully.
You didn’t configure the Reporting Server for your TFS 2012 Server? If yes, we suggest you in-place upgrade to TFS 2013 Server first, then manually configure the Reporting Server for your TFS 2013 Server:
http://nakedalm.com/integrate-reporting-and-analyses-services-with-team-foundation-server-2013/.
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How to do in-place-upgrades with the new patch sets (11.2.0.2.0)?

Hello,
Oracle has released the new patch set 11.2.0.2.0 for Oracle Database whose installation deviates from the previous patch set instructions. Are there any new deployment procedures available to do an in-place upgrade? We have a lot (about 100) of development databases here, most of them do not have enough hard disk space to do an out-of-place upgrade, so the need for updated deployment procedures is definetely there.
Best regards,
Andreas

Hello Hemss,
I am trying to do an in-place-upgrade (replacing the old Oracle software completely because our test servers have only very little space). When you want to perform an out-of-place upgrade, things are more simple, but you need the disk space for a new Oracle home (about 6 GB on Linux-x64 in my case). Essentially, the steps are:
1. You can keep the production database online during the next steps
2. Install the new 11.2.0.2.0 into a new Oracle Home (an Oracle software directory which does not exist yet). Only install the software.
3. Apply any post-11.2.0.2.0 patches if available and needed
4. Schedule a maintenance window with your users
5. Put the original database(s) in MOUNT mode (SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE followed by STARTUP MOUNT)
6. Perform a FULL backup of both database and old Oracle home, just to be on the safe side.
7. Set your enviromnent: ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE should point to your NEW installation, ORACLE_SID to your production database.
8. Start netca to create a new LISTENER for your new software installation (you might want to use a different port than your previous installation in case you need to run both at the same time)
9. Start dbua from the new Oracle Home and follow the on-screen instructions. You can either create an updated copy of the database (needs more disk space but you can easily switch back to your orginal DB), or you change the database to fit your new Oracle version (needs less space, but you need to run the scripts to downgrade to the old release if you need to go back)
So, as long as you have plenty of disk space, things are not that difficult at all. Of course, you should always read the release notes and the full installation guides for the new version because there might be new features or behaviours that affect your database. It is also highly advisable to test this on a completely different machine first.
You can find the complete upgrade guide here: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e17222/toc.htm
Best regards,
Andreas

ADWS Broken after in-place upgrade from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 R2

I performed an in-place upgrade from 64-bit Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 R2. This machine ran Active Directory Web Services. After the upgrade ADWS will not start. I get the following event log error:
Log Name:      Application
Source:        .NET Runtime
Date:          11/21/2014 3:23:02 PM
Event ID:      1026
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      COMPUTER
Description:
Application: Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.WebServices.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.ServiceModel.CommunicationObjectFaultedException
Stack:
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Close(System.TimeSpan)
   at Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.WebServices.WindowsHostService.StartService(System.Object)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart(System.Object)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name=".NET Runtime" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1026</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-11-21T20:23:02.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>65596</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>COMPUTER</Computer>
    <Security />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data>Application: Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.WebServices.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.ServiceModel.CommunicationObjectFaultedException
Stack:
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Close(System.TimeSpan)
   at Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.WebServices.WindowsHostService.StartService(System.Object)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart(System.Object)
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

I compared the registry with a working system but the Counters - and all other keys - looked fine.
At the same time as upgrading a DC a colleague was updating an unrelated server, and he started to see similar events in the event log (but for the Dell OpenManage Essentials service, not ADWS). The error was complaining about KERNELBASE.dll which set my
spider sense tingling. We knew that this server had Windows Updates pending. Fully updating it solved the problem on that server.
I solved the ADWS problem in the end by fully Windows Updating the DC. In particular, the ADWS Service started successfully after installing KB2919355 and rebooting. That also
'unlocked' a further 59 updates pending.
After the in-place upgrade I always fully Windows Update but I'm 99% certain that KB2919355 did NOT show up when I did a Check for Updates straight after a reboot so I thought the DC was up-to-date. I then spent hours investigating the ADWS problem and rebooted
as part of the diagnostics. It was then that I noticed on the logon screen that there were updates pending...
Moral of the story? Windows Update, then Update again, and again, and again. The length of time it takes to Windows Update after an upgrade from 2008R2 to 2012R2 is painful though.

In-place upgrade from windows 2008 R2 to windows 2012

Hi all,
we are currently running SAP ERP EHP7 (Netweaver 7.40 ) on Windows 2008 R2 server, MS SQL 2012 database.
Is it possible to do in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2012?
We want to do upgrade without buying new hardware and perform system copy.
Regards

Hi,
the only note where we discussed our findings about in-place upgrades of the Windows operating system is SAP Note 1494740.
Even though the upgrade to Windows Server 2012 is not discussed explicitly, the note is also valid for Windows Server 2012.
The only thing you have to take care is: upgrade your system components (database, other 3rd party software) to versions supported on Windows Server 2012 before you are performing the in-place upgrade.
Regards
Peter

SQL 2008 R2 In-Place Upgrade or Fresh Install to SQL2104

We have a server running Windows 2008 R2 and SQL 2008 R2 currently. We will call it SQL01. This houses databases for about 8 different applications and also has the name hard coded into a lot, I repeat, a lot of various things.
We are at the point where one of our applications needs to be upgraded and it only works with SQL 2014. So we need to either do an in-place upgrade or fresh install.
The obvious choice to me as a system admin is to do a fresh install, but the development side of the department knows how many places the name "SQL01" is hard coded and they want to do an in-place upgrade to avoid all the issues that would show
up if we changed names.
I have several questions, and I'd appreciate that the answers address them all if possible.
1. What are people's experiences with in-place upgrades from SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014?
2. To avoid this naming and coding issue, do companies use a permanent alias for their SQL servers? Like with exchange, we have an alias or A record pointing "mail" to the current Exchange server. As we do upgrades and the Exchange
server names change, the "mail" entry will always be pointed to the current one. Do people do this for SQL as well to avoid our issue of hard coding names?
3. I've head that you can also have both SQL 2008 R2 and SQL 2014 on the same server running together. This really doesn't help though if the SQL 2014 instance would need to be something other than the default which everything is currently pointed
to correct?
4. Is there any advice about a better way to go about this? Or a better way to do this moving forward? Other than not hard coding which I can't change now?
Thanks!

Hello,
Adding to the answers provided above, please consider discontinued features no longer available on SQL Server 2014.
I often see company configuring SQL Server aliases when installing SQL Server on SharePoint environments. You can certainly use DNS or use the following article.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190445.aspx
An in-place upgrade is easier but is difficult to rollback in case something goes wrong. Meanwhile, a side-by-side upgrade provides you more control over what is upgraded, it keeps the legacy server online during the upgrade allowing you to easy rollback if
needed, but is not an automated process and the instance will not keep the same name, requiring you to use aliases or other ways to avoid client redirection.
Since you cannot change the application, go for a side-by-side upgrade and try the DNS alias or the client-side alias as I provided the procedure above.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
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Document for Out of Place Upgrade of ebs database

Hi,
Can someone point out to me a document which gives steps for out of place upgrade of ebs 12.1.3 database from 11.1.0 to 11.2.0.3 ? I tried it myself and it went well but I am still not sure whether something is still missing because there are still 346 invalid objects in the db. Here are the steps I have followed:
On the source:
   Run adpreclone
2.       Run utlu112i.sql (copy it from the 11.2.0 home)
          Act on the recommendations of utlu112i.sql.
          Backup the source db and the apps folder
          Copy the backup to the target server.
6.       Copy pfile.
7.
On the target:
     install the 11.2.0.3 software
     apply required patches
             Restore and recover the database.
             run catupgrd.sql
             run catuppst.sql;
             run utlrp.sql;
             run dbupgdiag.sql
             run adconfig.sh contextfile=<contextfile> at db tier.
             Shut down listener and database and restart to load the new env.
             restored apps folder (backup of source)
             run adcfgclone.pl appsTier
             run autoconfig.
          Regards,
          Vinod

Hi Vinod,
Please find some out of place upgrade links:
UPGRADE 11.1.0.7 DATABASE TO 11.2.0.3 DATABASE WITH R12.1.3
Please also see the forum as it is been discussed several times.
BTW, with respect to your invalid objects did you try recompiling the objects using:
1. adadmin > Compile apps schema
2. connected as sysdba > run @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql
Best Regards

SCSM 2012 R2 - In-Place Upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2

Hello,
is an in-place upgrade of the underlying OS from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 supported by SCSM 2012R2. I know of some products where it is supported, some where it isn't (e.g. Exchange) but I haven't found any information on SCSM (Management,
DW, SQL, DWSQL).
Thank you in advance.
Regards
Sascha

i would never recommend upgrading the OS on any production environment, especially you have any virtualization and can stand up the new OS on the same hardware.
that being said, i don't see any obvious reason this would fail, but i don't thing it would be obviously supported either.

In place upgrade from Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003 ADS

Hi...is anyone aware of any issues with performing an in place upgrade from Windows 2000 Server to 2003 Server, which is currently running ESSBASE? Please advise, if you have any information. Thank you.

You can post your question in ESSBase forum
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Can I performa an In Place upgrade for 11gR2

Hi all,
I goofed a bit, I downloaded and installed 11g R2 (11.2.0.1.0) and installed it. After installation I went looking for the patchsets. Then I learned that as of 11.2.0.2 these are not patchsets, per se, but full installs. (I'll know now to log onto My Oracle Support first!)
I've read the various threads hear regarding upgrades for 11g and none are quite the same - trying not to recover existing discussions.
Because I'm installing this as a backbone for Windchill (a CAD file data vault), and I will allow the Windchill installer to create my database and so my installation was software only. The Upgrade Guide e23633 and other documents advise against in-place upgrades. This is a Single-Instance Oracle database with no database created yet, Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition, x64.
In this forum and others as well as various blogs, have threads and articles on the relative difficulties people have had de-installing 11g.
Would you recommend I do an in-place Upgrade to get this to 11.2.0.3.0 or use the Oracle De-install Utility (11.2.0.1.0) for Microsoft Windows (x64) and actually start from scratch installing 11.2.0.3.0?
(I'm still downloading the 7! zip archives for Patchset 3, so I have a moment before I have to make this decision!)
Thank you,
PT

Thank you for the reply Srini, but it really didn't answer my question.
I've already been through the Upgrade Guide, that's what lead me to post my question for advice and suggestions. My question is, was it really necessary to perform the Out-of-Place Upgrade - the preferred method - when I had only installed "software only" of 11.2.0.1.0 and had no database created to upgrade? Save the time by simply an In-Place because I was already software only.
I fully understand reasons for and have practiced the preferred out-of-place upgrade. The fault tolerant undisturbed source database is the only way to go - when there is an actual database.
Unless someone advises against it, I'm going to simply run the 11.2.0.1 De-Installation Utility first, rather than upgrade in place. Then install back in the same base path the 11.2.0.3 version was. Not that it matters if it is in the same base path or not, but I'll de-install ~0.1 anyway, why not do it first since I have no database to upgrade.
Cheers,
PT

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