Reinstalling Windows 2003 server while preserving the SAP installation

Hi Experts,
I need your expert advice over this.
Is it possible, and if so how, to reinstall windows 2003 server without damaging SAP isntallation. With AIX it certainly is possible but within windows environment I am not sure.
Please comment with suggestion.
Kind regards.

Hi
Is it not possbile with the Homogenious sytem copy?
Export the production data>reinstall windows 2003 server>Import the data again
Regards
Uday

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Hi Experts,
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Please comment with suggestion.
Kind regards.

it is not possible to reinstall the operating system without reinstalling the SAP Software.
Main reason about this is:
1. a lot of information is stored in the windows registry (Environment, Service Definition etc) which is inital after the reinstallation of the OS
2. the operating system installation will generate a new SID (an identifier which is used in File, Directory, Service etc Access Control Lists). Therefore all security settings on files etc done by the first installation are no longer vaild.
therefore the homogenious system is necessary.
regards
peter

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Edited by: Tolga Akinci on Apr 30, 2009 3:08 PM

Hi Tolga,
You face with this error, because of Trex installation package is trying to install native i386 redistributables (vcredist_x86.msi) during the process. In order to patch Trex system on x64 architecture, follow the instructions, below;
1) Start sapinst, under your <TREX_PATCH> path
2) Ignore AMD64 warning popup
3) When popup appears on the "1603:Fatal error during installation." error, change temp folders on both environment variables, on my computer
4) Download and execute "vcredist_x64.exe" then run installer
5) After respective installation click on "Retry" button on error popup
At the end of this operation, your Trex patch will be succeeded. Please do not forget to undo your temp directory settings, on your Trex host. I hope that it is clarify your question.
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