Upgrading Win Server 2008 R2 to Win Server 2012

I'm trying to upgrade a production server from 2008 R2 Standard to 2012 Standard. The compatibility check reports no issues and the install progresses as one would expect (I get green tick-marks for each stage of the upgrade). Eventually it gets to the last
part of the upgrade which is apparently just a clean-up of the files it used during the installation. Just before the final reboot a message pops up saying "Installing Windows was cancelled. Setup can't continue. Your computer will now restart, and your previous
version of Windows will be restored". The server then reboots and rolls back to 2008 R2. There's nothing in the error log (it's completely empty) and I don't receive any indication of a problem during the install so I've no idea what the problem is or how
to troubleshoot it. I've performed other upgrades without any problems. The server is a Hyper-V server and doesn't run any other software so it's Microsoft through and through - nothing out of the ordinary.
Does anyone know what the final task is during an upgrade to 2012 and why this would cause a rollback of the server? I can't see why a clean-up of setup files would cause such a serious problem that the upgrade would need rolling back. Infact I'm pretty
sure that if I could prevent the rollback the server would boot into 2012 without a problem. Strange (and a little frustrating) particularly as the error message gives no clue as to the cause of the problem.

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!.

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How can I upgrade Windows Server 2012 Essentials to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials?

I have just installed Windows Server 2012 Essentials on my Home Network (from the installation DVD). I have done absolutely no configuration Installing Server 2012 was an oversight; I meant to install Server 2012 R2 Essentials.
I tried to correct by installing R2 from its DVD, hoping it would do an upgrade. That didn't work.
Is there a simple way to make it possible to install the correct OS?   For example, can I just demote the existing server and remove any roles that were installed, so that the R2 disk will install over top of the existing installation?
Alternatively, is it safe to just reformat the partition and install R2?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn408635.aspx seems to imply that this is OK.
David Pike, P.Eng, MCITP

Hi Larry.   Thanks for the reply. It didn't work, but I don't believe you are wrong. Rather I think there is something weird in my system. I'm marking your reply as answer.
Some background: I'm repurposing an older PC (Compaq SR1614X) as a home server, to manage my home network, use as a gateway to my Azure server, and to help my Server 2012 training (on MVA). I've been messing with it for nearly two months,
on and off. From the start, I've had trouble installing the server 2012 software (see previous threads August-27 and August-16
), but when I got to the point that I could install Server 2012 Essentials, I thought I could upgrade to Server 2012 R2 Essentials exactly as you suggest. That was where you helped me a lot, i.e. you confirmed that my expectations were reasonable.
So when it didn't work, I spent most of yesterday trying various different procedures. I got tantalizingly close, but still no cigar.
I can install any Windows Client and Server 2012 Essentials, but the R2 Essentials installation never finishes; it goes into an "error 0x000000C4" boot loop. At first I wondered if it was because I was installing a server over a
server, but you confirmed that's not the issue. I later verified that I cannot install R2 over Windows 7 either, whereas R1 over Win7 is fine. I can only surmise one of two problems:
I have a bad installation disk
There is a hardware issue
I plan to eliminate (1) by creating a new disk from a new download. I have verified that the latest ISO file and the one I have been using have identical byte counts,
For (2), I had suspected that the problem was that the older system has no UEFI, but since R1 installs OK, I am discounting that. Today's effort: to eliminate the DVD drive, I will try booting from a Flash Drive. To eliminate
the hard drive, I will try installing to a different drive.
I am hoping you can help with one more thing. When I run setup.exe with the /noreboot option, I have a better chance of success. The option suppresses the first reboot only, but that one (after "Expanding the setup files") always
fails, so suppressing it gets me almost to the end of the install. Is there a way to modify setup.exe so the it always runs with the /noreboot option?

Server 2012 X64 R2 DNS Server keeps shutting down after inplace upgrade from Server 2012 X64

Hi,
ever since upgrading from Server 2012 X64 to Server 2012 R2 X64 my dns server keeps shutting down every several minutes before having to do a restart. When viewing the event log this is all I see..
The DNS Server service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 497 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service.
if I look in the Application Error Log, I will also find the following:
Faulting application name: dns.exe, version: 6.3.9600.17031, time stamp: 0x530871fb
Faulting module name: dns.exe, version: 6.3.9600.17031, time stamp: 0x530871fb
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000010b0e0
Faulting process id: 0x1740
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf531b2e3a7f5e
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\dns.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\dns.exe
Report Id: 90a4ab37-bf0e-11e3-9446-003048df3f03
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
I have tried removing and then reinstalling the DNS Server role, but the same situation occurs..
thanks,

Hi,
I'm going crazy, I've upgraded my Server 2012 Standard to Server 2012 R2 Standard and now my DNS server keeps crashing since the in place upgrade. I have finally narrowed it down to it only crashes after several minutes if I load the data from
a file instead of the registry. As a test I:
-1- killed all my dns data,
-2- uninstalled the dns server role
-3- deleted the /windows/system32/dns directory
-4- reinstalled the DNS server role
-5- used the wizard to create a DNS server and a forward zone.
everything works okay, no crashes, then I change the advanced propertied of the DNS server to load from file, restart the DNS server and once again it crashes every 2 minutes..
Please help, this is killing me..
thanks in advance..

Upgrade to server 2012 standard

Hello
I am currently running Server 2012 Essentials and want to upgrade to Server 2012 Standard.
I have downloaded the 2012 Standard trial ISO and would like to know where to from here? I have done a bit of reading about upgrading essentials 2012 whereby I understand one can do it from PS using a command. What I am not clear about is how I can get server
2012 std onto the server to upgrade? Or is the PS command taking care of that in that it installs 2012 std onto the server?
I had a look at this
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/8f966fcc-2afb-48f7-919b-6c61b71d7947/windows-server-2012-essentials-upgrade-to-windows-server-2012-standard?forum=winserveressentials
and the last post is exactly what I too need to know.
Can someone please advise what steps I need to take to get server 2012 std running?
TIA

Hi,
Here is the detailed steps to transit from Windows Server 2012 Essentials to Windows Server 2012 Standard, you could refer to it to perform the transition. Hope it helps.
Transition from Windows Server 2012 Essentials to Windows Server 2012 Standard
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj247582.aspx
Best Regards,
Andy Qi
Andy Qi
TechNet Community Support

In-place upgrade from Server 2012 to Server 2012 R2

I have a Dell PowerEdge 1850. I installed Server 2012 Standard. This works fine. I made it a domain controller in an existing domain. I also added Print Management Role. This was working fine.
I then did an in-place upgrade to Server 2012 R2. Now it is stuck in a rebooting loop.
It says "Your PC needs to restart. Please hold down the power button. Error Code: 0x000000C4. Parameters: 0x0000000000000091, 0x00000000000000F, 0xFFFFF803827DCA00, 0x0000000000000000.
I cannot get out of this loop. Others have said they have this problem when installing with virtualization. However, I am installing on the native hardware. The CPU does not support hardware virtualization.
This worked fine with Server 2012. In fact, I have 4 other Domain Controllers that are identical to this one running Server 2012. Did Server 2012 R2 add a CPU feature check that is hampering this?
Don Demars

The 1850 is a pretty old box. What you are running into sounds like the lack of a proper disk driver for the box (I've had that happen multiple times during new releases). The disk driver needs to be provided by Dell. I don't believe Dell
supports the 1850 with 2012 R2, so getting a driver for it might be a bit of a challenge. You can find which servers Dell supports under the different versions of Windows Server by checking out
www.windowsservercatalog.com.
Microsoft only puts supported device drivers submitted by the vendors well ahead of time on the distribution media. Seeing that you were able to get 2012 running on the 1850s earlier, my guess is that you had separate media for the driver that you
used during the installation. There is a place during the installation that allows the loading of device drivers that are not on the installation media. If you can get Dell to give you a driver for 2012 R2 for the 1850s, maybe you can update the
driver under 2012 and then update the OS.
Personally, though, I never upgrade a domain controller in place. It is so easy to simply create a new one and add it to the domain. Then, if you do have a driver for 2012 R2, you can load it during the clean installation.
. : | : . : | : . tim

Upgrade to Server 2012 R2 domain controllers from 2003

I am at a loss as to what I did wrong here. Everything seems to be working fine except for one subnet (which is behind a hardware firewall).
We had two Server 2003 domain controllers and one of them was failing. I raised the forest functional level of our old primary domain controllers to 2003. I built the first replacement Server 2012 R2 domain controller. Added the AD DS roles
and promoted it as a domain controller. I let it sit for a couple days. The FSMO roles were currently being handled by our other 2003 domain controller. Once this had been sitting for a while (don't recall how long) I ran dcpromo on the failing
server and demoted it. Once demoted I shut it down and pulled it out of the rack. I then built our second 2012 R2 server and gave it the same IP as the failing one. Installed the AD DS roles and integrated DNS as prompted by the wizard.
I then made it the operations master for Schema master, Domain naming master, PDC, RID pool manager, and Infrastructure master. Then I ran dcpromo on the second 2003 domain controller to demote it and removed it from the network. I then demoted
the first new controller (DC03) changed the hostname and IP to the name and IP of the second 2003 controller and promoted it again. I'm not sure at what point things broke, but everything works from the same subnet that the domain controllers are in,
just not a second subnet that is through a hardware firewall. I don't see anything getting blocked while watching firewall logs so I don't think the firewall is the issue.
Here is the dcdiag and ipconfig from the first controller (which has all 5 FSMO roles).
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\username>dcdiag /v /test:dns
Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
   Trying to find home server...
   * Verifying that the local machine WGDDC01, is a Directory Server.
   Home Server = WGDDC01
   * Connecting to directory service on server WGDDC01.
   * Identified AD Forest.
   Collecting AD specific global data
   * Collecting site info.
   Calling ldap_search_init_page(hld,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=wgd,DC=inet,LD
AP_SCOPE_SUBTREE,(objectCategory=ntDSSiteSettings),.......
   The previous call succeeded
   Iterating through the sites
   Looking at base site object: CN=NTDS Site Settings,CN=Default-First-Site-Name
,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=wgd,DC=inet
   Getting ISTG and options for the site
   * Identifying all servers.
   Calling ldap_search_init_page(hld,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=wgd,DC=inet,LD
AP_SCOPE_SUBTREE,(objectClass=ntDSDsa),.......
   The previous call succeeded....
   The previous call succeeded
   Iterating through the list of servers
   Getting information for the server CN=NTDS Settings,CN=WGDDC01,CN=Servers,CN=
Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=wgd,DC=inet
   objectGuid obtained
   InvocationID obtained
   dnsHostname obtained
   site info obtained
   All the info for the server collected
   Getting information for the server CN=NTDS Settings,CN=WGDDC02,CN=Servers,CN=
Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=wgd,DC=inet
   objectGuid obtained
   InvocationID obtained
   dnsHostname obtained
   site info obtained
   All the info for the server collected
   * Identifying all NC cross-refs.
   * Found 2 DC(s). Testing 1 of them.
   Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\WGDDC01
      Starting test: Connectivity
         * Active Directory LDAP Services Check
         Determining IP4 connectivity
         * Active Directory RPC Services Check
         ......................... WGDDC01 passed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\WGDDC01
      Test omitted by user request: Advertising
      Test omitted by user request: CheckSecurityError
      Test omitted by user request: CutoffServers
      Test omitted by user request: FrsEvent
      Test omitted by user request: DFSREvent
      Test omitted by user request: SysVolCheck
      Test omitted by user request: KccEvent
      Test omitted by user request: KnowsOfRoleHolders
      Test omitted by user request: MachineAccount
      Test omitted by user request: NCSecDesc
      Test omitted by user request: NetLogons
      Test omitted by user request: ObjectsReplicated
      Test omitted by user request: OutboundSecureChannels
      Test omitted by user request: Replications
      Test omitted by user request: RidManager
      Test omitted by user request: Services
      Test omitted by user request: SystemLog
      Test omitted by user request: Topology
      Test omitted by user request: VerifyEnterpriseReferences
      Test omitted by user request: VerifyReferences
      Test omitted by user request: VerifyReplicas
      Starting test: DNS
         DNS Tests are running and not hung. Please wait a few minutes...
         See DNS test in enterprise tests section for results
         ......................... WGDDC01 failed test DNS
   Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
      Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
      Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
   Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
      Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
      Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
   Running partition tests on : Schema
      Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
      Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
   Running partition tests on : Configuration
      Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
      Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
   Running partition tests on : wgd
      Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
      Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
   Running enterprise tests on : wgd.inet
      Starting test: DNS
         Test results for domain controllers:
            DC: WGDDC01.wgd.inet
            Domain: wgd.inet
               TEST: Authentication (Auth)
                  Authentication test: Successfully completed
               TEST: Basic (Basc)
                  The OS
                  Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (Service Pack level:
0.0)
                  is supported.
                  NETLOGON service is running
                  kdc service is running
                  DNSCACHE service is running
                  DNS service is running
                  DC is a DNS server
                  Network adapters information:
                  Adapter [00000010] Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet:
                     MAC address is B0:83:FE:C1:98:07
                     IP Address is static
                     IP address: 10.240.1.23
                     DNS servers:
                        10.240.1.23 (WGDDC01) [Valid]
                        10.240.1.24 (WGDDC02) [Valid]
                        127.0.0.1 (WGDDC01) [Valid]
                  The A host record(s) for this DC was found
                  The SOA record for the Active Directory zone was found
                  Warning: no DNS RPC connectivity (error or non Microsoft DNS s
erver is running)
                  [Error details: 5 (Type: Win32 - Description: Access is denied
         Summary of test results for DNS servers used by the above domain
         controllers:
            DNS server: 10.240.1.23 (WGDDC01)
               All tests passed on this DNS server
               Name resolution is functional._ldap._tcp SRV record for the fores
t root domain is registered
            DNS server: 10.240.1.24 (WGDDC02)
               All tests passed on this DNS server
               Name resolution is functional._ldap._tcp SRV record for the fores
t root domain is registered
         Summary of DNS test results:
Auth Basc Forw Del Dyn RReg Ext
            Domain: wgd.inet
               WGDDC01                      PASS WARN n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a
         ......................... wgd.inet passed test DNS
      Test omitted by user request: LocatorCheck
      Test omitted by user request: Intersite
C:\Users\dsmythe>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WGDDC01
   Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : wgd.inet
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wgd.inet
Ethernet adapter WGD_INET:
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B0-83-FE-C1-98-07
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.23(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.23
                                       10.240.1.24
                                       127.0.0.1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{2C28B0FA-6BF8-4201-A6DA-081AED63B496}:
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
When I try to bind a machine to the domain I get an error message that says "
The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for domain "wgd.inet":
The error was: "This operation returned because the timeout period expired."
(error code 0x000005B4 ERROR_TIMEOUT)
The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.wgd.inet
The DNS servers used by this computer for name resolution are not responding. This computer is configured to use DNS servers with the following IP addresses:
10.240.1.24
10.240.1.23
Verify that this computer is connected to the network, that these are the correct DNS server IP addresses, and that at least one of the DNS servers is running.
Please let me know if I'm missing something or if there are other things I can check.
Thanks!
I forgot to mention that after the 2003 domain controllers were out of the environment, I raised the domain and forest functional level to 2012 R2. All clients in the environment are Windows XP Pro or above. The XP Pro boxes will be going away as
soon as our vendor supports their software to run on Windows 7.

We now have 2 2012 R2 DCs. The 2003 DCs are gone. Metadata from the old DCs is all cleaned up. DNS seems to be working fine in 3 out of 4 subnets. The 4th is behind a hardware firewall and I can see the IP address of the machine I am trying to bind to the
domain connecting to the two new domain controllers but the client machine that is trying to bind gives an error. An Active Directory Domain Controller for the domain wgd.inet could not be contacted. It seems that this is just a DNS issue for one
particular subnet (10.240.2.0/24). This subnet is setup in AD Sites and Services\Sites\Subnets\10.240.2.0/24 (Site: Default-First-Site-Name).
When trying to do anything with nslookup from the 10.240.2.0/24 subnet it times out. The route is there and I can watch it connect through our hardware firewall over port 53.
DC01
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\dsmythe>netdom query fsmo
Schema master               WGDDC01.wgd.inet
Domain naming master        WGDDC01.wgd.inet
PDC                         WGDDC01.wgd.inet
RID pool manager            WGDDC01.wgd.inet
Infrastructure master       WGDDC01.wgd.inet
The command completed successfully.
C:\Users\dsmythe>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WGDDC01
   Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : wgd.inet
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wgd.inet
Ethernet adapter WGD_INET:
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B0-83-FE-C1-98-07
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.23(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.23
                                       10.240.1.24
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{2C28B0FA-6BF8-4201-A6DA-081AED63B496}:
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Users\dsmythe>
DC02
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\dsmythe>netdom query fsmo
Schema master               WGDDC01.wgd.inet
Domain naming master        WGDDC01.wgd.inet
PDC                         WGDDC01.wgd.inet
RID pool manager            WGDDC01.wgd.inet
Infrastructure master       WGDDC01.wgd.inet
The command completed successfully.
C:\Users\dsmythe>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WGDDC02
   Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : wgd.inet
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wgd.inet
Ethernet adapter NIC1:
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B0-83-FE-C1-9F-74
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.24(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.240.1.24
                                       10.240.1.23
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{4F45E51E-FC2F-49ED-85CF-0750A9EEECF5}:
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Users\dsmythe>

In-place upgrade from Server 2012 to 2012R2 "just quits"

I have a TechNet subscription and am supposed to get "priority support" but I mistakenly asked my question in one of the forums that is not in the "priority support monitored" list. Included here by reference:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/bbbb34f2-e098-4f7d-b692-88e033869385/windows-server-2012r2-inplace-upgrade-from-2012-quotjust-quitsquot?forum=winserver2012r2previewsetup
Short description: On the 2012 DataCenter machine which serves as my Hyper-V host, I mount the install media and launch Setup. It starts, copies the temporary files ($windows.~bt) and then just quits.
Content of c:\windows\setupact.log:
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info                  UI     Determining whether we should run ConX or legacy setup
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info                  UI     Downlevel OS is server. Continue to run legacy setup
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info                  UI     Determining if we are in WDS/Unattend mode
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info                  UI     No need to hide autorun
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info       [0x0a000a] UI     Autorun:Autorun core successfully initialized!!!
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info       [0x0a000b] UI     Autorun:Autorun UI successfully initialized!!!
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info                  UI     AppWindow has layout style 0
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info                  UI     NavWindow has layout style 0
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Warning    [0x0a0180] UI     Failed to change the UI language to en-US.
2013-10-11 10:29:04, Info       [0x0a011c] UI     WizardDialogPost::SetActive
2013-10-11 10:29:09, Info       [0x0a018e] UI     Passing command line parameter ("H:\Sources\setup.exe /HideWelcome /uilanguage:en-US /targetlanguage:en-US") to IBS.
Would appreciate any suggestions that don't involve doing a detailed documentation capture of how the server is configured followed by a clean install, that is what I'm trying to avoid if possible.
I am not trying to do anything special or scripted, just a standard OS upgrade.

Hi Pepper, Malort, Robert and Brandon,
I am experiencing the same issue using either new release (april 2014) or the gold release 2012 R2 DVD from Volume license (SA) download. Both confirmed working on other installations. Setup just suddenly quits with the same non existent logs
files in $windows.~bt and c:\windows\setupact.log has a warning statement "Failed to change the UI language to en-US"
The server is running as a vm and would otherwise appear to be running perfectly. It is a DC(GC), DHCP, DNS & CA for my site.
Going to try System Update readiness Tool KB947821-v33.
Heads up MSFP Anne, any word on the cause and/or fix?
Regards,
Andre
Same here,
trying to upgrade a server 2008 R2 server running on hyper-v to server 2012 R2 with update1.
The server was a server 2008 and was upgraded to server 2008 R2.
This is the only log i can found:
2014-07-04 14:20:13, Info                  UI     Determining whether we should run ConX or legacy setup
2014-07-04 14:20:13, Info                  UI     Downlevel OS is server. Continue to run legacy setup
2014-07-04 14:20:13, Info                  UI     Determining if we are in WDS/Unattend mode
2014-07-04 14:20:14, Info                  UI     No need to hide autorun
2014-07-04 14:20:14, Info       [0x0a000a] UI     Autorun:Autorun core successfully initialized!!!
2014-07-04 14:20:14, Info       [0x0a000b] UI     Autorun:Autorun UI successfully initialized!!!
2014-07-04 14:20:14, Warning               UI     CLanguages::v_InitLanguage - Failed to load en-US resources with error 2. Will load fallback binaries
2014-07-04 14:20:15, Info                  UI     AppWindow has layout style 0
2014-07-04 14:20:15, Info                  UI     NavWindow has layout style 0
2014-07-04 14:20:15, Warning    [0x0a0180] UI     Failed to change the UI language to nl-NL.
2014-07-04 14:20:15, Warning               UI     CLanguages::v_InitLanguage - Failed to load en-US resources with error 2. Will load fallback binaries
2014-07-04 14:20:15, Info       [0x0a011c] UI     WizardDialogPost::SetActive
2014-07-04 14:20:16, Info       [0x0a018e] UI     Passing command line parameter ("D:\Sources\setup.exe /HideWelcome /uilanguage:nl-NL /targetlanguage:nl-NL") to IBS.
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 9 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 16 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 16 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 17 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 17 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 9 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 18 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 9 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 18 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 9 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 9 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 16 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 16 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 17 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 17 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 9 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 18 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 9 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 18 key on 0
2014-07-04 14:21:03, Warning    [0x0a0010] UI     WM_KEYUP for 9 key on 0

In-place upgrade from Server 2012 to 2012R2 is failing

Hello,
I'm trying tu upgrade a VM from Windows server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2, but the upgrade is failing with an error message "Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation.
Error code 0x80070522"
The VM i'm trying to upgrade has SQL server 2012 and some related tools installed
The VM is running on a Windows server 2012 Hyper-V host
I have tried a few different installation media, downloaden from the MS licensing site and from MSDN, but all give the same problem.
After searching for logs i found these relevant messages in C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther\setuperr.log
2014-07-15 11:25:10, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user NT SERVICE\MsDtsServer110. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD
2014-07-15 11:25:10, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\Classic .NET AppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {050ed09e-a530-41e6-8ac9-a9a96e74a2c1}: [shmig] Failed to get launcher layout, hr=0x80070002
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMJPMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMJPMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMKRMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMKRMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\CHXMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\CHXMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\TableTextServiceMig.dll)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\TableTextServiceMig.dll) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMJPMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMJPMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMKRMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:27:04, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMKRMIG.DLL) gle=0
// a lot of these kind of messages
2014-07-15 11:27:55, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\TableTextServiceMig.dll)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:27:55, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\TableTextServiceMig.dll) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:24, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {65cbf70b-1d78-4cac-8400-9acd65ced94a}: CreateProcess(s) failed. GLE = d
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMJPMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMJPMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMKRMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMKRMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\CHXMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\CHXMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\TableTextServiceMig.dll)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\TableTextServiceMig.dll) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMJPMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMJPMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMKRMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMKRMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\CHXMIG.DLL)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\CHXMIG.DLL) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\TableTextServiceMig.dll)
gle=126
2014-07-15 11:28:29, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\TableTextServiceMig.dll) gle=0
2014-07-15 11:28:32, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user NT SERVICE\MsDtsServer110. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD
2014-07-15 11:28:32, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\Classic .NET AppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD
2014-07-15 11:28:43, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user NT SERVICE\MsDtsServer110. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD
2014-07-15 11:28:43, Error      [0x0803b6] MIG    Can't retrieve group information for user IIS APPPOOL\Classic .NET AppPool. NetUserGetLocalGroups failed 0x000008AD
2014-07-15 11:31:35, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {ee036dc0-f9b7-4d2d-bb94-3dd3102c5804}: BRIDGEMIG: CBrgUnattend::CollectBridgeSettings failed: 0x1, 0
2014-07-15 11:33:25, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {D12A3141-A1FF-4DAD-BF67-1B664DE1CBD6}: WSLicensing: Failed to read machine binding, hr=0x80070002
2014-07-15 11:33:25, Error      [0x0808fe] MIG    Plugin {D12A3141-A1FF-4DAD-BF67-1B664DE1CBD6}: WSLicensing: Error reading Server Info hr=0x80070490
2014-07-15 11:33:28, Error      [0x0606cc] IBS    WIMApplyImage failed; hr = 0x80070522[gle=0x00000522]
2014-07-15 11:33:28, Error      [0x0600a1] IBS    DeployImage:Image application failed; hr = 0x80070522[gle=0x00000057]
2014-07-15 11:33:28, Error      [0x060082] IBS    Callback_ImageTransfer:Failed to lay down the WinPE image; hr = 0x80070522[gle=0x00000057]
2014-07-15 11:41:11, Error      [0x0606cc] IBS    WIMApplyImage failed; hr = 0x80070522[gle=0x00000522]
2014-07-15 11:41:11, Error      [0x0600a1] IBS    DeployImage:Image application failed; hr = 0x80070522[gle=0x00000057]
2014-07-15 11:41:11, Error      [0x060082] IBS    Callback_ImageTransfer:Failed to lay down the OS image; hr = 0x80070522[gle=0x00000057]
Can anyone help me with this issue?
Regards,
Tom

Yes, domain admins are members of the local administrator group when the macine is joined to a domain, but the opposite is not true. Local admins are not necessarily members of the domain admins group.
. : | : . : | : . tim
Tim,
Yes i Understand that a local administrator is not always a domain administrator, but i think this has nothing to do with my problem.
To be sure i have logged in to this server with the local administrator user and started the upgrade again. As expected I got the same error message, so this is nog a permissions problem.
Can somebody who can help me to solve this probleem?
Regards,
Tom

Upgrade Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 in-place upgrade

I have tried to do an in place upgrade for Windows Server 2012 Standard to Windows Server 2012 R2 using the in-place upgrade at least a dozen times. Always with the same unhelpful failure message.
I have tried downloading the latest (setup) update and not downloading it - makes no difference - same error.
I would really rather upgrade this server than re-install. I have scoured the internet looking for answers and I can't find anything useful.
I have downloaded the latest 2012 R2 Standard iso. The version of 2012 installed is a stock retail Standard version it was never an eval version.
Any help much appreciated.
Andy

I did check the article. I did the ADPREP as described and adprep worked fine. Unfortunately it did not make any difference. Log entries below:
setupact
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Info MIG End of hive list
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Warning [0x0803db] MIG IndirectKeyMapper: RegLoadKey(HKEY_USERS,S-1-5-21-902023783-652776199-2643897273-500 (1),C:\Users\Administrator\NTUSER.DAT) failed; giving up (32)
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error [0x08039d] MIG Cannot add mapping for user profile C:\Users\Administrator. Error: 32: Win32Exception: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. [0x00000020] __cdecl
Mig::CIndirectKeyMapper::CIndirectKeyMapper(class UnBCL::String *,struct HKEY__ *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *,int,int,const Mig::HiveLoadRetryOptions *)[gle=0x000000cb]
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error [0x080801] MIG User profile loading error. Aborting due to external request.[gle=0x000000cb]
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$ONLINE_RW$ELAM (error 1314)
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Warning [0x0809d4] MIG Failed to close keymapper 'ELAM': error 1314
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$ONLINE_RW$ELAM (error 1314)
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error MigStartupOnline caught exception: Win32Exception: User profile loading error. Aborting due to external request.: The specified user does not have
a valid profile. [0x000004E5] void __cdecl Mig::COnlineWinNTPlatform::ProcessUser(class Mig::CRegistryDataStore *,class Mig::CRegistryDataUnit *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *,int,int)
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Info Leaving MigStartupOnline method
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error MIG pDoOnlineGather: Engine initialization failed with error: 0x00000004
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error [0x0800ad] MIG Callback_GatherOldSys: Migration phase failed.
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Info MIG PublishCriticalError: Setup can't continue. Restart the computer and restart Setup. When prompted, try getting the latest updates.
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Info [0x0a013d] UI Accepting Cancel. Exiting Page Progress.
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Info UI Entering Page Cancel.
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Info [0x0a0035] UI Allowing Page 'App Compat' to be shown
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Info [0x0a0035] UI Allowing Page 'App Compat' to be shown
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Info [0x0a011c] UI WizardDialogPost::SetActive
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x070042] DIAG CallBack_DiagnosticDataSend: Called with notification for Error published by ErrorHandler
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x0a0023] UI progress task ProgressInfo\SendDiagnostics : StartProgress
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info DIAG DiagnosticDataSendWorker: Phase=1 Start time was 0X309961825, End time was 0X309962C98, total time was 0X1473
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x070044] DIAG DiagnosticDataSendWorker: startSetupTimeInSecs = 0X309962634
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x070045] DIAG Processing Diagnostic data at 2014-05-28 09:17:28
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x070046] DIAG DiagnosticDataSendWorker: endSetupTimeInSecs = 0X309963AA8
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info DIAG DiagnosticDataSendWorker: setupInstallTime = 0X1474
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info DIAG DiagnosticDataSendWorker: User is NOT OPTED-IN for SQM and Watson.
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x0a0024] UI progress task ProgressInfo\SendDiagnostics : EndProgress
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x090095] PANTHR WdsExitImmediate called! Execution will stop, and the queue won't be saved.
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info DIAG Module path is [C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\setup.exe]
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info DIAG Module version is [6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)]
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info DIAG Module path is [C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\setup.exe]
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info DIAG Failed install count for build [6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)] is [12]
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info IBS Successfully incremented the failed install count on this machine
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x0800af] MIG Leaving Callback_GatherOldSys (failure)
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x09008c] PANTHR SeqExecute -- stopping, since WdsExitImmediate() was called
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x090086] PANTHR pWorkerThreadFunc -- Stopping
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x090086] PANTHR pWorkerThreadFunc -- Stopping
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x090086] PANTHR pWorkerThreadFunc -- Stopping
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info PANTHR DeleteCriticalSection for pExecQueue->csLock;
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x0500bd] DU Module_Term_DU called
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x050081] DU Done with DU. DUMgr is cleaning up...
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x050082] DU Cleanup completed
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x0605a6] IBS Requested UI to hide the language and locale selection pages.
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x06010d] IBS Module_Term_Productkey: Valid product key in blackboard, show property set to hide.
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info UI CallbackWin32UITerminate: Deleted WizardUI
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x090081] PANTHR Destroying any unreferenced modules! (SEQ6)
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x0601d7] IBS InstallWindows:Error Type = 3211266
2014-05-28 09:17:28, Info [0x090009] PANTHR CBlackboard::Close: c:\$windows.~bt\sources\panther\setupinfo.
setuperr
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error [0x08039d] MIG Cannot add mapping for user profile C:\Users\Administrator. Error: 32: Win32Exception: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. [0x00000020] __cdecl
Mig::CIndirectKeyMapper::CIndirectKeyMapper(class UnBCL::String *,struct HKEY__ *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *,int,int,const Mig::HiveLoadRetryOptions *)[gle=0x000000cb]
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error [0x080801] MIG User profile loading error. Aborting due to external request.[gle=0x000000cb]
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error MigStartupOnline caught exception: Win32Exception: User profile loading error. Aborting due to external request.: The specified user does not have
a valid profile. [0x000004E5] void __cdecl Mig::COnlineWinNTPlatform::ProcessUser(class Mig::CRegistryDataStore *,class Mig::CRegistryDataUnit *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *,int,int)
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error MIG pDoOnlineGather: Engine initialization failed with error: 0x00000004
2014-05-28 07:56:56, Error [0x0800ad] MIG Callback_GatherOldSys: Migration phase failed.
Kind regards, Andy CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, GPEN, GWAPT, CSTA, CSTP Blog.InfoSecMatters.net

In-place upgrade: Windows Server 2012 to 2012 R2

I have a Windows Server 2012 physical server running Exchange Server 2013. Microsoft has stated that Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (or CU4 in the new parlance) will finally allow Exchange Server 2013 to support Windows Server 2012 R2.
Although Exchange SP1 has not yet been released, I want to do some advance effort planning. If I apply Exchange SP1, will I be able to run an in-place setup/upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2? Thanks.

Hi,
Since Windows Server 2012 R2 is not currently listed as a supported OS platform for Exchange 2013, it is
not recommended to update the OS on your Exchange servers to Windows server 2012 R2 at the present. For more detailed information, please refer to the link below:
Exchange
Support For Windows Server 2012 R2
Best regards,
Susie

Upgrade to Server 2012 Standard (user limit fix) - Not Supported?

Which WD Sentinel do you have? The process is only supported and applies to the WD Sentinel DS5100 and DS6100 since they have different hardware than the DX and RX series.

There aren't any huge differences in the operating system when going from Server 2012 R2 Essentials to Server 2012 R2 Standard. The biggest peice is that users need to purchase the correct licencing before making the swap. Western Digital appears to have created a video to assist users with the transitions from the stock operating system to Server 2012 Standard. (Upgrade DS6100 to Server 2012 Standard) The upgrade process itself based on the video and mention of the upgrade in the administrator's/owners manual gives the appearance that such an upgrade is endorsed/supported by WD. Appearances, however, can be deceiving. Midway through the process I ran into a problem (Raid Config Problem) and attempted to contact customer support over the phone. After being elevated up to a second level of support I was told over the phone that because I had made changes to my unit that it was no longer in its original confiuration, I had voided my warranty, and I am on my own until I restore the unit to its original configuration. I mentioned to the tech that I don't think I did anything outside the bounds of what I should be doing based on the video (link above) and the following exerpt from the administrator's manual: "Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials supports up to 25 users and 50 devices. When your business needs exceed the limit, you can purchase an additional license and upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard." The response I received was fairly surprising to say the least. I was directed to page 80 GPU/GPL section: "Modification of or tampering with the Software, including but not limited to any Open Source Software, is solely at your own risk. Western Digital is not responsible for any such modification or tampering. Western Digital will not support any product in which you have or have attempted to modify the Software supplied by Western Digital." In my specific case, I knew what the issue was and more specifically, I knew exactly what I needed to resolve the issue (the installation binaries for the Raid Configuration Utility). The tech on the phone said that since I had modified the OS, that I needed to reach out to Microsoft for assistance (which makes no sense since the software in question is Western Digital's) and refused to provide me with any information on how I might obtain the installation software. Ultimately I resolved the issue on my own by pure happenstance. I encourage anyone even thinking about buying one of these units for a medium to large business to be very leery and way your options carefully. I'd be happy to provide my case # to anyone at WD who would like to contact me and/or look at the particulars of my problem.

Server 2012 Std (dutch) upgrade to Server 2012 R2 Std (dutch)

Hi,
I have several 'Server 2012 Standard' (volume licenced) servers installed within the Dutch language, and would like to upgrade them to R2.
I downloaded the R2 eval version (EN, can't find any Dutch version) and tried to upgrade the server.
While upgrading the server I get the following error:
Compability report; You can't do a typical upgrade using an installation disc that's different from the language installed on your computer. Go to .....LinkId=142337 to see how ito install Windows and keep uour files and settings.
So I installed the EN / US languagepack, rebooted the server and gave it another go but the same error pops up.
How do I upgrade a Dutch server to R2? According to a similar question, it should be migrated?
Thanks,
Jurgen.

Hi Jurgen,
I'm afraid it is a not supported senario for in-place upgrade :
"In-place upgrades from one language to another are not supported."
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303416.aspx
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In addition, if no data needs to be kept in Windows Server 2012, you can choose either a clean installation or a upgrading. Personally, I prefer the clean installation.
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Upgrade from server 2012 to server 2012 R2

Hi, my question is about the price,
I have a windows Server 2012 up and running and want to upgrade it to server 2012 R2. Is this operation Free or I should purchase another license for upgraded windows?
Thanks,

These are 2 different versions, you need have license.
Upgrade means
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of the operating system to a retail version, from an older retail version to a newer version, or, in some cases, from a volume-licensed edition of the operating system to an ordinary retail edition.
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Hi,
According to your description, I know the SQL Server Management Studio always crashes on the client machine and there is no SQL Server was installed on that machine.
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