Re: joining 2008 R2 problems

Hello Peter,

You have to install at least Exchange SP2, is this the case?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!!

<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Hello. I downloaded Win 2008 R2 Enterprise x64 through my action pack
> subscription. The current domain is one Win 2003 standard x32
> (DC+GC+DNS+FSMO) and one member server running exchange 2003.
>
> I run at FSMO server adprep32 /forestprep and then adprep32
> /domainprep /gpprep. The next day i installed R2 and using dcpromo,
> joined it to the domain and restarted it.
>
> Everything ok so far, no errors.
> When i restarted exchange server afterwards, system attendant and
> information store didn't start. din't start manually also.
> I restarted DC server. there were errors in the event viewer regarding
> the
> domain but it finally seemed to work.
> Exchange would't start again.
> I run dc promo again at 2008 server, demoting the machine to member
> server and then to workgroup. after restarting DC and then Exchange,
> thes servers returned to normal operation with all services starting.
>
> Does anyone know if there are compatibility issues with 2008 R2 and
> 2003 domain and Exchange 2003?
>
> Thanks a lot.
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->