Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Frank — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:08:23 GMT

Ho about upgrading WSS 3.0 to MOSS? Are there any screen shot that I can follow?

Thanks

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Yale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:52:50 GMT

I’m not very techy as I am on the management side already and it has been awhile (years actually) since the last time I did actual programming. I’m looking at doing the following for our SharePoint migration project –

(1) On environment 1 (current development server - where the SharePoint 2003 app is hosted), run the gradual upgrade and then do a backup.

(2) On environment 2 (new production server - where MOSS 2007 is installed), do a backup restore.

Will this work? Please advise.

Thanks!

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Chris — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:46:06 GMT

One of the problems I have encountered with the gradual (and other) upgrade with a site definition upgrade file is that the actual pages do not seem to be upgraded, and neither do the forms (/doclib/AllItems.aspx). I have been testing several of our sites - things migrate fine when i provision a new site on a definition in wss 2.0, but for existing sites, after the upgrade, i still get some of the old look and feel of wss 2.0.

One thing that I notice is that default.aspx on each of these sites is that they appear to be unghosted. When resetting to site definition after the upgrade (for the page), it just copies the file, and leaves another unghosted file in its place.

Useful Links on MOSS 2007

SHAREPOINTBlogs.com Mirror — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:32:33 GMT

Following are some of the moss 2007 links which are really helpful to every one. http://wss.collutions

Useful Links on MOSS 2007

KP Mani Sharepoint 2003 - MOSS 2007 Blog — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:14:49 GMT

Following are some of the moss 2007 links which are really helpful to every one. http://wss.collutions

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Michael G — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:32:08 GMT

I have two web servers. One is for load balancing--when one server is busy with request it sends it to the second web server. How would I install SharePoint 07 on the load balancing server? It has SharePoint 2003 installed on it right now. During the install--Would I choose COMPLETE or WEB FRONT END for the server type!? Thank you.

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Joe Thomas — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:41:23 GMT

I have a single site that run's on SP 2003 with SQL 2000 . I also have a full fledged Site collection running MOSS with SQL 2005. I need to know if there is a way to export this single site with all data to MOSS.

Thanks

Joe

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Fredy — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:52:05 GMT

Great article, Helped me a lot !!!

but i am steel waiting for the second part of the explanation.

have you posted it already ?

if anyone have the next steps for this explanation, i would be greatful if you can help me.

Thanks.

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Shane — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:29:10 GMT

This will work, just skip the beta steps. A fresh version of this document is coming without all of the beta junk.

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

In — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:19:34 GMT

I have to do a migration from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007, no Betas, my question is: Can help me this guide to do this or what can I do?

Thanks

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Rafael Reyes — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:09:02 GMT

I also get this error.

The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ConfigurationCheckerJob (ID 01efe81d-d226-42ba-b598-98bed58850e4) threw an exception. More information is included below.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Running SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2 and Encountered Expiration?

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:46:15 GMT

We love our beta testers and hope you listened to our advice about not running this in production environments.

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

shahzad — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:18:35 GMT

it's much useful info. on MOSS upgrade to 2007. i appreaciate.

shahzad

shzzee at bizzsouls dot com

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Carmen — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:00:58 GMT

Hi,

I followed the instructions above, but i could not see the "site content upgrade status" link.

thanks.

maria.vilbar@osm.no

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Shailesh — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:18:35 GMT

Very detailed post Shane. I am waiting for part of this post :-).

Basic and Advanced Deployment in a Nutshell

Joel Oleson's SharePoint Land — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:30:40 GMT

Thanks to those of you who partipated in my SharePoint Connection basic and advanced Deployment talks

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Jeremy — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:26:10 GMT

I do not have the Portal Server running on my machine, only WSS 2.0. Are the steps the same? I have the MOSS 2007 Beta slipstreamed to do the TR updates. But when I run the install I get no "Upgrade" option. Should I continue with the installation? Are there steps to upgrade to WSS 3.0? I haven't even found the beta install files for that, only MOSS 2007. Please help, and thanks for your great work.

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Norm Smith — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:42:08 GMT

Great Post but you stopped right where I desperately need help. Can anyone help here. TIA Norm Situation: Upgrading a medium Farm with a 2-1-1 set up using Shared Services, Windows Load Balancing, and no SSL. Current Farm is Running SPS2003 SP2, SQL2000 SP3+. Trying to do a SharePoint 2003 direct to SharePoint 2007 Beta2 TR Gradual Migration. Questions: 1. Do I have to do anything with Windows Load Balancing during the installation/Setup/Gradual Migration? Disable one server? Undo Load Balancing during the Migration? And if so, at what point in the process do I need to do this? 2. Do I have to create all the new IIS Web Applications ahead of time, since I see no way in the Admin screens I have seen to enter unique IP addresses? If so, is there a procedure for this? 3. This is a question about what seems to be a grey area in all the documentation I can find. Using the procedures for a gradual migration using Shared Services, I get to the point where I run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration wizard on all 3 servers. Then I configure and start the required services on the servers appropriately (services required are Office SharePoint Server Search, Excel Calculation, and Windows SharePoint Services Search). So at this point, is the next step a. to Create Shared Services Provider (This yielded an error that says "An unhandled exception occurred in the user interface.Exception Information: Unable to connect to the remote server" And if so, is this SSP run on a Load Balanced URL or on a single server seperate URL? b. to Begin Upgrade on my current Parent Portal (Shared Services Provider) (This yielded an error that says "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it." And again I run into the problem of unique IP addresses vs Host names. c. I have totally missed something and should be doing ????????

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Syed Adnan Ahmed — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:13:35 GMT

Hi, I followed the instruction metion, but I cannot see link (Site content upgrade status )the link under operation --> migration menu. Is there any body know the reason? Thanks Adnan adnan@pmcentrix.com

re: Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

Shane — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:33:53 GMT

Anybody doing a clean install should be using instruction by Steve Smith http://www.sharepointblogs.com/files/12210/download.aspx is the location to download them. For the 2 comments on errors running prescan just skip the prescan step if you don't have v2 installed.