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Greetings,
We have a windows server 2008 R2 Standard where we have scheduled regular backup using windows server backup. Today, I received a notification from Google drive saying that I need to upgrade my server in order to continue using 'Google drive for desktop' Check screenshot. I checked their website it says that windows server 2012 and above are supported. (https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375082?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop).
Now I need to upgrade my server to 2012. Please let me know how to do that. All the answers I read on Microsoft's website were too technical. Please answer in simple words a step-by-step guide and let me know if I can upgrade it myself or should I consult some IT person. Also let me know if it's possible to upgrade it without erasing all the data from server.
Google drive will stop supporting my server January 2023 onwards so a quick reply will be highly appreciated.
Warm Regards,
Abdullah Waseem
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See my response below. Same issue and not a good answer.
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These ones could help.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/migrate-rds-role-services
https://www.iis.net/downloads/community/2013/04/iis-easy-migration-tool-iemt
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/migrate-data
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You can check the roles installed via Server Manager. An in-place upgrade may be possible but is risky. Better option is to clean install and migrate. As already mentioned, an in-place can be done by running setup.exe from the root of the 2012 install media.
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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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Pls check this attachment. Now what do we need to do with these roles?
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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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Thanks for following up on my case.
Sorry, Patrick. But I'm still confused.
What does role have to do with the upgrade?
What does role have to do with the upgrade?
Just adds to the possible complexity.
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@Anonymous As I told you before, that we don't really need users in our server. only admin is enough to take the backup. So in my case is this user roles are important or not?
Have a sweet day ahead
Regards
What I understood is that first of all I need to buy Serer 2012 CD
You might find it from a third-party supplier but be careful. You can only purchase the current version (Server 2022) from microsoft so make sure up front the reseller can provide a downgrade product key and also work out your access to installation media which microsoft does not provide. An in-place upgrade cannot be done using evaluation media.
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What is in-place upgrade
Also pls respond to my above query:
Secondly, what do you mean by 'roles' here? Do you mean server users and their roles?
The roles installed are important. the simplest / safest / cleanest solution is to stand up the new one, patch fully, migrate roles over and move on. An in-place can be done by running setup.exe from the root of the 2012 install media.
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Thanks for your quick response, Patrick. What I understood is that first of all I need to buy Serer 2012 CD then I will simply run the setup.exe and choose to 'migrate data' from my existing server and everything will be fine.
Pls correct me if I'm wrong.
Also let me know if I buy an online version (One without CD) which only has a code or activation key then will it be the same.
Secondly, what do you mean by 'roles' here? Do you mean server users and their roles?
One thing you might be interested in knowing is that to us, this server is nothing but a backup machine now. All our users work on their google drive and this server takes a backup of this google drive data regularly. So technically we don't need any users now. No one connects to this server. It's just for backup purposes. It's enough for us if only the admin is logged in and takes the data backup.
Thank you
Abdullah Waseem
