You cannot use evaluation media to perform an in-place upgrade, only licensed media can be used.
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Upgrading from Server2016 to Server2022
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Olrac6891
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Hello, can you help me?
We are trying to upgrade (without losing files and apps) a Windows Server 2016
virtual machine to Windows Server 2022.
The license type is ServerStandard (OEM_COA_NSLP)
The command DISM /Online /Get-CurrentEdition replies with:
"Current Edition : ServerStandard".
Running the command DISM /Online /Get-TargetEditions
the system replies saying: "Target Edition : ServerDatacenter"
So we can upgrade only to DataCenter edition...
The license we bought is 2022 ServerStandard.
When we try to install it, the option to maintain the installed software
is greyed out: is there a way to bypass this problem?
Thank you very much.
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
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Anonymous
2023-06-13T17:21:05.8466667+00:00 Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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Olrac6891 20 Reputation points
2023-06-13T21:05:28.9666667+00:00 Thank you for your answer. The iso we are using for the upgrade is not an evaluation copy, but a licensed media...
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Anonymous
2023-06-13T21:09:01.8533333+00:00 Ok, it should work, but installed roles or applications could conflict. You can also check the log files here for clues.
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Olrac6891 20 Reputation points
2023-06-14T06:46:44.2333333+00:00 Thank you for your kind reply. I checked the log files, as you suggested, but there are not entries relating the upgrade process. Perhaps the OS version is the problem? We are upgrading from a ServerStandard 2016 to a ServerStandard 2022, but the command DISM says that target edition must be "ServerDatacenter"...
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Anonymous
2023-06-14T13:06:34.59+00:00 How are you upgrading? You'll want to run setup.exe from the root of the install media.
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