Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2012 R2 in place upgrade issue

Question

Hi All,

I am trying to do an in place upgrade of Windows 2008 r2 to Windows 2012 r2 but it fails and rolls back with the error below

2023-07-15 21:30:43, Error [0x0808fe] MIG Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (D:$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMJPMIG.DLL) gle=126

2023-07-15 21:30:43, Error [0x0808fe] MIG Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibrary error (C:\Windows\system32\IMJPMIG.DLL) gle=0

2023-07-15 21:30:43, Error [0x0808fe] MIG Plugin {0b23c863-4410-4153-8733-a60c9b1990fb}: LoadLibraryEx error (D:$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-TextServicesFramework-Migration\IMKRMIG.DLL) gle=126

How can I disable dormant drivers as they might be the cause of my issue as per the link below.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/b380ed57-a437-4372-bf8c-a94054c49ca4/upgrade-issue-from-2008-r2-to-2012-r2?forum=dpmsqlbackup

Please do check and advise accordingly.

Answer 1

Sounds good, something here could help.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server-for-it-pro/migrating-windows-server-2008-2008r2-file-servers-to-ws-2016/m-p/779519

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Answer 2

It may be the 2008 R2 is somehow broken or in an unhealthy state. You can try repairing it, but the much cleaner / safer method would be to stand up the new 2012, patch it fully, migrate the roles over and move on.

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