{"id":811,"date":"2019-05-12T10:22:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T09:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/?p=811"},"modified":"2019-07-30T08:51:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T07:51:36","slug":"plan-for-a-server-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"Plan for a Server Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p>When planning on an in-place server upgrade there are a couple of points that are needed to be taken into consideration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) <strong>What is my current Operating System and what are my OS Upgrade Options?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lets say for this example that we have a Windows Server 2008R2 Standard Server running File and Print Roles, As you already know that in 2012R2 they have dropped the Enterprise Version and now only have Hyper-V Server, Standard and Datacenter Editions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-18.png 976w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-18-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-18-768x311.png 768w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-18-640x259.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a table showing the upgrade options to 2012R2 [<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/previous-versions\/windows\/it-pro\/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012\/dn303416(v=ws.11)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Source (opens in a new tab)\">Source<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-19.png 953w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-19-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-19-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-19-640x328.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2) Would a Server Role Migration be better for Performance?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ve all been there, whether you&#8217;ve had to inherit an ageing server or had to restore one from a crypto locker virus and the server just about performs ok, but in an ideal world, it would benefit from a server migration. There are some pros to this &#8211; mainly you get a clean slate to start, and only the roles and features will be moved over &#8211; you might even be able to take advantage of virtualising the old physical server saving costs on hardware refresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3) Is this an opertinutiy for Virtualistaion?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going forward, would it be a better idead to complete a Phyiscal to Virtual Converation and then an OS Upgrade to 2012R2? Running the applicaiton work load within a virtual state gives sytem administrator the ability to add and remove reosurce on the fly, without having to go to Finanace and request for a new server. There are also many bennifits to using virutlation platforms, from ease of management to time saved on backups and restoring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>When planning on an in-place server upgrade there are a couple of points that are needed to be taken into consideration. 1) What is my current Operating System and what are my OS Upgrade Options? 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