OT:W2000 Upgrade

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There are no issues with the latest Vantage running on W2000 SP3


Dan Tisone
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Kadamus [mailto:kkadamus@...]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:59 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT:W2000 Upgrade


Good Morning Les,

I have a few customers using W2000 with the latest version of
Vantage
and all is fine. There was some talk that SP3 had some issues
with
Vantage but I have not seen any problems myself. If you have a
test
server, upgrade it there and test the whole process first, make
sure to
test Vantage for a few days to see if any "gotcha's" get you!
You should be just fine, and have a great weekend while you do
this!

Kevin Kadamus
Consulting Services
kkadamus@...
802-274-0224

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-----Original Message-----
From: Les Tingley <ltingley@...>
[mailto:ltingley@...]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:07 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT:W2000 Upgrade

Good Morning All,
Looking to upgrade some NT 4.0 Servers to W2000 Server. Besides
the
usual, are there any gotcha's to be on the lookout for? Any
words of
wisdom or caution. I know this is asking a lot for a Monday
morning :)

Thanks,

Les


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note:
You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable
access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

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Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note:
You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable
access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
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Good Morning All,
Looking to upgrade some NT 4.0 Servers to W2000 Server. Besides the
usual, are there any gotcha's to be on the lookout for? Any words of
wisdom or caution. I know this is asking a lot for a Monday
morning :)

Thanks,

Les
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My experience is that it really depends on the make of hardware and firmware
revisions, etc...
I upgraded several Dell Power Edge servers and had to update in multiple
steps the firmware on my PERC controller, INtel ProSet Server NIC's and
Fiber-Channel HostBus Adapter. (The RAID controller firmware being the most
finnicky).

Good luck, Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: Les Tingley <ltingley@...> [mailto:ltingley@...]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:07 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT:W2000 Upgrade


Good Morning All,
Looking to upgrade some NT 4.0 Servers to W2000 Server. Besides the
usual, are there any gotcha's to be on the lookout for? Any words of
wisdom or caution. I know this is asking a lot for a Monday
morning :)

Thanks,

Les


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.



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Good Morning Les,

I have a few customers using W2000 with the latest version of Vantage
and all is fine. There was some talk that SP3 had some issues with
Vantage but I have not seen any problems myself. If you have a test
server, upgrade it there and test the whole process first, make sure to
test Vantage for a few days to see if any "gotcha's" get you!
You should be just fine, and have a great weekend while you do this!

Kevin Kadamus
Consulting Services
kkadamus@...
802-274-0224

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic email transmission may contain
consultant/client privilege and confidential information intended only
for the
individual or entity named above. Any dissemination, use, distribution,
copying or disclosure of this communication by any other person or
entity is
strictly prohibited. Should you receive this transmission in error,
please
notify the sender by telephone (802-274-0224).
-----Original Message-----
From: Les Tingley <ltingley@...>
[mailto:ltingley@...]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:07 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT:W2000 Upgrade

Good Morning All,
Looking to upgrade some NT 4.0 Servers to W2000 Server. Besides the
usual, are there any gotcha's to be on the lookout for? Any words of
wisdom or caution. I know this is asking a lot for a Monday
morning :)

Thanks,

Les


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo!
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service.


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Les,

It doesn't hurt to have a W2K consultant there with you. Could save a lot
of troubleshooting time later. Besides they can explain a lot about W2K
features. $.02 worth.

Gary Polvinale
Denton ATD

-----Original Message-----
From: Les Tingley <ltingley@...>
[mailto:ltingley@...]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:07 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT:W2000 Upgrade


Good Morning All,
Looking to upgrade some NT 4.0 Servers to W2000 Server. Besides the
usual, are there any gotcha's to be on the lookout for? Any words of
wisdom or caution. I know this is asking a lot for a Monday
morning :)

Thanks,

Les


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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Gary,
You wrote this awhile back when I had the same question. If it does not apply any more let me know. I will be finally doing the upgrade of our Vantage server (now that the other Exchange 2000/Win2K AD server is stable) in the next few weekends. As soon as I can schedule the consultant. I'll be sure to be watching over his shoulder learning all I can.
-Todd C.

Previous Response ----------------------------------------------------------
After the upgrade, the Vantage print directory needed security settings loosened (error messages when printing). Security on one other Vantage directory (I forget which one - it produced an error message) had to be loosened. After that we were rolling. Then I set up the security as recommended in the Epicor "Securing Vantage Files with NT Security" document on their web site (if you don't have that, I can email it to you). No other problems since then.

PS - If you upgrade ws's (rather than fresh installs), UNINSTALL your antivirus software. Our McAfee corrupted the registry on some of our ws's during the process.

Gary Polvinale
Denton ATD
Milan OH
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Still applies. Good luck, Todd. Les... I forgot about this stuff. I'm
glad Todd was there to catch it. Good luck.

Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Caughey [mailto:caugheyt@...]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 10:06 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT:W2000 Upgrade


Gary,
You wrote this awhile back when I had the same question. If it does not
apply any more let me know. I will be finally doing the upgrade of our
Vantage server (now that the other Exchange 2000/Win2K AD server is stable)
in the next few weekends. As soon as I can schedule the consultant. I'll
be sure to be watching over his shoulder learning all I can.
-Todd C.

Previous Response ----------------------------------------------------------
After the upgrade, the Vantage print directory needed security settings
loosened (error messages when printing). Security on one other Vantage
directory (I forget which one - it produced an error message) had to be
loosened. After that we were rolling. Then I set up the security as
recommended in the Epicor "Securing Vantage Files with NT Security" document
on their web site (if you don't have that, I can email it to you). No other
problems since then.

PS - If you upgrade ws's (rather than fresh installs), UNINSTALL your
antivirus software. Our McAfee corrupted the registry on some of our ws's
during the process.

Gary Polvinale
Denton ATD
Milan OH
-----------------------------------------------------------





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/