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1. Determine the patch level of audience members (RTM, SP1, Infrastructure Update, Cumulative Update)
Determine how many people are 32 bit versus 64 bit
Ask how many people plan to deploy an update within the next 90 days
Talk about support ending for SharePoint RTM in January 2009Determine the patch level of audience members (RTM, SP1, Infrastructure Update, Cumulative Update)
Determine how many people are 32 bit versus 64 bit
Ask how many people plan to deploy an update within the next 90 days
Talk about support ending for SharePoint RTM in January 2009
3. Check MON presentationCheck MON presentation
16. Not prescriptive guidance, general guidelines, based on latest information available right now
Review farm architecture
Ensure adequate disk space (new binaries, increased index space needs, and upgraded logging)
Backups should include any OOB files you customized
Review new backup best practices
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc706876.aspx
For site collection size in GB
0-15 stsadm
15-100 SQL or DPM
>100 DPM differential
Always use sitelock!
Not prescriptive guidance, general guidelines, based on latest information available right now
Review farm architecture
Ensure adequate disk space (new binaries, increased index space needs, and upgraded logging)
Backups should include any OOB files you customized
Review new backup best practices
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc706876.aspx
For site collection size in GB
0-15 stsadm
15-100 SQL or DPM
>100 DPM differential
Always use sitelock!
18. Rename log file-you may want to make a batch file to do this across a farmRename log file-you may want to make a batch file to do this across a farm
19. To speed up upgrade or if content DBs are greater than 25GB, preparetomove and then disconnect databases using batch file after documenting content database settings.
To speed up upgrade or if content DBs are greater than 25GB, preparetomove and then disconnect databases using batch file after documenting content database settings.
20. Process is fully described in KB 948780
Process is fully described in KB 948780
21. Verify upgrade was successful using the upgrade log. Check the version number in CA. Specifics in deployment document
Verify upgrade was successful using the upgrade log. Check the version number in CA. Specifics in deployment document
22. Process is fully described in KB 948780
Process is fully described in KB 948780
23. If you detached databases, begin attaching again one by one, upgrade process will be done when they attach. There is a more advanced parallel upgrade process for very large farms available in deployment documents.
If you detached databases, begin attaching again one by one, upgrade process will be done when they attach. There is a more advanced parallel upgrade process for very large farms available in deployment documents.
29. Reasons for slipstreaming
-Consistency and reduced time when building new farms
-Allows you to add new servers to your existing farm
-Required to install on Windows 2008Reasons for slipstreaming
-Consistency and reduced time when building new farms
-Allows you to add new servers to your existing farm
-Required to install on Windows 2008