- RIS and Win2003 R2
- Posted by BLeonard3 on March 13th, 2008
Anyone know if it is possible to install RIS on Win2003 R2? We now have a
need to migrate service from older system, but desired target server already
at R2, RIS not installed previosuly, and I can not seem to get around a WDS
install in Native mode (which does not support the existing RIS images). Any
help is appreciated.
Thanks, Bill
- Posted by Phil on April 1st, 2008
Yes you can, just run legacy Deployment instead of Windows deploymentr and
you'll get what was the old RIS Service
Phil
"BLeonard3" wrote:
- Posted by BLeonard3 on April 10th, 2008
Phil - I recognize you can run such a mode if RIS installed prior to
upgrading to R2. To restate my question - can you install WDS to run legacy
deployment mode (RIS) if your server is already at Win2003 R2 prior to
installation of WDS/RIS services? And if anyone knows if possible, how are
install steps performed?
Bill
- Posted by Phil on April 13th, 2008
Thats what we are running. The server I built is Windows Svr 2003 R2 Ent
Edition x64 + SP2. We need to deploy to several different O/S targets
including legacy win 2000 svr, thus we simply run legacy Deployment sevices
instead of regular Windows Deployment. Legacy is essentially the old services
circa Win Svr 2003 (non R2)
- Posted by BLeonard3 on April 15th, 2008
Hmmm - so you built to Win2003 R2 without RIS/WDS, then installed WDS
services, and it worked running legacy? Interesting. I cannot, and included
doc makes me think not possible (i.e. table of how to get to various configs
does not include this process). I will have to investigate further. Thanks
Bill
- Posted by BLeonard3 on April 15th, 2008
NM - I'm a goof. I reinstalled, now have avail the "WDS Legacy" startup icon
you describe. Not sure how deleted earlier but that was my real problem -
could only launch the regular "WDS" prgm.
Thanks for the help and patience Phil.
Bill
- Posted by Phil on May 10th, 2008
No problems Bill glad to have gotten you sorted out.
Phil
