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Updating Small Business Server 4.0

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by cavedweller 2 views

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I have been tasked with updating one of my company's field offices. They have an isolated (from the world) development network with MS-SBS 4.0 on a Dell server and several MS Win-NT4 workstations. No significant maintenance has been done on this system for several years. I would like to install the current critical, recommended and suggested patches and updates. My problem is that information on the older MS products has started to disappear from Microsoft's web site and I only have this afternoon and evening to prepare.

I already know what I need to do to the workstations. My questions are about the server:

Can NT service packs be applied to SBS? Is the SBS 4.0 to 4.5 upgrade the only method?

Does SBS 4.0 support 18GB disks? (I plan to install a mirrored set).

Is there anything special about SBS that my knowledge of NT-4 Server wouldn't cover, specifically relating to upgrades and patches?

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by jcox303

First, I would upgrade to either 4.5, SBS 2000 or full NT. The majority of SP's can be applied to SBS. One of my servers is curretly running SBS 4.5 with SP6a, Exch SP4 and various other packs for IIS and proxy. I don't have any info on the the 4.0 fixes, but so far( with fingers crossed) all SP's for NT have worked fine. If you do upgrade to 4.5 or 2000, Iwould definatley have a good known working backup. Sometimes the upgrades don't go as well as they should.

by jcox303

Also, do yourself a favor. Turn the license logging service off. Have had serveral issues with that in SBS 4.5

by cavedweller

Thanks, Jerimiah. I went down and did the upgrade today. Went from sp3 to sp6a with no problem, installed the option pack (iis4) too. It turns out they don't use any of the features beyond NT-4 server so I may never install the SBS 4.5 upgrade (why fix what isn't broken!) Your timely response was a big help.

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