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    Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

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    by lisa_rogers0997 ·

    I am upgrading my Compaq NT 4.0 SP5 to a dual processor. I am going to try using UPTOMP from the resource kit.

    The server is running Exchange 5.5 SP3. Do I need to reinstall any or all of Exchange after upgrading besides maybe reapplying the SP ?
    Has anyone used the UPTOMP ? Any warning hints or help would be much appreciated.
    Thanks !

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    • #3789097

      Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

      by mcessna ·

      In reply to Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

      I have personally never had good luck with the uptomp utillity. The couple of times I have tried to use it I encountered problems. I have found that rebuilding the machine from scratch a much better option. I understand that a production server may not be able to be down that long but hopefully that’s not the case with your server.

      • #3789044

        Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

        by lisa_rogers0997 ·

        In reply to Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

        Thanks for the feedback.. Head Office didn’t want to do the reinstall, they thought the utility would save some time.
        This is a new, not in production yet server, so I would much rather do something I know will be clean.
        Thanks again !

      • #3789041

        Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

        by lisa_rogers0997 ·

        In reply to Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

        Thanks for the feedback.. Head Office didn’t want to do the reinstall, they thought the utility would save some time.
        This is a new, not in production yet server, so I would much rather do something I know will be clean.
        Thanks again !

      • #3789038

        Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

        by lisa_rogers0997 ·

        In reply to Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

        Thanks for the feedback.. Head Office didn’t want to do the reinstall, they thought the utility would save some time.
        This is a new, not in production yet server, so I would much rather do something I know will be clean.
        Thanks again !

    • #3789066

      Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

      by aekland ·

      In reply to Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

      Since it is a compaq, I would use the NT SSD that can be found on there website. If you haven’t used it, it is a utility for installing compaq drivers and such. In it there is a multiproccesor upgrade, the top selection I think, just click on it. I think it asks for the nt disk or the Service Pack files for the MP Hal files, reboot and you are all done. There is also a recovery option that gives the option to load as a single processor machine if needed. Used it several time without any problems.
      SP are always good to reapply after changes but shouldn’t be needed.

    • #3789054

      Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

      by bggb29 ·

      In reply to Upgrading to Dual Processor – Reinstall

      I have used both uptomp and the compaq ssd. The compaq stuff works great. Uptomp had failed on me twice using dell servers. Had to manually install, lucky i had fat partitions.
      Reapply the service paks after the ssd.

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