Server 2003 Standard to 2008 Standard stalling

I'm trying to upgrade a Standard 2003 SP2 server to Standard 2008 over
VMWare and it keeps stalling when it gets to the point of Gathering
Files..... It never goes past 0% and I've left it for up to 24 hours to see
if it'll kick start itself. So far I haven't been able to find anything
similar to this problem I'm running into so any help would be appreciated.

Hello Mike,

What so you mean with "over VMWare"?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I'm trying to upgrade a Standard 2003 SP2 server to Standard 2008 over
> VMWare and it keeps stalling when it gets to the point of Gathering
> Files..... It never goes past 0% and I've left it for up to 24 hours
> to see if it'll kick start itself. So far I haven't been able to find
> anything similar to this problem I'm running into so any help would be
> appreciated.
>

Sorry, bad wording on my part. At the college I work at we're moving from
physical servers to virtual servers installed in an VMware ESX Datacenter.
So I'm not sitting at the physical server but connecting to the virtual
server using the VMware client.

Thanks
Mike

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> Hello Mike,
>
> What so you mean with "over VMWare"?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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>> I'm trying to upgrade a Standard 2003 SP2 server to Standard 2008 over
>> VMWare and it keeps stalling when it gets to the point of Gathering
>> Files..... It never goes past 0% and I've left it for up to 24 hours
>> to see if it'll kick start itself. So far I haven't been able to find
>> anything similar to this problem I'm running into so any help would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>
>

Hello Mike,

Do you use an .iso file or the installation disk on the client or do you
upgrade over a network share?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Sorry, bad wording on my part. At the college I work at we're moving
> from physical servers to virtual servers installed in an VMware ESX
> Datacenter. So I'm not sitting at the physical server but connecting
> to the virtual server using the VMware client.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:. com...
>
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> What so you mean with "over VMWare"?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
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>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> I'm trying to upgrade a Standard 2003 SP2 server to Standard 2008
>>> over VMWare and it keeps stalling when it gets to the point of
>>> Gathering Files..... It never goes past 0% and I've left it for up
>>> to 24 hours to see if it'll kick start itself. So far I haven't been
>>> able to find anything similar to this problem I'm running into so
>>> any help would be appreciated.
>>>

I've tried an .iso that was physically on my computer, an .iso that was on a
network share available to the VM, and an installation disk created from the
..iso (which I've used to create a fresh install of Server 2008). I'm not
sure if this would make a difference or not but the server was originally a
Windows 2000 server that I upgraded to 2003 the same way as I'm now trying
to upgrade it to 2008.

Thanks
Mike

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hello Mike,
>
> Do you use an .iso file or the installation disk on the client or do you
> upgrade over a network share?
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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> confers no rights.
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>
>> Sorry, bad wording on my part. At the college I work at we're moving
>> from physical servers to virtual servers installed in an VMware ESX
>> Datacenter. So I'm not sitting at the physical server but connecting
>> to the virtual server using the VMware client.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mike
>> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
>> news:. com...
>>
>>> Hello Mike,
>>>
>>> What so you mean with "over VMWare"?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Meinolf Weber
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>>> confers no rights.
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>>>> I'm trying to upgrade a Standard 2003 SP2 server to Standard 2008
>>>> over VMWare and it keeps stalling when it gets to the point of
>>>> Gathering Files..... It never goes past 0% and I've left it for up
>>>> to 24 hours to see if it'll kick start itself. So far I haven't been
>>>> able to find anything similar to this problem I'm running into so
>>>> any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>
>

Hello Mike,

I prefer fresh installations and not upgrades, especially upgrading more
then one OS after the other i would not do. It should work, yes.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I've tried an .iso that was physically on my computer, an .iso that
> was on a network share available to the VM, and an installation disk
> created from the .iso (which I've used to create a fresh install of
> Server 2008). I'm not sure if this would make a difference or not but
> the server was originally a Windows 2000 server that I upgraded to
> 2003 the same way as I'm now trying to upgrade it to 2008.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:. com...
>
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> Do you use an .iso file or the installation disk on the client or do
>> you
>> upgrade over a network share?
>> Best regards
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Sorry, bad wording on my part. At the college I work at we're moving
>>> from physical servers to virtual servers installed in an VMware ESX
>>> Datacenter. So I'm not sitting at the physical server but connecting
>>> to the virtual server using the VMware client.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mike
>>> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
>>> news:. com...
>>>> Hello Mike,
>>>>
>>>> What so you mean with "over VMWare"?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>> and
>>>> confers no rights.
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>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>>> I'm trying to upgrade a Standard 2003 SP2 server to Standard 2008
>>>>> over VMWare and it keeps stalling when it gets to the point of
>>>>> Gathering Files..... It never goes past 0% and I've left it for up
>>>>> to 24 hours to see if it'll kick start itself. So far I haven't
>>>>> been able to find anything similar to this problem I'm running
>>>>> into so any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>