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Windows Server 2012 Upgrade to Server 2012 R2<\/h4>\n

The chaps in my office wanted to use the new version 2 Hyper-V VM\u2019s on one of the hosts in our rack so I took it upon myself to upgrade one of our Server 2012 hosts to R2 (non DC). After some researching it looked pretty painless so I forged forward.<\/p>\n

Pretty standard MS wizard install.<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/a><\/p>\n

Going online to get updates worked fine, I have had instances where it caused issues, but not this time.<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected my version.<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/a><\/p>\n

It gave me the option to Upgrade so I took it!<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/a><\/p>\n

It wouldn\u2019t be a MS install if I didn\u2019t fail at least one compatibility check and have to reboot at least once. In this case it was minor and a reboot fixed all.<\/p>\n

\"SNAGHTMLb3e79a0e\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Restarted and I\u2019m moving forward to the boiler plate install warning.<\/p>\n

\"SNAGHTMLb3e8c6b9\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And I\u2019m off!<\/p>\n

\"SNAGHTMLb3e96a38\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And boom, after a few reboots later I\u2019m on an upgrade 2012 R2 server install.<\/p>\n

\"SNAGHTMLb497d482\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now onto see if everything worked, fist issue is Activation. The server is no longer activated, but I guess I should of seen this one coming. It didn\u2019t like my 2012 key (Obv) so I plumbed in an R2 one and it was happy, Next!<\/p>\n

Server Manager is complaining about its refreshes. saying \u201cThe system cannot access one or more event logs because of insufficient access right, file corruption, or other reasons\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"SNAGHTMLb49eb169\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The fix to this one for me was as follows. Fire up Regedit and go to\u2026<\/p>\n

HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionWINEVTChannels
\n<\/strong>
\nOnce there backup the registry key (just in case) DXPTaskRingTone\/Analytic<\/strong> and then delete it.<\/p>\n

\"SNAGHTMLb4a28af5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Refresh the Server Manager and it should be all clean again. (thanks! source<\/a>). Finally I did a few rounds of updates a few reboots and everything was green across the board.<\/p>\n

\"SNAGHTMLb4b2a604\"<\/a><\/p>\n

All in all this was a pretty smooth upgrade, thanks Microsoft for making my life a little easier. This of course was a non DC install so I might change my tune later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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