Before Upgrading

Before you upgrade to Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2, complete the following steps:

• Back up your Beta 1 Web sites. For backup and restore information, refer to the Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2.
• Uninstall any Beta 1 Language Packs.
• Uninstall the Beta 1 Office Value Pack (STSTPKPL).
• Disable full-text searching as described in the procedure below.
• Upgrade from Windows Server 2003 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) to Windows Server 2003 RC2 or later.
• Make sure your servers are running.
• Download the PreUpgrade.bat and PostUpgrade.bat batch files.
• Run the PreUpgrade.bat file.

To Disable Full-text Searching
 

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the SharePoint Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Configure full-text search.
3. Clear the Enable full-text search and index component check box.
4. Click OK.

To Run the PreUpgrade.bat File
 

1. Double-click PreUpgrade.bat.
2. When prompted to open or save the file, click Save and save it to the local drive of the computer you want to upgrade. If you are upgrading a server farm, save the file to the computer running Microsoft SQL Server™.
3. Click Start, and then click Run.
4. In the Open box, type PreUpgrade.bat Server_Name Content_database_name and then click OK. If you have multiple content databases, type each database name, separated by a space. If you do not know your server name or content database names, follow the steps after this procedure to find them.

Notes:
 

• PreUpgrade.bat may take some time to run.
• Running PreUpgrade.bat will check in any files that are checked out.

To Find Your Server Name
 

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the SharePoint Central Administration page, under Server Configuration, click Set configuration database server. The server name is displayed in the Database server box.

To Find Your Content Database Names
 

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the SharePoint Central Administration page, click Configure virtual server settings.
3. On the Virtual Server List page, click the virtual server name that you are upgrading.
4. On the Virtual Server Settings page, under Virtual Server Management, click Manage content databases. The names of your content databases are listed under Database Name.

Installation

To upgrade to Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2, insert your Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 CD into the CD drive, and then run the Setupsts.exe program. Do not uninstall the previous version of Windows SharePoint Services.

Notes:
 

• Upgrading may take some time.
• Upgrading will cause all tildes (~) to be replaced with at signs (@) and all ampersands (&) to be replaced with dollar signs ($) in file names and site names.

After Upgrading

After you upgrade to Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2, complete the following steps:

• Install the Beta 2 Language Template Packs.
• Install the Beta 2 Office Value Packs (STSTPKPL).
• After upgrade, if you cannot access your virtual servers, for each virtual server, enable all user rights.
• Run the upgrade operation with the -forceupgrade parameter.
• Run the PostUpgrade.bat file.
• If desired, enable the ability to change the order of Link lists.
• If applicable, enable full-text searching.
• Change the account used for the SharePoint Timer Service.

If you have the Office Value Pack installed and have Web sites based on the Great Plains Template pack, those Web sites will not function properly after upgrade. Also, you may encounter errors in your upgrade log because these sites were not upgraded. The error log may contain the error: "Couldn't complete this action, please try again." Because the Great Plains sites were not upgraded, ignore this error.

To Enable All User Rights
 

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. On the SharePoint Central Administration page, click Configure virtual server settings.
3. On the Virtual Server List page, click the virtual server name that you are upgrading. In most cases, this is Default Web Site.
4. On the Virtual Server Settings page, under Security Settings, click Manage user rights for virtual server.
5. On the Manage User Rights for Virtual Server page, select the Select All check box.
6. Click OK.

To Run the Upgrade Operation
 

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
3. In the Command Prompt window, change directories to \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\bin.
4. Run the following command: stsadm.exe -o upgrade -forceupgrade

To Run the PostUpgrade.bat File
 

1. Double-click PostUpgrade.bat.
2. When prompted to open or save the file, click Save and save it to the local drive of the computer you want to upgrade. If you are upgrading a server farm, save the file to the computer running Microsoft SQL Server.
3. Click Start, and then click Run.
4. In the Open box, type PostUpgrade.bat Server_Name Content_database_name and then click OK. If you have multiple content databases, type each database name, separated by a space.

Note: PostUpgrade.bat may take some time to run.

To Enable Link List Ordering
 

1. On your site, go to the Link list.
2. On the Actions menu, click Modify settings and columns.
3. Under Views, click All Links.
4. In the Sort section, under Allow users to order items in this view, click Yes.
5. Click OK.

To Change the Account Used for the SharePoint Timer Service
 

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
2. In the list of services, right-click SharePoint Timer Service, and then click Properties.
3. On the Log On tab, in the This account box, type NT Authority\Network Service. You can leave the password boxes blank. Network Service is a special Windows NT account, and the system will update this information automatically.
4. Click OK.