Well I was finally able to complete an upgrade from TFS2005 Single tier install to a Dual Tier 2008 Upgrade within 27 hours. The best part was completing this on a new OS App Tier that would not allow updates throught Microsoft!!! Once I can recover from this weekend I will create a more detailed post on the process, but in short Microsoft did not include all the steps for this scenario. Number one issue is the Report Server permissions! Let start from the beginning and go over the project.
Old Setup
Single Tier installation /Server 2003/ Team Foundation Server 2005 /Windows Sharepoint Services 2.0(WSS 2.0) – Not Used-/ SQL Server 2005
New Setup
Dual Tier Installation /Server 2003/ Team Foundation Server 2008 / Team Build / Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) / SQL Server 2005
Pre Installation Possible Issues Overview
- Our TFS 2005 installation did not have Reporting Services installed correctly originally so no reports were created or used.
- The Application Tier that I was required to install TFS on was having issues and would not run Microsoft Windows update, which meant I would have to search manually for all updates and install on my own. This was a new setup for the box which meant there was a ton of Hot-Fixes missing and updates.
- No one remembers the password for the previous Service and Install users used for TFS05 Setup.
Pre Installation Cheet Sheet Created
I created a small list that included all of the information possibly needed during the installation that will be valuable later when someone upgrades to 2010:
Users: TFSSetup/TFSService /TFSBuild etc…
Servers: Existing and New Domain Names/IP’s and Ports.
Ex.
Application Tier –ORLTFSAT09 (112.1.0.1)
- Sharepoint– Port: 12345
- TeamPlain– Port: 54321
- TFS – Port: 8081
Data Tier –ORLTFSDT09 (112.1.0.2)
Databases:
- ReportServer
- ReportServerTempDB
- etc..
Phase 1
1. Had the TFS05 DB’s backed up and then restored to a new data tier on a different domain with SQL Server 2005.
2. A new Application Tier was created within the same domain of the Data Tier and had Server 2003 OS installed.
3.
To Be Continued…
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