identifying server edition

[Guest gerryR]

Hi All

 

I am having a bit of a problem identifying our server edition, I hope you

can help.

 

We have a HP MSA20 NAS 2000 box attached to a DL380 server (with a HP

Storage Server sticker on it). The problem is when I go to

system-->properties it says "Windows Server 2003 standard edition" but on

the windows logo screen saver it says "Windows Server 2003 Applicance

edition"

 

We are looking to move our Exchange DB onto the NAS box but it needs to be

the Storage Server edition and have the windows storage feature pack

installed (which I assume can only be installed on Windows Storage Server

edition?)

 

Appreciate any help

gerryR

[Guest Coraleigh Miller]

Re: identifying server edition

 

Hi Gerry,

 

This is your "Windows Server 2003 Appliance edition"...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/solutions/specializedservers/OEM/Products/Telco.mspx

 

Exchange should install on this system without issue as its basically

Windows Server 2003 Standand Edition with a few extras, but this is probably

not supported. :-)

 

The safe supported route for a small to medium business wanting NAS and

Exchange would be to use Windows Storage Server Edition allong with the

Windows Storage Server 2003 feature pack.

 

Windows Storage Server 2003 feature pack extends Exchange and Windows

Storage Server to allow storage of Exchange 2003 databases and logs on

Windows Storage Server hardware. Here is a good doc about "Managing Exchange

Storage with the Windows Storage Server 2003 Feature Pack" -

http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/a/afa939d4-6ec4-482d-9fc6-4e5b91c543b2/Exch_StorWSS3.doc

 

 

Coraleigh Miller

 

 

 

"gerryR" <gerryrNO@SPAMgerryr.com> wrote in message

news:OkESLi2zHHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Hi All

>

> I am having a bit of a problem identifying our server edition, I hope you

> can help.

>

> We have a HP MSA20 NAS 2000 box attached to a DL380 server (with a HP

> Storage Server sticker on it). The problem is when I go to

> system-->properties it says "Windows Server 2003 standard edition" but on

> the windows logo screen saver it says "Windows Server 2003 Applicance

> edition"

>

> We are looking to move our Exchange DB onto the NAS box but it needs to be

> the Storage Server edition and have the windows storage feature pack

> installed (which I assume can only be installed on Windows Storage Server

> edition?)

>

> Appreciate any help

> gerryR

>

[Guest gerryR]

Re: identifying server edition

 

Hi Coraleigh

 

Thanks for the reply. It seems we do have storage server edition as I found

the feature pack on the servers hard drive. Don't kknow why the screen save

says applicance edition though?!

 

Thanks

gerry

"Coraleigh Miller" <CoraleighMiller@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:%23vl8yoO0HHA.5772@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Hi Gerry,

>

> This is your "Windows Server 2003 Appliance edition"...

> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/solutions/specializedservers/OEM/Products/Telco.mspx

>

> Exchange should install on this system without issue as its basically

> Windows Server 2003 Standand Edition with a few extras, but this is

> probably not supported. :-)

>

> The safe supported route for a small to medium business wanting NAS and

> Exchange would be to use Windows Storage Server Edition allong with the

> Windows Storage Server 2003 feature pack.

>

> Windows Storage Server 2003 feature pack extends Exchange and Windows

> Storage Server to allow storage of Exchange 2003 databases and logs on

> Windows Storage Server hardware. Here is a good doc about "Managing

> Exchange Storage with the Windows Storage Server 2003 Feature Pack" -

> http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/a/afa939d4-6ec4-482d-9fc6-4e5b91c543b2/Exch_StorWSS3.doc

>

>

> Coraleigh Miller

>

>

>

> "gerryR" <gerryrNO@SPAMgerryr.com> wrote in message

> news:OkESLi2zHHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Hi All

>>

>> I am having a bit of a problem identifying our server edition, I hope you

>> can help.

>>

>> We have a HP MSA20 NAS 2000 box attached to a DL380 server (with a HP

>> Storage Server sticker on it). The problem is when I go to

>> system-->properties it says "Windows Server 2003 standard edition" but on

>> the windows logo screen saver it says "Windows Server 2003 Applicance

>> edition"

>>

>> We are looking to move our Exchange DB onto the NAS box but it needs to

>> be the Storage Server edition and have the windows storage feature pack

>> installed (which I assume can only be installed on Windows Storage Server

>> edition?)

>>

>> Appreciate any help

>> gerryR

>>

>

>