Sever 2012 > 2016 In place upgrade problem

[thimon]

Hi all. One of our VM's is running Server 2012 R2 Standard, I'm trying to upgrade it to Server 2016 via the ISO however I cannot choose the option to "Keep personal files and app", I would need to select "Nothing", which isn't ideal. The two ISO's that I've been provided are SW_DVD9_Win_Server_STD_CORE_2016_64Bit_English_-4_DC_STD_MLF_X21-70526.ISO and SW_DVD9_Win_Svr_STD_Core_and_DataCtr_Core_2016_64Bit_English_-3_MLF_X21-30350.ISO

I was wondering if anyone else had come across this? Any help would be appreciated!

 

Cheers

[DalekSec]

Could it be that the new ISOs are both Core and your current install is standard?

[thimon]

That's what I initially thought. However the installer gives you the options of either Core or Standard, when selecting Standard the option to "Keep personal files and apps" is still greyed out.

[TwistedHelixis]

I had this problem when upgrading from windows 8.1 to 10. I cant for the life of me remember what I needed to do to fix the issue, but I will hunt through my docs

[TwistedHelixis]

Sorry cant find the info:0( I would do a search for your issue but as migrating to windows 10, it will probably list a load more info.

[thimon]

Cheers @TwistedHelixis I'll keep looking

[Bumhug360]

is the 2012 server 32 or 64 bit?

[thimon]

is the 2012 server 32 or 64 bit?

64bit, sorry I should have said.

[3s-gtech]

No such thing as 32 bit Server 2012.