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New Post: Upgrade Guidance upgrade

StinkySQL — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:22:17 GMT

Great guide. It is getting to the point where you might want to think about a refresh on the document. This morning the start of our first clone update test failed a readiness check. It told us that we required some updates for the SQL server.

The error TF400933 stated that we did not meet the minimum requirements of Service Pack 1, Cumulative Update 1. Turns out that a "SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2" is now available which looks like it has all of that so we are going large with SP2 instead. The documentation states that only SP1 is required (pg. 35).

New Post: Upgrade from TFS 2012 RC to RTM

tfsadmin — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:21:16 GMT

Is it possible? If so, what would be the steps involved in doing so?

Thank you in advance.

New Post: Upgrade recommendation

petrm — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:17:34 GMT

Exact procedure really depends on your environment and planned upgrade procedure but cloning the environment means that you create an 'exact' copy of your current environment first and run the upgrade on it after. So theoretically to have the identical environment before starting the upgrade you would clone your AT to WS2003 and make sure that it works as expected with your cloned DT. Then already as part of the upgrade process you would reinstall the OS and would have to go through the full AT installation and configuration again.

It may look like unnecessary step because reinstalling OS completely removes what you have installed on AT so you may think that you could just run directly new OS installation and TFS2012 with upgrade wizard but actually there are a few things that may be different in TFS databases. I do not say that it is anything critical but if you want to be 100% super sure then you would probably go for cloning the old OS and TFS2010 first.

In both cases after new OS is installed you do not need to reinstall TFS2010 unless again you want to be 100% sure that everything works on the new OS (basically testing this way only OS upgrade) and this should be done the way you plan to do it with your production. But again if not too paranoid you can run directly TFS2012 installation and then Upgrade Wizard pointing to the Tfs_Configuration databases which will upgrade the data model.

Petr

New Post: Upgrade recommendation

herlihyboy — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:05:07 GMT

The destination server has Windows 2008 R2. I'm wondering, because the OS is different, if I can still run the upgrade wizard on the AT or if I need to do a fresh install of TFS 11.

New Post: Upgrade recommendation

Bazul — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:52:51 GMT

I take it the destination server already has Win 2003 on it? If not why not have the destination OS up to date prior?

New Post: Upgrade recommendation

herlihyboy — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:25:21 GMT

I am hoping to work through the upgrade to our TFS 2010 installation using cloned environments, first. Our current AT is installed on a Win 2003 server, so we will be moving to a new OS as well.

What is the best way to clone and test the upgrade? Should we create the clone on a separate Win 2003 server first, then upgrade the OS, then run the TFS 11 upgrade wizard?

Thanks,

Ryan

New Post: TFS 11

n_t_schultz — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:52:16 GMT

We are evaluating TFS11, I know its beta and at this point it is an evaluation of the tool. We are not currently using TFS, so there is a learning curve for me.

I installed TFS11, and have assigned two users to the Default Project Collection Administors group and the users get this error:

TF30172. You do not have permissions to create a new team project. when they use VS to try to create a new project.

I then logged onto the server opened the admin console and added them to console administrators group. I have looked for a few hours trying to locate any documentation on what I specifically need to grant, but everything references TFS 2010, and those documents do not line up with screens.

Thanks,

Nate

New Post: Test case management upgrade link changed

palben — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:31:28 GMT

In Chapter 3.6, the article on Chris Patterson’s blog has been removed (it was for beta 2).

New Post: A Few (more) Critical Success Factors

zephans — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:05:39 GMT

Upgrade guidance is excellent and very much needed. Too bad I didn't find it until after I walked through the TFSInstallGuide.

1. Has this TFS Upgrade Guide been superceded by the latest TFSInstallGuide?

2. Will this be updated to cover TFS2010 RTM ( & re-release)?

3. Consider incorporating http://blogs.msdn.com/b/walterm/archive/2010/07/01/a-few-critical-success-factors-for-a-tfs-2008-to-tfs-2010-migration.aspx

For example, I found the limits and differences using "tfconfig import" to be very helpful. It would be even cooler to have a chart that lists known pros and cons for each upgrade method (in-place, migration upgrade to new hardware, tfsconfig import on new hardware (cloned DB), Codeplex TFS to TFS Migration Wizard, etc.)

4. What have other people seen or have to share? Add more notes to this discussion!

Thanks! -Zephan

New Post: VS 2010 TFS Upgrade guide feedback

pramodv — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:31:19 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback.

Regarding the links to Blog post, we will be releasing another version of the guide with links to MSDN articles.

Regarding the upgrade of TFS 2008 to existing TFS 2010 Installation, you can follow the 2nd part of Scenario 2.2.3.

This scenario is also addressed in Brian Harry's blog http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2009/10/21/upgrading-from-tfs-2005-2008-to-tfs-2010.aspx

Hope it helps.

New Post: VS 2010 TFS Upgrade guide feedback

BrianMadsen — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:58:18 GMT

Hey Guys,

Excellent first cut - however there's a few things that i'd like to see changed:

1) links to blogs should be removed and replaced with actual content

reason for this is that those blogs may be removed/dissapear in the future and you would then have to manage the links - should the case be that they've been removed, rather than just moved elsewhere, then you'd have to reproduce the information that's contained within those blog entries anyways.

2) no information available regarding how to migrate/update a TFS 2008 to an existing TFS 2010 install.

eg. if you had an operating and existing TFS 2010 and wanted to migrate and upgrade another TFS 2008 project, then there doesn't seem to be a way to do this - at least the documentation doesn't take that scenario into account.

New Post: Shrinking a Collection Database that has been split

alvatron — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:11:31 GMT

I ran into a problem when I tested an upgrade to 2010. I upgraded my 2008 server database to 2010 and decided to split the database to smaller collections based on business ownership. After the first two successful splits I noticed I was running out of space on my data tier. I then noticed that both the original collection database and the new collection database were the same in size. Is there a job that will shrink the new collection database after after it has been split? I would think that the new database would be a lot smaller after some projects have been removed.

New Post: Migrating SCC database

pramodv — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:42:31 GMT

Hi,

From your query, I understand that you want to use the new Team project Template of TFS2010 but wish to attach the Source code from TFS 2008.

If we do an In-place or migration upgrade on your existing codebase, the code will get migrated to TFS 2010 but the process template will remain the same as that of TFS2008. You will then have to enable the new features of TFS 2010 in this upgraded project manually. But it might be difficult to enable all the WIT/Process template Level changes (of MSF V5) in the upgraded team project (http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronbjork/archive/2009/10/26/how-does-msf-agile-4-2-compare-to-msf-agile-5-0.aspx).

One other option you can consider is create a new team Project in TFS 2010 (new installation) and Use TIP (http://tfsintegration.codeplex.com/) to move the Source code from TFS 2008 instance to TFS 2010. Proper Planning and scoping is crucial in this approach.

Hope that helps.

regards

Pramod V

New Post: Migrating SCC database

gravy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:17:06 GMT

We use TFS 2008 for source control ONLY at present. I am looking at introducing TFS 2010 because it seems much better for agile project planning & management. What I wondered is, can I create a new Team Project in 2010 using MSF v5 process template and then import our existing SCC database in to this team project.

The main reason for wanting to do this is because we have a lot of source code and history attached to check-ins and we can't start from scratch with a new SCC database.

Ah, also, we don't currently use the team portal either so creating a new Team Project in 2010 seems like the easiest option to me.

Thanks for your help.

Graham

New Post: Cannot open guide in Word 2007

bijanjavidi — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:51:40 GMT

Thanks for the feedback. We have added a PDF version for this project.

Bijan

New Post: Cannot open guide in Word 2007

wschaub — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:32:13 GMT

In the case of the security poster the problem is not with XPS, but the way the poster was created. We are busy re-working the master and will make available a better quality poster shortly.

New Post: Cannot open guide in Word 2007

frednic — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:20:12 GMT

Hello Willy,

I had one of the XPS (TFS Planning Roles and Security) printed as a poster in our print-shop: the result was really disappointing since the text is really blurred. The "old" PDF looked crisp and sharp when printed in that format. I got one of these hanging in my office thus I've got the direct comparison.

Could you please provide at least the posters as PDFs too?

Thanks in advance and Namaste!

Fred

New Post: Cannot open guide in Word 2007

wschaub — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:44:01 GMT

We standardised on XPS format as the technology ships with .NET 3, or higher, and renders content in a higher quality and crisper way.

You can download a XPS viewer from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b8dcffdd-e3a5-44cc-8021-7649fd37ffee&DisplayLang=en. Is this a feasible option or is another format, i.e. PDF, essential for you?

New Post: Cannot open guide in Word 2007

fmorriso — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:08:13 GMT

Please provide a Word 2007 compatible edition of the guide. I cannot use it in its current proprietary format.