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Article ID: 937949 - Last Review: June 12, 2007 - Revision: 1.2

You cannot upgrade SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007, and you receive an error message when you run the Prescan.exe tool

SYMPTOMS

You cannot upgrade Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Additionally, you receive the following error message when you run the Prescan.exe tool:
datetime Error: this database Server="servername";Database="databasename";Trusted_Connection=yes; App="prescan.exe" is not a valid WSS V2 SP2 content database.
data time Error: Exception while looping through virtual servers.

CAUSE

This issue may occur if Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) were not installed.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, install Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 SP2 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 SP2.

For more information about SharePoint Portal Server 2003 SP2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
887623  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=887623/ ) Description of Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2
For more information about Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 SP2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
887624  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=887624/ ) Description of Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 2
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
875358  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=875358/ ) You must update all the Web servers that are running Windows SharePoint Services in a Web farm

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
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