Comments on: Tips for upgrading from TFS2005 to TFS2008 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/ An Aussie in Seattle Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Grant Holliday http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16919 Grant Holliday Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:57:15 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16919 This blog post says it all: http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe/archive/2005/12/05/499980.aspx The problem is that it involves a non-trivial amount of work to build & test upgrade scripts from each version of the product. If I found myself in your situation, I would probably just do a Get Latest on the code base & export all the work items to excel. Do a branch new TFS 2008 installation and add the source + work items back in. This blog post says it all: http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe/archive/2005/12/05/499980.aspx

The problem is that it involves a non-trivial amount of work to build & test upgrade scripts from each version of the product.

If I found myself in your situation, I would probably just do a Get Latest on the code base & export all the work items to excel. Do a branch new TFS 2008 installation and add the source + work items back in.

]]> By: David http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16918 David Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:19:57 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16918 I have inherited a TS2005 Dec'05CTP version that has a great deal of information in it. I understand that there is "no supported upgrade path" fromit, but I still need to upgrade it to TFS 2008. Do you have any suggestion on how I can accomplish this? I have inherited a TS2005 Dec’05CTP version that has a great deal of information in it. I understand that there is “no supported upgrade path” fromit, but I still need to upgrade it to TFS 2008. Do you have any suggestion on how I can accomplish this?

]]> By: Tips for upgrading from TFS2005 to TFS2008 : Notes http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16887 Tips for upgrading from TFS2005 to TFS2008 : Notes Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:21:34 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16887 [...] tips on this site. June 18, 2008 | Filed Under [...] [...] tips on this site. June 18, 2008 | Filed Under [...]

]]> By: a jaundiced eye http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16882 a jaundiced eye Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:31:10 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16882 I apologize for the derogatory comments. They were the result of extreme frustration. I did work with Microsoft's TFS support team, taking about 12 hours over several days to completely install a duplicated TFS 2005 environment and import all production data to prepare for a TFS 2005 -->TFS 2008 upgrade. I apologize for the derogatory comments. They were the result of extreme frustration. I did work with Microsoft’s TFS support team, taking about 12 hours over several days to completely install a duplicated TFS 2005 environment and import all production data to prepare for a TFS 2005 –>TFS 2008 upgrade.

]]> By: Grant Holliday http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16816 Grant Holliday Wed, 14 May 2008 22:18:12 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16816 Thanks Jim Bendtsen (A jaundiced eye - above) for your trollish comment. Are you the same guy? http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/09/29/jim-bendtsen-is-an-idiot/ > "I’ve been assigned the task of becoming the TFS admin at my job and all I can say is I’m dreading it." All I can say is that in this world you need to "choose your own adventure" - I know plenty of people that LOVE being the TFS admin at their work and they chose to do it. The other thing I would say is that instead of slandering people like myself and the product itself, use the channels available to you to get support. For example, if you had posted your difficulties to the OzTFS.com list or the MSDN forums - I guarantee that somebody would help you overcome your upgrade problems. And if all that is too hard, maybe your current job is not for you. Remember, this stuff is supposed to be fun: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000979.html Grant Thanks Jim Bendtsen (A jaundiced eye - above) for your trollish comment.

Are you the same guy?
http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/09/29/jim-bendtsen-is-an-idiot/

> “I’ve been assigned the task of becoming the TFS admin at my job and all I can say is I’m dreading it.”

All I can say is that in this world you need to “choose your own adventure” - I know plenty of people that LOVE being the TFS admin at their work and they chose to do it.

The other thing I would say is that instead of slandering people like myself and the product itself, use the channels available to you to get support.

For example, if you had posted your difficulties to the OzTFS.com list or the MSDN forums - I guarantee that somebody would help you overcome your upgrade problems.

And if all that is too hard, maybe your current job is not for you.

Remember, this stuff is supposed to be fun: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000979.html

Grant

]]> By: A jaundiced eye http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16815 A jaundiced eye Wed, 14 May 2008 19:56:12 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16815 "Firstly I’d like to thank the VSTS product team for making this a fantastic release. They have been really open about what they’re doing and very accepting of both negative and positive feedback since the TFS 2005 release. It’s great to see so much of that feedback built-in to this release. I’m already anxious for the next CTP of the next version of TFS to see what they have in store for us." Smarmy....I can see why M$ wants you, and that's not a compliment. I've been assigned the task of becoming the TFS admin at my job and all I can say is I'm dreading it. I've tried twice to upgrade the dual server TFS 2005 installation to TFS 2008, with extremely poor results. What a bag of crap. “Firstly I’d like to thank the VSTS product team for making this a fantastic release. They have been really open about what they’re doing and very accepting of both negative and positive feedback since the TFS 2005 release. It’s great to see so much of that feedback built-in to this release. I’m already anxious for the next CTP of the next version of TFS to see what they have in store for us.” Smarmy….I can see why M$ wants you, and that’s not a compliment. I’ve been assigned the task of becoming the TFS admin at my job and all I can say is I’m dreading it. I’ve tried twice to upgrade the dual server TFS 2005 installation to TFS 2008, with extremely poor results. What a bag of crap.

]]> By: dove http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16810 dove Mon, 12 May 2008 08:08:16 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16810 like Mac i read that in the installation instructions. I haven't started upgrading from 2005 yet but would like to know if you unistalled first or whether you upgraded? like Mac i read that in the installation instructions. I haven’t started upgrading from 2005 yet but would like to know if you unistalled first or whether you upgraded?

]]> By: Some TFS, Continuous Integration Related Links « No Free Time http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16327 Some TFS, Continuous Integration Related Links « No Free Time Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:52:05 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16327 [...] Continuous Integration in Team Build for OrcasTips for upgrading from TFS 2005 to 2008 - Grant Holiday [...] [...] Continuous Integration in Team Build for OrcasTips for upgrading from TFS 2005 to 2008 - Grant Holiday [...]

]]> By: Mac http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16273 Mac Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:48:10 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-16273 Grant, great list! In the install document TFSInstall-RTM-v071213.chm they mention under Before You Upgrade Team Foundation Server: "Uninstall Team Foundation Server (either Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server or the Beta 2 release of Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server)." I noticed your list does not include uninstalling Team Foundation Server 2005 (or maybe I'm missing it). So out of curiosity, when you went through the upgrade, did you uninstall TFS 2005 on both the App Tier and Data Tier (Team Foundation Server 2005 (databases) - ENU" shows up on our Data Tier under Add/Remove)? Thanks. Mac Grant, great list! In the install document TFSInstall-RTM-v071213.chm they mention under Before You Upgrade Team Foundation Server: “Uninstall Team Foundation Server (either Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server or the Beta 2 release of Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server).”

I noticed your list does not include uninstalling Team Foundation Server 2005 (or maybe I’m missing it). So out of curiosity, when you went through the upgrade, did you uninstall TFS 2005 on both the App Tier and Data Tier (Team Foundation Server 2005 (databases) - ENU” shows up on our Data Tier under Add/Remove)?

Thanks.

Mac

]]> By: - David Yack's Blog! - Moving from TFS2005 to TFS2008 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-11213 - David Yack's Blog! - Moving from TFS2005 to TFS2008 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:57:15 +0000 http://ozgrant.com/2007/11/24/tips-for-upgrading-from-tfs2005-to-tfs2008/#comment-11213 [...] Grant Holliday - Team System MVP's Check List for Upgrading [...] [...] Grant Holliday - Team System MVP’s Check List for Upgrading [...]

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