MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED Planning for Upgrading to SharePoint 2010 15-43 • Describe the options that you can use to minimize farm downtime during the upgrade process. • Describe the options that you can use to preserve the appearance of the applications that you upgrade. • Explain how administrators can use the logging and reporting services that are available in SharePoint 2010 to maximize upgrade efficiency. • Describe how to plan for and manage problems in a SharePoint 2010 upgrade. MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED 15-44 Designing a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Infrastructure Hardware Requirements Key Points The requirements in the following sections apply both to installations on a single server with a built-in database and to servers running SharePoint Server 2010 in a multiple-server farm installation. Application Servers The following table describes the minimum hardware requirements for application servers. Hardware Minimum requirements Processor 64 bit, four cores. RAM 4 gigabytes (GB) for developer or evaluation use. 8 GB for production use in a single-server or multiple-server farm. MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED Planning for Upgrading to SharePoint 2010 15-45 Hardware Minimum requirements Hard disk 80 GB for system drive. Provide sufficient disk space for content databases and projected growth and peak period usage. Maintain sufficient free space for memory swapping, which is normally twice the amount of memory in a production environment. Database Servers The following table describes the minimum hardware requirements for database servers. Hardware Minimum requirements Processor 64 bit, four cores for small deployments. 64 bit, eight cores for medium deployments. RAM 8 GB for small deployments. 16 GB for medium deployments. Use SQL Server capacity recommendations for large deployments. Hard disk 80 GB for system drive. Provide sufficient disk for content databases and projected growth for peaks and growth. Maintain sufficient free space for memory swapping, which is normally twice the amount of memory in a production environment. Additional Reading For more information about the hardware requirements for SharePoint 2010, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201266&clcid=0x409. For more information about storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201270&clcid=0x409. MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED 15-46 Designing a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Infrastructure Software Requirements Key Points The following table lists the software requirements for SharePoint 2010 by server type. Environment Minimum requirements Database server in a farm One of the following: • The 64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with SP1 and cumulative update (CU) 2 or 5 • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 • SQL Server 2005 with SP3 Single server with a built-in database One of the following: • The 64-bit edition of Windows Server® 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or Web Server with SP2 • The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or Web Server Web server (IIS) role MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED Planning for Upgrading to SharePoint 2010 15-47 Environment Minimum requirements Microsoft software: • Application server role • Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1 • SQL Server 2008 Express with SP1 • Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64) • Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 • Microsoft Chart Controls for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 • Windows PowerShell 2.0 • SQL Server 2008 Native Client • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET • ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 • Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Web Front End (WFE) servers and application servers in a farm One of the following: • The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or Web Server with SP2 • The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or Web Server Web server (IIS) role Microsoft software: • Application server role • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 • Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64) • Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 • Microsoft Chart Controls for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 • Windows PowerShell 2.0 • SQL Server 2008 Native Client • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET • ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 • WIF Client computer A supported browser, preferably tier one MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED 15-48 Designing a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Infrastructure Additional Reading For more information about the software requirements for SharePoint 2010, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200868&clcid=0x409. MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED Planning for Upgrading to SharePoint 2010 15-49 Minimizing Downtime Key Points All upgrades take time and resources, but you must minimize your farm downtime so that your organization can remain productive. Read-Only Content Databases For many databases, and particularly Web publishing environments, most transactions are reads rather than writes. You can maintain content availability by providing a read-only version of the data that users can access while you update the original database. You can deliver this productivity by locking the copy version through SQL Server. SharePoint 2010 is coded to automatically trim all update functionality from the UI when it presents information from a read-only database. Note: The use of read-only databases requires different server machines, because you cannot install both Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint 2010 server code on the same system. You may also consider different systems for databases, because the production processes and the upgrade process may cause performance issues. You can MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED 15-50 Designing a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Infrastructure test to see whether this may be a problem; however, it is difficult to develop a test scenario that behaves exactly like a production environment. Note: This solution is available for content databases only; service databases will not work as expected if set to read-only. Parallel Database Upgrades You can plan to perform parallel database attach upgrades through a manual process. SharePoint 2010 supports multiple sessions, which means that you can upgrade more than one database at a time. You must test your hardware to establish how many upgrade sessions you can run concurrently. Content Database Attach with Alternate Access Mapping Redirection If your organization must upgrade in phases, you can plan to use the redirect functionality that is now available to alternate access mapping in SharePoint 2010. This is a complex option and has a large number of manual steps to achieve a working solution. You may also need to use additional tools to complete the process, such as URL fix-up tools for InfoPath forms and form templates. This process does not replace an automated gradual upgrade system with a manual one. Additional Reading For more information about how to use alternate access mapping URL redirection as part of the upgrade process in SharePoint Server 2010, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200927&clcid=0x409. MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED Planning for Upgrading to SharePoint 2010 15-51 Using Visual Upgrade Key Points If business users have a reason for maintaining the look and feel of their SharePoint environment, such as the need for additional training, you can choose to maintain the appearance of Office SharePoint Server 2007 in an upgraded SharePoint 2010 site. SharePoint 2010 ships with Office SharePoint Server 2007 master pages and cascading style sheets (CSS) so that you can preserve application appearance. This is the default when you upgrade. There are properties on each site collection and site that you can use to specify a UI version for the site. Setting 3 specifies the Office SharePoint Server 2007 UI, and setting 4 indicates the SharePoint 2010 UI. As part of your test plan, and later for education, you can preview the new UI at a site collection or site level. You can delegate the UI migration to site collection administrators. Note: If you make changes to pages or add new pages while in preview mode, these pages may not work as expected if you revert to Office SharePoint Server 2007. MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED 15-52 Designing a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Infrastructure You should note in your plan that some pages only work in the new UI version: • The My Site host page, although individual site page do revert. • A Project Web Access site collection. • Report Server Web Parts. The new UI uses strict mode XHTML. This may cause issues in rendering, so you should test all screens and Web Parts as part of your visual check of upgraded pages in the SharePoint 2010 UI mode. . is available for content databases only; service databases will not work as expected if set to read-only. Parallel Database Upgrades You can plan to perform parallel database attach upgrades. for additional training, you can choose to maintain the appearance of Office SharePoint Server 20 07 in an upgraded SharePoint 20 10 site. SharePoint 20 10 ships with Office SharePoint Server 20 07. now available to alternate access mapping in SharePoint 20 10. This is a complex option and has a large number of manual steps to achieve a working solution. You may also need to use additional