Upgrading from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 entails a lot of pre-upgrade, upgrade, and post-upgrade steps.
Part of the pre-upgrade tasks is to run the pre-scan tool (prescan.exe). You can get this tool via:
- Microsoft Downloads;
- Or from the file system of the server where you have installed MOSS (%PROGRAMFILES% \Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN). You can run the tool directly from this file path if you have not run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration wizard yet; otherwise, just copy and paste the tool to another location and run it there.
Notes:
- You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer to run this tool.
- You will also need the preupgradescanconfig.xml file, which can be located from the same sources mentioned above.
Related links to understand the pre-scan tool better:
- Don't be afraid of Prescan - Part 1. This tackles why you SHOULD run the pre-scan tool and not just underestimate its role in the upgrade process.
- Your Friend Prescan.exe - How to Get it & What it Does - Part 2. This states the specifics of what pre-scan is looking for when it is executed.
- Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors. This helps us understand some of the possible errors we may encounter upon running the tool, as the title implies.
