As most of my posts are inspired by stuff I’ve been working on or have worked on recently this is no different. A request came in to upgrade a SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition Instance to a SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition Instance. Funny thing is that I’ve been working with SQL Server 2005 since [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Upgrade’
SQL 2008 Upgrade – Slow down there cowboy…
So now that Service Pack 1 is out for SQL Server 2008 and the excuse reason of wanting to wait till Service Pack 1 before upgrade is out of the way let’s talk about some advice when doing an upgrade to SQL Server 2008. (This is NOT a comprehensive list just a braindump of some [...]
SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Reference Guide
486 pages of upgrading goodness. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=66d3e6f5-6902-4fdd-af75-9975aea5bea7&displayLang=en This looks like the all encompassing upgrade document for SQL Server 2008. Major points include: Preparing to Upgrade Developing an Upgrade Plan Post Upgrade Tasks Feature Changes Pretty crazy document but I can see it being a great resource when trying to put together checklists and plans for upgrading. [...]
