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jbates99
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2013-06-09 : 17:11:55
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| Hi all,I have a server with 2008R2 Enterprise.I need an instance of 2012. Can I install 2012 on this same server without expecting some problems?And if I decide to uninstall 2008R2 after installing 2012 ... will I be able to do that?Thanks, Jack |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2013-06-10 : 08:07:46
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| you can, so far as OS,RAM etc match the prerequisites for 2012You can uninstall 2008 R2 after that as its a separate instance------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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jbates99
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
396 Posts |
Posted - 2013-06-12 : 21:57:56
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| Thanks visakh16 and Tara!Downtime would not be an issue as this is my server strictly used for DBA work.I assume the 2012 instance would NOT have to be a named instance, is that correct? (The 2008 instance has the default, is not named)Jack |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2013-06-13 : 00:51:31
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Originally posted by jbates99
Thanks visakh16 and Tara!Downtime would not be an issue as this is my server strictly used for DBA work.I assume the 2012 instance would NOT have to be a named instance, is that correct? (The 2008 instance has the default, is not named)Jack
nope..it has to be named if you're doing installation side by side with 2008 instance.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2013-06-14 : 14:27:42
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Originally posted by jbates99
Thanks visakh16 and Tara!Downtime would not be an issue as this is my server strictly used for DBA work.I assume the 2012 instance would NOT have to be a named instance, is that correct? (The 2008 instance has the default, is not named)Jack
You can only have one default instance per server. So if 2008 is already installed as the default instance, any new instances must be named, regardless of their version.Tara KizerMicrosoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Serverhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/Subscribe to my blog |
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Side-by-side instances of 2008R2 and 2012