As new versions of SQL Server are released every few years and older versions reach end of support, customers are faced with the need to periodically upgrade their SQL Server installations. Microsoft provides a
In-place upgrades SQL Server Setup completes the upgrade. SQL Server Setup can be used to upgrade any or all SQL Server components, including Reporting Services. Setup detects the existing instances and prompts you to upgrade. SQL Server Setup provides upgrade options that you can specify as a ...
For environments running availability groups (AGs) or failover cluster instances (FCIs), an in-place upgrade is combined with a rolling upgrade to minimize downtime. A common approach for side-by-side upgrades of replication topologies is to move publisher-subscriber pairs in parts to the new ...
Customers who don't have Software Assurance can deploy an Azure Marketplace SQL Server VM image with the desired version of SQL Server and then copy the setup media (typically located in C:\SQLServerFull) from it to their target SQL Server VM. Version upgrades should follow the support ...
In-place upgradesSQL Server Setup completes the upgrade. SQL Server Setup can be used to upgrade any or all SQL Server components, including Reporting Services. Setup detects the existing instances and prompts you to upgrade. SQL Server Setup provides upgrade options that you can specify a...
Starting in SQL Server 2019 CU1, you can perform in-place upgrades for Big Data Clusters from the production supported releases (SQL Server 2019 GDR1). For more information, see How to upgrade SQL Server Big Data Clusters. For more information, see the Big Data Clusters release...
If so, please review the following articles to check the supported upgrade paths and upgrade process, make sure that your SQL Server 2008 R2 is applied relevant Service Pack before the in-place upgrade. Supported Version and Edition Upgrades ...
Prepare your test environment.Side-by-side migrations require a separate test SQL Server 2005 installation. In-place upgrades require a test machine running SQL Server 2000 or 7.0 and target database copies. Hardware comparable to your production setup will allow production volume testing. ...
Starting in SQL Server 2019 CU1, you can perform in-place upgrades for Big Data Clusters from the production supported releases (SQL Server 2019 GDR1). For more information, see How to upgrade SQL Server Big Data Clusters. For more information, see the Big Data Clusters release notes. File...
Migrations and upgrades Show 6 more Applies to: SQL Server 2016 (13.x) and later versions This article provides an overview of business continuity solutions for high availability and disaster recovery in SQL Server, on Windows and Linux. One common task everyone deploying SQL Server has to acc...