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SQL 2008 to 2016 inplace vs side by side upgrade

  • September 5, 2016 at 4:15 am

    #312847

    Hi Folks,

    Deciding whether to do an in place upgrade or side by side (named instance) on same server.

    Probably going to go side by side as its safer. I will then migrate the DBs (5 of them ) 1 by 1 to the new named instance on 2016.

    The only con here is that it will no longer be the default instance on the box so a load of connection strings will have to be changed

    Obviously this is more work but I think it outweighs the potential risk of the in place upgrade.

    Has anyone done a similar upgrade , if so what challenges might i face down the line 😀

    Thanks

    B

  • September 5, 2016 at 4:19 am

    #1899175

    I do not like in-place upgrades for production servers. If anything goes wrong in the upgrade (and I've seen it happen), then you're left with a non-working system.

    Gail Shaw
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  • September 5, 2016 at 4:26 am

    #1899177

    GilaMonster (9/5/2016)

    I do not like in-place upgrades for production servers. If anything goes wrong in the upgrade (and I've seen it happen), then you're left with a non-working system.

    Thanks, will stick with the side by side install, not worth the risk :smooooth:

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