Upgrade data base from sql server 2005 to sql server2008

Hi guys,
What is the best way for upgrade my SQL Server 2005 data base to SQL 2008?

It depends on how you want migrate, in-place or side-by-side?
In-place: Run a backup of all databases and then install the new SQL Server version
Side-by-side: Install the new SQL Server, backup all database of old SQL Server and restore them on the new one. Then copy all logins from old to new server.
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I was just wondering if it is possible to upgrade from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server Express or will I have to build the environment and then migrate the database?
Thanks for any help

Hi Lance_Romance,
As others’ posts, you don’t have to build new environment and then migrate databases between SQL Server instances, you can use the in-place upgrade strategy to upgrade from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2014 .Please note that SQL Server 2005 SP4 is required
in this case.
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We need to migrate Project server 2007 from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008.
1. Is it as simple as doing backup and restore of databases and pointing Project Server to the new DB server? Or there are some specific steps that should be followed?
2. Article at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd207290(office.12).aspx is about moving databases from one DB server to another (same versions). At one place, it mentions to
backup all databases but at another place it mentions that
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High Level step you can get this form Tech net or MSDN too
Shut down the SharePoint servers (App / Web)
backup all of the SharePoint and Project
Server databases from the SQL 2005 server
copy these over to the new SQL 2008 server and restore all of
the databases with the same names
script out all of the logins used by SharePoint/PS from the SQL 2005 server and create these on the SQL 2008 server
script out the Delete expired sessions SQL job from the SQL 2005 server and create this on the SQL 2008 server - or create them manually on the SQL 2008 server
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Error when upgrading from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2014

Hello everyone,
Could you help me, i have an error when i try to upgrade my SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition to SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition,
All of prerequisits are available and i dont have a problem,
before the end of migration process, i have this error: The group name could not be found (0x84BB0001)
File log:
Feature: Database Engine Services
Status: Failed: see logs for details
Reason for failure: An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.
Next Step: The upgrade process for SQL Server failed. To continue the upgrade process, use the following information to resolve the error. Next, uninstall SQL Server by using this
command line: setup /q /action=uninstall /instanceid=MSSQLSERVER /features=SQLENGINE,FULLTEXT,REPLICATION. Then, run SQL Server Setup again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x84BB0001
Error description: The group name could not be found.
Error help link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=12.0.2000.8&EvtType=0x0AD059E6%400x3FAAA006&EvtType=0x0AD059E6%400x3FAAA006
Feature: Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search
Status: Failed: see logs for details
Reason for failure: An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.
Next Step: The upgrade process for SQL Server failed. To continue the upgrade process, use the following information to resolve the error. Next, uninstall SQL Server by using this
command line: setup /q /action=uninstall /instanceid=MSSQLSERVER /features=SQLENGINE,FULLTEXT,REPLICATION. Then, run SQL Server Setup again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x84BB0001
Error description: The group name could not be found.
Error help link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=12.0.2000.8&EvtType=0x0AD059E6%400x3FAAA006&EvtType=0x0AD059E6%400x3FAAA006
Feature: SQL Server Replication
Status: Failed: see logs for details
Reason for failure: An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.
Next Step: The upgrade process for SQL Server failed. To continue the upgrade process, use the following information to resolve the error. Next, uninstall SQL Server by using this
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Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x84BB0001
Error description: The group name could not be found.
Error help link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=12.0.2000.8&EvtType=0x0AD059E6%400x3FAAA006&EvtType=0x0AD059E6%400x3FAAA006
Best regards,
Guiga Hafedh

There are more detailed logs for the various components. The one of interesting is the one for the engine or possibly the one for full-text.
These logs are extremely verbose, and the errors are rarely crystal clear, but at least give them a try. If you have problems, find a place to upload them (Dropbox, Skrydrive etc), so that we can look.
The closest at hand is that "group" that cannot be found is an AD group.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, [email protected]

Upgrade From SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 or 2012

Hello this is a silly question but I was able to copy our old database to another hard drive and do an ATTACH to sql 2012 and it worked great now am I crazy or is this too good to be true

Hello this is a silly question but I was able to copy our old database to another hard drive and do an ATTACH to sql 2012 and it worked great now am I crazy or is this too good to be true
To be specific to your question.You can very well attach SQL 2005 database to SQL server 2008 and SQL server 2012.But how your application will respond to New database will be difficult to tell.
I strongly recommend you to see below link
Features depricated in SQL server 2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc707782.aspx
Please mark this reply as the answer or vote as helpful, as appropriate, to make it useful for other readers

Moving from SQL server 2005 to SQL server 2008 ... for a MS/SQL newbie.

Hello,
I am in charge of moving an existing SAP NW BI (SPS20) from a MS SQL Server 2005 database on Windows Server 2003 (x864/64 bit) Platform to a MS SQL Server 2008 database/Windows Server 2008 Platform (x64/64 bit).
The SID of the SAP system will remain the same.
The thing is that I have always worrked so far on Oracle/Unix environements, windows/MSSQL is an entire new world for me,
so I am quite worried.
I have read many sap notes/installation guides/forum posts regarding this operation, I will describe here my understanding
of the techinical operations that I will need to perfrom.
Could you correct me if I am wrong, as well as give me your comments ?
1/ I will need to perform an SQL server database copy within a homogeneous system copy.
2/First ,I'll have to install on the target environnement the SQL server 2008 database. I'll have to install the SQL Server Database Software with SQL4SAP (no need to install the database server software manually, right ?). Afterwards, I'll install on the target environnent, SAP Netweaver 7.0 SR3 with a modified Instalaltion Master DVD.
3/ On the source environement, I'll perfrom a database backup of the SQL Server 2005 system and restore the database on the target environement. since I choose to perfrom a restore of the database , there is no need to follow all the steps described in sap note 151603 :determine the file structure of the source database, create the directory structure for the target database, etc ...
4/ Once the restoration is finished, I use SAPINST and finish the homogeneous copy : >additional sofware->system copy>target system->central system --> Based on AS Abap --central installation
Your comments are welcome.
Thank you for your attention
Best Regards.
Raoul

Hi Raoul,
you also need a modified Kernel DVD for the installation on SQL 2008 (see SAP Note 1152240).
And don't forget to install and patch the Visual Studio c++ Runtime (also described in that note).
I also would recommend to restore the backup and then install SAP NW 7.0 SR3 and use the restored SQL 2008 database.
So the basic steps are:
1. Perform backup and restore to SQL 2008
1.1 Install SQL 2008 with SQL4SAP
1.2 Backup old database
1.3. Restore backup on SQL 2008
2. Install VC runtime on Win 2008
3. Create modified Kernel DVD
4. Create modified Master DVD
5. Perform system copy target installaton with - additional sofware->system copy>target system--->central system --> Based on AS Abap --central installation and use the SQL 2008 database
You could also use SQL Server 2008 R2 which was release last month.
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Hi All,
This weekend we have migrated one of our Core system from SQL Server 2005 SP3 to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2. Migration went successful. However when we are trying to Configure transaction replication we are getting below Error:
Msg 21854, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_MSrepl_addarticle, Line 573
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Background:
Database compability Changed from 90 to 100.
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DataBase Migration from SQL server 2005 to SQL server 2012

What are the challenges and steps to be taken care for proper migration of the Database.
Applications are using the Visual Studio 2012.
saikalyan

Few things that I can think of -
Verify all logins and users are migrated correctly.
Some of the SQL Server 2005 features/code could be deprecated in SQL Server 2012. Changes could be required before or after migration.
Some of the queries could have different performance (better or worse) on 2012 due to changes in query optimizer.
The applications/SSIS/DTS config files are updated to use the new server/instance name.
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Plan for downtime of applications and batch processes.
Notify developers about the migration and the new server name(s)
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Dear All,
I have migrated my Production server from Sql 2005 to Sql server 2012..
While executing some process I felt some differences in values (decimal point)
Can anyone can suggest what would be the issue ll be ??
Samith C Valsalan There is no Wrong time to do Right thing :) Please mark it as an answer/helpful if you find it as useful.

Hi Samith C Valsalan,
According to your description, as other post, you need to post more details for analysis. In addition, after you migrating SQL Server 2005 database to SQL Server 2012, if you converting the data type from decimal or numeric to float, it
can cause some loss of precision. For the decimal or numeric data types, SQL Server considers each specific combination of precision and scale as a different data type. DECIMAL(2,2) and DECIMAL(2,4) are different data types. This means that
11.22 and 11.2222 are different types though this is not the case for float. For FLOAT(6) 11.22 and 11.2222 are same data types.
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Hallo together
I need access to tables in a MS SQL Server 2005 database.
One possibility is the JDBC driver.
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Thank you very much for your postings.

Hi,
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Hi,
I installed Sql developer and I am trying to connect sql server 2005 using windows authentication. I had previously the SSO folder problem saying the path is missing in java.library.path. I copied the SSO folder into Sqldeveloper directory. I changed the settings under computer management->services and applications->sql server configuration manager->sql server 2005 network configuration ->protocols for sqlexpress->I enabled TCP/IP.
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In .net they have Retry Wait and connection will not go to the failed server until certain time, do we have any parameters like this in weblogic connection pool.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/169470
1.     Q. With ODBC 3.0 Service Pack 1, will the ODBC driver manager try to connect to the database server repeatedly when the server is not available?
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Import data from postgreSQL into SQL server 2005

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TITLE: SQL Server Import and Export Wizard
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BUTTONS:
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Hi Experts,
I am using SQL 2005 as back end database for SAP ECC6. Due to Space problem in PRD data volume, i have added PRDDATA4.ndf file in SSMS ( SQL Server Management Studio) and saved. But, suddenly i got one more idea and extended the file size of exisiting PRDDATA1.mdf, PRDDATA2.ndf & PRDDATA3.ndf immediately i removed the PRDDATA4.ndf file before starting the service. But, while seeing in SAP using ST04 it showing the PRDDATA4.ndf with error message of file missing. What i have to do now? How can i delete the information showing in ST04. But it is not showing in SSMS.
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Hi,
Following solution might help you to resolve the issue.
Solution1:
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Resolution
Created new DSN connection under SYSTEM DSN to SQL Server 2005 Database.
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Go to File->Parameters.
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Change the DSN to new DSN connection
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Resolution
To resolve,
check the registry [HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORACLE] you should see a folder called HOME0
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Steps SSIS and SSAS Migration from sql server 2005 to 2012?

steps SSIS,SSRS and SSAS Migration from sql server 2005 to 2012? any precautions to take while migration.
any documentation or any specified steps.

Hi Vijay,
According to your description, you want to migrate SQL Server Integration Services and SQL Server Analysis Services from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2012.
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http://www.bidn.com/blogs/DevinKnight/ssis/2718/upgrading-packages-to-ssis-2012.
In addition, since the issue regards SQL Server Integration Services. I suggest you post the question in the SQL Server Integration Services forums at
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http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/435703/Migration-from-SQL-server-to.
In addition, since the issue regards SQL Server Analysis Services. I suggest you post the question in the SQL Server Analysis Services forums at
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