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Malnizzle
Asked: 2011-01-13 07:46:46 +0800 CST

In Place Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 to Enterprise 2008 R2 w/ SQL Server

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Need to do an in place upgrade of a Standard 2008 R2 Server to Enterprise 2008 R2 that has SQL Server running on it.

Anyone have any experiences/issues with this process? I've done this process on server without SQL.

I have considered a format/redeploy/restore, so looking for input on just the above technical situation.

Thanks!

windows-server-2008 sql-server

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    You should be fine doing the in-place upgrade. I've done it with no problems. In general, though, I still prefer to do clean installs on any production server in lieu of an in-place upgrade. A Windows upgrade is different than doing an in-place SQL upgrade, though. I will always do a clean install of SQL instead of an upgrade.

    That said, you don't mention what version and edition of SQL Server you're running. Have a look at this Technet article for the SQL OS support matrix.

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