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How to tell the difference the side by side and in place upgrade

  • August 6, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    #135186

    When I try to upgrade from sqlserver 2000 to sql2005, I used the same instance name in the setup.exe wizard, and follow the step, but I didn't see any option to let me choose whether I should take a side by side upgrade or in-place upgrade, all I could do is to wait and then done, can you help tell whether it is side by side or in-place upgrade, and since I was learned there are two kinds of upgrades, can you tell how to set them and where to set them?

    Thanks!

  • August 6, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    #1035796

    It (what you did ) is in-place upgrade.

    They are not options what you see on the setup screen. They are methods how you upgrade. If you upgrade the existing instance, it is in-place upgrade. If you install a new instance without touching the existing one, it is called side-by-side upgrade.

    Download and read SQL2005UpgradeTechRef.doc from Microsoft site for more info.

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