If you find issues, there is an upgrade thread, but I'd prefer you open new threads for issues now in the Website Issues forum. That way we don't have multiple...

Was that supposed to be in another thread?

The filestream stuff is linked to the particular table/column. The on disk location would move if you create a new column, but if you move the data (insert, the delete),...

I haven't thought about this, but the in-place upgrade is supposed to replace the existing product. Once you do this, you cannot go back.

As Hugo mentioned, I'd be...

Weird. I've installed 2014 dozens of times on various OSes, never seen this.

Silly question, but have you rebooted?

It can. If you are looking for information that the database was created, you can check for the message "Starting up database mydatabase". Once a database is created, it will...

I would agree that you want to use CommVault to make the log backups and restore them elsewhere.

Don't see a lot. The one item I find searching is a reference to .NET 3.51. I know I actually installed 2014 yesterday on a new VM and needed to...

It looks like you've cut things out? Are those items continuous? The failure on native client, it's saying SQL 2012. Is that what you intended?

This varies dramatically by position and company. Unfortunately, our industry does not define titles well, or with any specificity. The title of DBA often overlaps substantially with the roles of...

That doesn't quite explain things.

What  is returned from setup? Have you checked the setup log for the specifics? Is your ISO copied to a file system or are...

In the past, SA was a tough sell. 2000-2005-2008 caught many people with SA not getting upgrades or new features. With the 2 (or less) year cadence, SA makes more...

Julie, you query doesn't quite work correctly. Here's a test I wrote to check things. I have both your code and the correct answer in the "Act" part of the...