GilaMonster (3/14/2012)

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It was part of a whole re-organisation of both the Republic and the Jedi Order after the New Sith Wars, the Republic Dark Age, the Brotherhood of Darkness and...

My apologies, Leo. I didn't realize you reinstalled SQL and then replaced master.

In that case, it appears this will work, which is good to know.

I thought that was pretty funny. As soon as I read that, I thought "this...

Leo.Miller (3/14/2012)

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We didn't even backup and restore the database files, they actually migrated the LUNs from the old server to the new one. At one point there were issues because...

Nope, asked a few people, no one is sure.

Ultimately, I'd test it. Make a VM, set it up, copy the master.mdf over and see if it works.

+1. Go with release order. No matter how bad #1 is, it's part of the series. And part of numerous jokes...

I've never tried it, but I thought that the master db was aware of the cluster, and if you are trying to replace a non-clustered master with a clustered master,...

The background thread only runs to do the encryption. Once that is finished, it is not spawned again. All encryption/decryption is then part of the normal I/O read/write processes.

addieleman (3/14/2012)

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The last sentence: However I think lots of management might prefer in-house infrastructure for a simple reason: it gives them a specific neck to choke, and possibly replace, when...

If you read the update and root cause analysis, this wasn't a redundancy issue. It was caused by a software bug, one that couldn't be fixed by more hardware. Developers...

I'd like to think that we aren't "parenting" newbies like this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450004577277482565674646.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet (about 15 paras in)

Once you attach to 2008, you can run the Upgrade Advisor, which should catch things.

The 2012 version of UA

Lynn Pettis (3/13/2012)

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Stefan Krzywicki (3/13/2012)

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GSquared (3/13/2012)

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Gianluca Sartori (3/13/2012)

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I don't know who you're talking about. 😉

No, seriously, you'd better ignore him.

A wise man once told me that the only person in...

GSquared (3/13/2012)

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I have a problem with ignoring him, same as I have a problem with anyone giving bad advice. In his case, it's amplified because he does have a...

And backups, good, solid backups.

Make sure you script as much stuff as possible if the uninstall/reinstall flakes. You'll want it all handy.