I tried to upgrade my mssql server from 2012 to 2014 but I ended up have two servers on my machine.
Now, whenever I connect to localhost it is always resolving to 2012 instance.
SQL Configuration manager 2014 also shows 2012 instance.
How can I change the default instance point to 2014 instead? and Are there any issues uninstalling 2012 version.
I am guessing from you question that you didn't do an "in-place" upgrade.
You can only have 1 SQL Server as the default instance, I believe the SQL Server installer will detect this automatically, and create a new instance for any subsequent installs.
If you absolutely have to have SQL Server 2014 as your default instance, you will need to uninstall SQL Server 2012 and re-install SQL Server 2014, or do an in-place upgrade of your SQL Server 2012.
Related
I have a server that has TFS 2015. Originally, it was running against SQL Server 2012. I backed up the databases and then upgraded to SQL Server 2016. After upgrading to SQL Server 2016 TFS seems to work fine but I still see several entries in programs and features for SQL Server 2012.
My question: How do I check TFS 2015 to verify that it is indeed now running against SQL Server 2016?
If not, I'm guessing that if both SQL Server 2012 and 2016 are installed I have the ability to make TFS switch from one to the other?
I am planning to install the latest version SQL Server Management Studio SSMS 2017 and trying to use the same local server name which was on SSMS 2014.
So I uninstalled SSMS 2014 then install SSMS 2017. After the installation complete, I am not able to login to my local server by using the same credential.
I have checked SQL Server 2017 Configuration Manager, there is nothing under the SQL Server services.
And there is nothing under the registered servers.
Need help to retrieve my local server name, or guide how to recreate a new server name.
Thanks
We restored our TFS 2013 database backups on separate data tier with SQL Server 2012. Now I am trying to add these databases to TFS server (it's a sandpit tier), where I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 version. While running app tier wizard, I added SQL instance but it is throwing an error:
TF400860: the current version of following service is not supported registry Version 5, min version 5
Both servers have same version of TFS (TFS 2013.5)
Can anyone advise how to fix this?
The minimum SQL version for 2013 is SQL 2012 with SP1 https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/setup-admin/requirements
The minimum SQL server requirement for TFS 2013 is SQL server 2008 R2 (SP1).
The solution for this error is, we need to change the SQL server instance availability group as primary by logging in to same server
We have 4 data tiers, which are in sync, I tried it and I got it with SQL version 2008 R2. No need of SQL version 2012 or higher.
Thanks
I performed what I thought was an upgrade from SQL Server Express 2012 to 2014 by running the 64-bit executable. Everything seemed to be working fine during installation as it recognized my existing server instance (2012) which I presumed would be upgraded to 2014.
However, when I try to restore a 2014 DB from my web host, I get the following error:
The database was backed up on a server running version 12.00.2000.
That version is incompatible with this server, which is running
version 11.00.5343. Either restore the database on a server that
supports the backup, or use a backup that is compatible with this
server.
I definitely have 2014 installed, but when I view my instance from inside SMS 2014 it looks to still be running on SQL version 11.xxx which I presume is 2012 (the name of the instance is the same as it was when I was running 2012).
Did I do something wrong during the installation? How do I upgrade my instance to 2014 so that I can restore my DB locally?
downloadsqlserverexpress.com helps to find the correct download of SQL Server Express from MS Download Center. You need the one that contains the SQL Server Engine, not just Management Studio.
sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com.au has a full list of SQL Server versions and builds.
Using it we can see that you are running Management Studio 2014 (build 12.0.2000.0), but you are connecting to SQL Server 2012 engine (build 11.0.5343).
Maybe you now have two engines running (both 2012 and 2014). You can check the list of running processes and verify if two instances of sqlservr.exe are running.
It should be possible to upgrade the engine in place by installing 2014 on top of 2012. I don't know why it didn't happen in your case. You could have chosen to install only Management Studio even if you had a full installer.
One long, but sure way to clean up would be to uninstall everything related to SQL Server and install 2014 again. Make proper backups of databases at first, of course.
I have SQL Server 2008 and VS2008 installed on my computer and I am trying to run a web application I've created on a computer which has SQL Server 2008 and VS2008 and VS2010 beta 2 with its SQL Server Express.
I am getting an error with the database version that is
"...aspnetdb.mdf" cannot be opened because it is version 655. This server supports version 612 and earlier...."
Configuring the database in Visual Studio ->Tools -> Options -> Design-Time Validation Database is not working since I don't have the SQL Server version comes with VS 2010.
EDITED : I also edited aspnetdb and inserted a few more tables so I need the same aspnetdb
Is there any solution to convert this db ?
Also, after fixing this, I am looking forward to upload it on my hosting which has SQL Server 2005 DB and configure it in PLESK.
The SQL Server databases have a version specific format. Each SQL Server runtime version (SQL 2008 SP1, SQL 2008 RTM, SQL 2005 SP2, SQL 2005 SP1, SQL 2005 RTM etc) knows how to upgrade to its own verison. Unfortunately, once upgraded the database cannot be downgraded. So if your MDF was upgraded to version 655, it cannot be downgraded to any prior version. If you know you're going to deploy on SQL Server 2005, you must develop on SQL Server 2005 too. Not only that, but the actual build number of your development has to match the build number of the deployment (or at least be lower than that): the SP level and CU level must match.
You can a attach the 2008 version MDF you created to a SQL Server 2008, script out the database content, then import the script into a SQL Server 2005 database of the proper version.
I had this problem and when I changed my_computer_name\SQLEXPRESS with . to connect to server and it works and I could attach MDF file
may be you have both services run. (Mssql2008 and mssqlexpress) Maybe you have runing the mssqlespress running, that's the error that you have. Try to stop the mssqlserver express service and run mssql2008 services, and attach again your databases. I try this and works for me