Hi All,
First i have researched this but I need some clarification on whether I need to rebuild the whole farm and migrate the databses or whether I can repoint SharePoint at the new SQL server.
Senario - We're looking to move our SharePoint 2007 farm from SQL 2000 ( the default instance - called
server1 ) to SQL 2008 ( a new instance - called company1\sql2008 ). So basically we're both moving it to a different name and a different SQL version. Do I have to rebuild the farm and reattach the database or is there a supported way to migrate all database
(content + Config + service application) and repoint to the new SQL instance. I'm leaving the front end servers as is, just moving from the old SQL 2000 box.Thanks
Update - the server is windows 2003 and the new instance will actually be on the same server - so existing server "server1" has SQL 2000, same server will get new install of SQL 2008 and installed as the instance name "company1\sql2008"