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Monday, March 19, 2012

Can MSDE and SQL live on the same system?

Hey everyone,
We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What I
would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server and have
assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to do to install it and
make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE database?
TIA,
Claytonhi Clayton,
Clayton Sutton wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What I
> would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that
> server and have assess to both databases. Is there anything we have
> to do to install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the
> MSDE database?
MSDE and SQL Server 2005 can coexist on the same computer... just pay
attention, at installation time, not to "upgrade" the MSDE instance to a SQL
Server 2005 one..
--
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.18.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.62.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply|||Yes this is possible, you just have to install it as a default or named
instance, which doesn=B4t equal the instance name of the MSDE, although
I doubt that this is possible through the installer to crash the system
that way. They are using different ports, so co-existence on the system
is possible.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--|||Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
Andris
Clayton Sutton wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What I
> would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server and ha
ve
> assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to do to install it a
nd
> make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE database?
>
> TIA,
> Clayton
>|||An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on MSDE.
Now they are moving to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005. However,
the old data is going to stay in the MSDE database (unless that dept. wants
to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL). I just wanted to
make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE didn't wipe out MSDE
and all of the old data therein.
Clayton
"Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
> Andris
> Clayton Sutton wrote:|||I just migrated from MSSQL 7 to MSSQL 2005, whithout big headaches.
Simple backup/restore. With MSDE i think u can too, backup that db and
restore to MSSQL 2005. How i understand MSDE is some as MSSQL with some
restrictions on db size,replications etc. All who run un MSDE must run
un MSSQL. I have few msde servers who replicating with MSSQL, sometimes
i need open archive of these msde databases, i do this on MSSQL without
problems.
Sry my poor english
Andris
Clayton Sutton wrote:
> An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on MSDE.
> Now they are moving to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005. However,
> the old data is going to stay in the MSDE database (unless that dept. want
s
> to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL). I just wanted to
> make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE didn't wipe out MSDE
> and all of the old data therein.
>
> Clayton
>
> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>
>|||Hey Andris,
First thing, your english is fine. Don't ever apologize for that. Truth be
told, I can't spell .
Backing up MSDE is a little tricky. Most backup software doesn't have a
connector for MSDE so backing up and restore becomes a little harder.
The command line command to back one up is:
C:\MSSQL7\Binn>osql -Usa -P -n -Q "Backup Database dbname To Disk =
'c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
It took me forever to find that command, and I don't know what the command
is to restore it.
Clayton
"Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23sZUlTNdGHA.4108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[vbcol=seagreen]
>I just migrated from MSSQL 7 to MSSQL 2005, whithout big headaches. Simple
>backup/restore. With MSDE i think u can too, backup that db and restore to
>MSSQL 2005. How i understand MSDE is some as MSSQL with some restrictions
>on db size,replications etc. All who run un MSDE must run un MSSQL. I have
>few msde servers who replicating with MSSQL, sometimes i need open archive
>of these msde databases, i do this on MSSQL without problems.
> Sry my poor english
> Andris
> Clayton Sutton wrote:|||For the RESTORE syntax, you can see the SQL Server 2005 RESTORE syntax at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186858.aspx. For SQL Server 2000
(the MSDE info), you can download a copy of Books Online (BOL) at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...DisplayLang=en.
Using the example syntax you provided, it would probably be something like:
osql -Usa -P -n -Q "RESTORE DATABASE dbname FROM
DISK='c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
Note, however, that I haven't tested that. :-)
Sincerely,
Steve Dybing
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Clayton Sutton" <none@.none.com> wrote in message
news:2mH8g.471159$7i1.118830@.fe06.news.easynews.com...
> Hey Andris,
> First thing, your english is fine. Don't ever apologize for that. Truth
> be told, I can't spell .
> Backing up MSDE is a little tricky. Most backup software doesn't have a
> connector for MSDE so backing up and restore becomes a little harder.
> The command line command to back one up is:
> C:\MSSQL7\Binn>osql -Usa -P -n -Q "Backup Database dbname To Disk =
> 'c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
> It took me forever to find that command, and I don't know what the command
> is to restore it.
>
>
> Clayton
>
> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23sZUlTNdGHA.4108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>|||Hey Steve,
Would that restore the DB to MSDE only. What if you wanted to restore it
into MSSQL 2000 or 2005? That's really what we are talking about, how to
move from MSDE to MSSQL 2000/2005. Get the data out of MSDE and into MSSQL.
Clayton
"Steve Dybing [MSFT]" <steve.dybing@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in messa
ge
news:uIP9O6QdGHA.1436@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> For the RESTORE syntax, you can see the SQL Server 2005 RESTORE syntax at
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186858.aspx. For SQL Server
> 2000 (the MSDE info), you can download a copy of Books Online (BOL) at
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...DisplayLang=en.
> Using the example syntax you provided, it would probably be something
> like:
> osql -Usa -P -n -Q "RESTORE DATABASE dbname FROM
> DISK='c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
> Note, however, that I haven't tested that. :-)
> --
> Sincerely,
> Steve Dybing
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> "Clayton Sutton" <none@.none.com> wrote in message
> news:2mH8g.471159$7i1.118830@.fe06.news.easynews.com...
>|||MSDE is SQL Server. So you can both attach and restore an MSDE 2000 database
into SQL Server 2000 or
2005.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Clayton" <none@.none.com> wrote in message news:8GV8g.100380$JV1.10779@.fe05.news.easynews.co
m...
> Hey Steve,
> Would that restore the DB to MSDE only. What if you wanted to restore it
into MSSQL 2000 or 2005?
> That's really what we are talking about, how to move from MSDE to MSSQL 20
00/2005. Get the data
> out of MSDE and into MSSQL.
>
> Clayton
>
> "Steve Dybing [MSFT]" <steve.dybing@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in mes
sage
> news:uIP9O6QdGHA.1436@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>

Can MSDE and SQL live on the same system?

Hey everyone,
We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What I
would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server and have
assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to do to install it and
make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE database?
TIA,
Claytonhi Clayton,
Clayton Sutton wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What I
> would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that
> server and have assess to both databases. Is there anything we have
> to do to install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the
> MSDE database?
MSDE and SQL Server 2005 can coexist on the same computer... just pay
attention, at installation time, not to "upgrade" the MSDE instance to a SQL
Server 2005 one..
--
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.18.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.62.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply|||Yes this is possible, you just have to install it as a default or named
instance, which doesn=B4t equal the instance name of the MSDE, although
I doubt that this is possible through the installer to crash the system
that way. They are using different ports, so co-existence on the system
is possible.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
--
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--|||Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
Andris
Clayton Sutton wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What I
> would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server and have
> assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to do to install it and
> make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE database?
>
> TIA,
> Clayton
>|||An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on MSDE.
Now they are moving to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005. However,
the old data is going to stay in the MSDE database (unless that dept. wants
to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL). I just wanted to
make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE didn't wipe out MSDE
and all of the old data therein.
Clayton
"Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
> Andris
> Clayton Sutton wrote:
>> Hey everyone,
>> We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What
>> I would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server and
>> have assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to do to
>> install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE
>> database?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Clayton|||I just migrated from MSSQL 7 to MSSQL 2005, whithout big headaches.
Simple backup/restore. With MSDE i think u can too, backup that db and
restore to MSSQL 2005. How i understand MSDE is some as MSSQL with some
restrictions on db size,replications etc. All who run un MSDE must run
un MSSQL. I have few msde servers who replicating with MSSQL, sometimes
i need open archive of these msde databases, i do this on MSSQL without
problems.
Sry my poor english
Andris
Clayton Sutton wrote:
> An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on MSDE.
> Now they are moving to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005. However,
> the old data is going to stay in the MSDE database (unless that dept. wants
> to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL). I just wanted to
> make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE didn't wipe out MSDE
> and all of the old data therein.
>
> Clayton
>
> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
>>Andris
>>Clayton Sutton wrote:
>>Hey everyone,
>>We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What
>>I would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server and
>>have assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to do to
>>install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE
>>database?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Clayton
>
>|||Hey Andris,
First thing, your english is fine. Don't ever apologize for that. Truth be
told, I can't spell :).
Backing up MSDE is a little tricky. Most backup software doesn't have a
connector for MSDE so backing up and restore becomes a little harder.
The command line command to back one up is:
C:\MSSQL7\Binn>osql -Usa -P -n -Q "Backup Database dbname To Disk ='c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
It took me forever to find that command, and I don't know what the command
is to restore it.
Clayton
"Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23sZUlTNdGHA.4108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I just migrated from MSSQL 7 to MSSQL 2005, whithout big headaches. Simple
>backup/restore. With MSDE i think u can too, backup that db and restore to
>MSSQL 2005. How i understand MSDE is some as MSSQL with some restrictions
>on db size,replications etc. All who run un MSDE must run un MSSQL. I have
>few msde servers who replicating with MSSQL, sometimes i need open archive
>of these msde databases, i do this on MSSQL without problems.
> Sry my poor english
> Andris
> Clayton Sutton wrote:
>> An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on MSDE.
>> Now they are moving to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005. However,
>> the old data is going to stay in the MSDE database (unless that dept.
>> wants to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL). I just
>> wanted to make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE didn't
>> wipe out MSDE and all of the old data therein.
>>
>> Clayton
>>
>> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
>>Andris
>>Clayton Sutton wrote:
>>Hey everyone,
>>We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What
>>I would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server
>>and have assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to do to
>>install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE
>>database?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Clayton
>>|||For the RESTORE syntax, you can see the SQL Server 2005 RESTORE syntax at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186858.aspx. For SQL Server 2000
(the MSDE info), you can download a copy of Books Online (BOL) at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a6f79cb1-a420-445f-8a4b-bd77a7da194b&DisplayLang=en.
Using the example syntax you provided, it would probably be something like:
osql -Usa -P -n -Q "RESTORE DATABASE dbname FROM
DISK='c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
Note, however, that I haven't tested that. :-)
--
Sincerely,
Steve Dybing
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Clayton Sutton" <none@.none.com> wrote in message
news:2mH8g.471159$7i1.118830@.fe06.news.easynews.com...
> Hey Andris,
> First thing, your english is fine. Don't ever apologize for that. Truth
> be told, I can't spell :).
> Backing up MSDE is a little tricky. Most backup software doesn't have a
> connector for MSDE so backing up and restore becomes a little harder.
> The command line command to back one up is:
> C:\MSSQL7\Binn>osql -Usa -P -n -Q "Backup Database dbname To Disk => 'c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
> It took me forever to find that command, and I don't know what the command
> is to restore it.
>
>
> Clayton
>
> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23sZUlTNdGHA.4108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I just migrated from MSSQL 7 to MSSQL 2005, whithout big headaches. Simple
>>backup/restore. With MSDE i think u can too, backup that db and restore to
>>MSSQL 2005. How i understand MSDE is some as MSSQL with some restrictions
>>on db size,replications etc. All who run un MSDE must run un MSSQL. I have
>>few msde servers who replicating with MSSQL, sometimes i need open archive
>>of these msde databases, i do this on MSSQL without problems.
>> Sry my poor english
>> Andris
>> Clayton Sutton wrote:
>> An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on MSDE.
>> Now they are moving to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005.
>> However, the old data is going to stay in the MSDE database (unless that
>> dept. wants to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL). I
>> just wanted to make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE
>> didn't wipe out MSDE and all of the old data therein.
>>
>> Clayton
>>
>> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
>>Andris
>>Clayton Sutton wrote:
>>Hey everyone,
>>We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it.
>>What I would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that
>>server and have assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to
>>do to install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE
>>database?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Clayton
>>
>|||Hey Steve,
Would that restore the DB to MSDE only. What if you wanted to restore it
into MSSQL 2000 or 2005? That's really what we are talking about, how to
move from MSDE to MSSQL 2000/2005. Get the data out of MSDE and into MSSQL.
Clayton
"Steve Dybing [MSFT]" <steve.dybing@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uIP9O6QdGHA.1436@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> For the RESTORE syntax, you can see the SQL Server 2005 RESTORE syntax at
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186858.aspx. For SQL Server
> 2000 (the MSDE info), you can download a copy of Books Online (BOL) at
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a6f79cb1-a420-445f-8a4b-bd77a7da194b&DisplayLang=en.
> Using the example syntax you provided, it would probably be something
> like:
> osql -Usa -P -n -Q "RESTORE DATABASE dbname FROM
> DISK='c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
> Note, however, that I haven't tested that. :-)
> --
> Sincerely,
> Steve Dybing
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> "Clayton Sutton" <none@.none.com> wrote in message
> news:2mH8g.471159$7i1.118830@.fe06.news.easynews.com...
>> Hey Andris,
>> First thing, your english is fine. Don't ever apologize for that. Truth
>> be told, I can't spell :).
>> Backing up MSDE is a little tricky. Most backup software doesn't have a
>> connector for MSDE so backing up and restore becomes a little harder.
>> The command line command to back one up is:
>> C:\MSSQL7\Binn>osql -Usa -P -n -Q "Backup Database dbname To Disk =>> 'c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
>> It took me forever to find that command, and I don't know what the
>> command is to restore it.
>>
>>
>> Clayton
>>
>> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23sZUlTNdGHA.4108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I just migrated from MSSQL 7 to MSSQL 2005, whithout big headaches.
>>Simple backup/restore. With MSDE i think u can too, backup that db and
>>restore to MSSQL 2005. How i understand MSDE is some as MSSQL with some
>>restrictions on db size,replications etc. All who run un MSDE must run un
>>MSSQL. I have few msde servers who replicating with MSSQL, sometimes i
>>need open archive of these msde databases, i do this on MSSQL without
>>problems.
>> Sry my poor english
>> Andris
>> Clayton Sutton wrote:
>> An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on
>> MSDE. Now they are moving to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005.
>> However, the old data is going to stay in the MSDE database (unless
>> that dept. wants to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL).
>> I just wanted to make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE
>> didn't wipe out MSDE and all of the old data therein.
>>
>> Clayton
>>
>> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
>>Andris
>>Clayton Sutton wrote:
>>Hey everyone,
>>We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it.
>>What I would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that
>>server and have assess to both databases. Is there anything we have
>>to do to install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the
>>MSDE database?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Clayton
>>
>|||MSDE is SQL Server. So you can both attach and restore an MSDE 2000 database into SQL Server 2000 or
2005.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Clayton" <none@.none.com> wrote in message news:8GV8g.100380$JV1.10779@.fe05.news.easynews.com...
> Hey Steve,
> Would that restore the DB to MSDE only. What if you wanted to restore it into MSSQL 2000 or 2005?
> That's really what we are talking about, how to move from MSDE to MSSQL 2000/2005. Get the data
> out of MSDE and into MSSQL.
>
> Clayton
>
> "Steve Dybing [MSFT]" <steve.dybing@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uIP9O6QdGHA.1436@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> For the RESTORE syntax, you can see the SQL Server 2005 RESTORE syntax at
>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186858.aspx. For SQL Server 2000 (the MSDE info), you
>> can download a copy of Books Online (BOL) at
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a6f79cb1-a420-445f-8a4b-bd77a7da194b&DisplayLang=en.
>> Using the example syntax you provided, it would probably be something like:
>> osql -Usa -P -n -Q "RESTORE DATABASE dbname FROM DISK='c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
>> Note, however, that I haven't tested that. :-)
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Steve Dybing
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>> "Clayton Sutton" <none@.none.com> wrote in message
>> news:2mH8g.471159$7i1.118830@.fe06.news.easynews.com...
>> Hey Andris,
>> First thing, your english is fine. Don't ever apologize for that. Truth be told, I can't spell
>> :).
>> Backing up MSDE is a little tricky. Most backup software doesn't have a connector for MSDE so
>> backing up and restore becomes a little harder.
>> The command line command to back one up is:
>> C:\MSSQL7\Binn>osql -Usa -P -n -Q "Backup Database dbname To Disk =>> 'c:\mssql7\backup\dbname.bak'"
>> It took me forever to find that command, and I don't know what the command is to restore it.
>>
>>
>> Clayton
>>
>> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23sZUlTNdGHA.4108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I just migrated from MSSQL 7 to MSSQL 2005, whithout big headaches. Simple backup/restore. With
>>MSDE i think u can too, backup that db and restore to MSSQL 2005. How i understand MSDE is some
>>as MSSQL with some restrictions on db size,replications etc. All who run un MSDE must run un
>>MSSQL. I have few msde servers who replicating with MSSQL, sometimes i need open archive of
>>these msde databases, i do this on MSSQL without problems.
>> Sry my poor english
>> Andris
>> Clayton Sutton wrote:
>> An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on MSDE. Now they are moving
>> to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005. However, the old data is going to stay in the MSDE
>> database (unless that dept. wants to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL). I
>> just wanted to make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE didn't wipe out MSDE and
>> all of the old data therein.
>>
>> Clayton
>>
>> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
>>Andris
>>Clayton Sutton wrote:
>>>Hey everyone,
>>>
>>>We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What I would like to know
>>>is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server and have assess to both databases. Is there
>>>anything we have to do to install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE
>>>database?
>>>
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>
>>>Clayton
>>
>>
>|||From your post it sounds like you believe that MSSQL and MSDE are two
different database formats. They are not. MSDE is merely a scaled-down
version of SQL Server, and the file formats are identical.
I, personally, develop in MSDE on my development machine, and then I make
changes to the live database which is running on SQL Server. When I need a
new copy of the data, I download a backup file from the SQL Server database
and run it in my MSDE. The two formats are identical.
Thus, while installing MSSQL might create conflicts with running MSDE, the
*data itself* will remain untouched. Since your MSDE data is in SQL 7
format, there may be issues with running your data on a later version of
MSSQL, but those should be able to be resolved.
"Clayton Sutton" <none@.none.com> wrote in message
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> An old app. that one dept. has been using for years was running on MSDE.
> Now they are moving to a new program that uses MSSQL 2000/2005. However,
> the old data is going to stay in the MSDE database (unless that dept.
> wants to pay someone to do a data export/import into MSSQL). I just
> wanted to make sure installing MSSQL on the same system as MSDE didn't
> wipe out MSDE and all of the old data therein.
>
> Clayton
>
> "Andris" <spameris@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Ocnzq1BdGHA.1272@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Just interesting, why you do not want a run both databases on sql 2005?
>> Andris
>> Clayton Sutton wrote:
>> Hey everyone,
>> We are running MSDE on a Windows 200 server and it has data in it. What
>> I would like to know is can we also install MSSQL 2005 on that server
>> and have assess to both databases. Is there anything we have to do to
>> install it and make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete the MSDE
>> database?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Clayton
>

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Can Indexes LIve on another server?

I know I can split up data and indexes onto different file groups, but can I
then move the index file group to another server? if so, what are the pros &
cons?
thanks in advance!!Yes, you can certainly have a filegroup which lives on another physical
resource. There are two very strong divantages to this:
(a) network latency unless you are on gig+ ethernet...
(b) reliance on multiple machines to be up for one server to be considered
"available." How do you plan to recycle machines after applying a service
pack or hotfix?
"Carl Henthorn" <CarlHenthorn@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I know I can split up data and indexes onto different file groups, but can
>I
> then move the index file group to another server? if so, what are the pros
> &
> cons?
> thanks in advance!!|||what are the performance gains/issues?
I am looking at splitting up a 1 tb data file into a 300gb data file and a
700gb index file. I have a gb network, but I am worried about administrating
mutiple machines.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> Yes, you can certainly have a filegroup which lives on another physical
> resource. There are two very strong divantages to this:
> (a) network latency unless you are on gig+ ethernet...
> (b) reliance on multiple machines to be up for one server to be considered
> "available." How do you plan to recycle machines after applying a service
> pack or hotfix?
>
>
> "Carl Henthorn" <CarlHenthorn@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E7BF3CB9-6974-4BBD-AD9F-94D81D04EC4C@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||Why not just additional drive(s) to the same server?
"Carl Henthorn" <CarlHenthorn@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> what are the performance gains/issues?
> I am looking at splitting up a 1 tb data file into a 300gb data file and a
> 700gb index file. I have a gb network, but I am worried about
> administrating
> mutiple machines.
> "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:
>|||Incorrect. olny local drives can be used for this purpose or special SAN
that you probably don't have.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <ten.xoc@.dnartreb.noraa> wrote in message
news:uMTRslkrFHA.1028@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Yes, you can certainly have a filegroup which lives on another physical
> resource. There are two very strong divantages to this:
> (a) network latency unless you are on gig+ ethernet...
> (b) reliance on multiple machines to be up for one server to be considered
> "available." How do you plan to recycle machines after applying a service
> pack or hotfix?
>
>
> "Carl Henthorn" <CarlHenthorn@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E7BF3CB9-6974-4BBD-AD9F-94D81D04EC4C@.microsoft.com...
>|||And only enterprize edition supports VIA SANs. others will work if a SAN
drive is presented by SAN driver as local.
however another tip here is:
BOL
Note When running on Windows NT, SQL Server performance can be improved
further if the databases are created on disks formatted using NTFS and,
specifically, 64-KB extent sizes. In Windows 2000, setting the file system
cluster size to 64-KB extent size using the /A format option will also
improve performance. For more information about formatting an NTFS disk, see
the Windows NT or Windows 2000 documentation.
"Farmer" <someone@.somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Incorrect. olny local drives can be used for this purpose or special SAN
> that you probably don't have.
> "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <ten.xoc@.dnartreb.noraa> wrote in
> message news:uMTRslkrFHA.1028@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>|||Am I reading that you have 700gb of indexing on 300gb of tables?
Consider if you are indexing on too many columns:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../>
indexes.asp
Also, look into the extent of index fragmentation:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...n/ss2kidbp.mspx
"Carl Henthorn" <CarlHenthorn@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:29753642-4A9E-4DC3-975B-578EBFD963AC@.microsoft.com...
> what are the performance gains/issues?
> I am looking at splitting up a 1 tb data file into a 300gb data file and a
> 700gb index file. I have a gb network, but I am worried about
> administrating
> mutiple machines.
> "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:
>|||> Incorrect. olny local drives can be used for this purpose or special SAN
> that you probably don't have.
Uh, we have multiple Clariions. But thanks for the tip.|||And here's the full story on creating database files on network drives.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Farmer" <someone@.somewhere.com> wrote in message news:ez99%23ilrFHA.3068@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.
gbl...
> Incorrect. olny local drives can be used for this purpose or special SAN
> that you probably don't have.
> "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <ten.xoc@.dnartreb.noraa> wrote in messag
e
> news:uMTRslkrFHA.1028@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>|||Well, we are currently delivering on Del 2650's with a powervault loaded wit
h
16 - 15k 73gb hard drives configured into one raid-5 drive. The search times
on this 1tb table are very fast, but I am looking to scale it out. I would
like to seperate the indexes and the data onto different disks, but then
started wondering if I could store the data on one server, and say store the
indexes on 3-4 other servers that point to the data servers.
My research has found that 70-80% of query times is caught up in the indexes
looking for the right keys to use to go get the data with. I have 26 indexes
built on my table that covers 95% of the queries uses according to our log
files. I would like to spread out the work done in the index search to a fe
w
specialized servers if possible. I dont think that MS can do this, but I can
probably build something myself that could.
thanks!!
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> Uh, we have multiple Clariions. But thanks for the tip.
>
>

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Can I shift the stress of SQL processing using a linked server?

I often need to run intensive queries against our live database but
this affects the performance of the system while the queries are
executing so I'm looking for a way to shift the processing to another
server. I have tried creating a linked server on my local PC pointing
at the live DB but it seems to stress both servers. Does anybody have
any suggestions how I can achieve this?
Thanks,
LiamCan you create a refreshable replica of your Live DB. Quite often reporting
requirements cause this kind of impact. We replicate our live databases to
reporting servers for just this purpose.
--
--
Allan Mitchell (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
MCSE,MCDBA
www.SQLDTS.com
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for SQL Server professionals - http://www.sqlpass.org
"Liam Weston" <liam_weston@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I often need to run intensive queries against our live database but
> this affects the performance of the system while the queries are
> executing so I'm looking for a way to shift the processing to another
> server. I have tried creating a linked server on my local PC pointing
> at the live DB but it seems to stress both servers. Does anybody have
> any suggestions how I can achieve this?
> Thanks,
> Liam|||Linked servers are not of use in your scenario since the server where the
data lives still has to do a substantial, if not majority, of the work. The
solution you want is to take a copy of the data to another machine to do
your reporting. There are numerous strategies for doing this depending on
your exact scenario. Replication, Log Shipping, or simply backing up and
restoring the database on another server are all potential solutions.
--
Hal Berenson, SQL Server MVP
True Mountain Group LLC
"Liam Weston" <liam_weston@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5f9a8c3b.0308200334.7a43ef56@.posting.google.com...
> I often need to run intensive queries against our live database but
> this affects the performance of the system while the queries are
> executing so I'm looking for a way to shift the processing to another
> server. I have tried creating a linked server on my local PC pointing
> at the live DB but it seems to stress both servers. Does anybody have
> any suggestions how I can achieve this?
> Thanks,
> Liam|||Allan,
I plan to implement replication in the coming months and this would
certainly solve the problem. In the short term I can extract data to a
different server 'out of hours' but I was looking for a way of running
queries during peak times at short notice.
Thanks,
Liam

Thursday, February 16, 2012

can i run alter "database rename logical file" on live production server?

Just wondering if i can do this on a live database?
Matt
Hi,
You could do that; because it just updates the system tables. But I wont
advise any changes to production
database while online.
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
"Matt Landis" <matt(remove)@.landiscomputer.com> wrote in message
news:%23Exlumm4GHA.3512@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Just wondering if i can do this on a live database?
> Matt
>

can i run alter "database rename logical file" on live production server?

Just wondering if i can do this on a live database?
MattHi,
You could do that; because it just updates the system tables. But I wont
advise any changes to production
database while online.
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
"Matt Landis" <matt(remove)@.landiscomputer.com> wrote in message
news:%23Exlumm4GHA.3512@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Just wondering if i can do this on a live database?
> Matt
>

can i run alter "database rename logical file" on live production server?

Just wondering if i can do this on a live database?
MattHi,
You could do that; because it just updates the system tables. But I wont
advise any changes to production
database while online.
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
"Matt Landis" <matt(remove)@.landiscomputer.com> wrote in message
news:%23Exlumm4GHA.3512@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Just wondering if i can do this on a live database?
> Matt
>