MS SQL Server is not an application that Microsoft updates very often. Thus when they release any update, it has the high possibility to be momentous. As such, there are several changes that you should comprehend before upgrading from MSSQL 2000 to MSSQL 2005.
Upgrading from MSSQL 2000 to MSSQL 2005 isn’t a project to be taken unconscientiously. An upgrade of such scale takes some careful preparation. The SQL Server Upgrade Advisor helps you in analyzing the system and creates a report identifying the issues which requires being addressed pre and post upgrading.
Data, agent jobs, Data Transformation Services packages, failover clustering setup, replication setup, full text search objects, Analysis Services objects, Reporting Services configuration, Notification Services configuration and so on would have to be migrated.
Before beginning the upgrade process, check whether the needed software and hardware are available. Read backward compatibility notes and make required changes to the scripts and application. The Upgrade Advisor tool should be run and all the issues highlighted for solving should be addressed.
Once all above things have been done, the SQL Server 2005 setup has to be started and the instance installed. Subsequently, move user database to instance by using the backup and restore or detach and attach functionalities of MSSQL 2005. Then register the server, repopulate the full text catalogs, update statistics and then run Surface Area Configuration tool.
After successfully upgrading from MSSQL 2000 to MSSQL 2005, you will be able to use all of the advanced features of SQL Server 2005 and the database created on SQL Server 2000. It is very easy to configure MSSQL 2005 and use it.
Unfortunately, sometimes when you attempt to upgrade, the upgrade fails with some sort of error messages and may leave your MDF file in corrupted state. In such situations, if you haven’t made proper backup, you may fall in big trouble and the situation may lead your business to destruction.
In such situations, the only thing which can save you and your business is MDF recovery. MDF recovery is the way to repair and restore the damaged database and extract data from it. It is a very easy process and works in all situations of MDF corruption.
MDF recovery is feasible with the help of third party applications known as SQL recovery software. A good quality MDF recovery software, like Stellar Phoenix SQL Database Recovery, can make the situation completely in your favor and can restore all of the MDF database objects.
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