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How to convert SQL 2008 shared disk cluster to SQL 2012 non-shared disk cluster?

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Hi experts,

  I am going to convert SQL 2008 cluster to SQL 2012 AlwaysOn. I want to do it easily and minimum downtime/risk.

The first one is:

  1. Uninstall SQL 2008 cluster
  2. Install SQL 2012 standalone on node one and node two separately(default instance)
  3. Add listener(virtual host)
  4. Re-attach db
  5. Start (SAP) application

Downtime(item 2, 3 & 4) is about 1 hour

The second one is:

  1. Install SQL 2012 standalone on node one and node two separately(named instance)
  2. Add listen(new virtual host)
  3. Re-attach db
  4. Copy login account from SQL 2008 to SQL 2012
  5. Reassign (SAP) application to new virtual host

Downtime(item 2, 3 & 4) is about 30 minutes and more importantly, rollback can be done immediately


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