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:
- Uninstall SQL 2008 cluster
- Install SQL 2012 standalone on node one and node two separately(default instance)
- Add listener(virtual host)
- Re-attach db
- Start (SAP) application
Downtime(item 2, 3 & 4) is about 1 hour
The second one is:
- Install SQL 2012 standalone on node one and node two separately(named instance)
- Add listen(new virtual host)
- Re-attach db
- Copy login account from SQL 2008 to SQL 2012
- Reassign (SAP) application to new virtual host
Downtime(item 2, 3 & 4) is about 30 minutes and more importantly, rollback can be done immediately