August 15, 2016 at 1:33 am
Hi All,
I am trying to upgrade SQL Server 2012 evaluation edition to SQL Server 2014 Evaluation edition.
On Installation wizard when I click on upgrade option, it is not displaying the option for selecting instance.
Where as only shared components are upgrading to 2014.
I have downloaded new setup files from MS and tried also but no use.
I am attaching a file for reference.
In the attached file it should have select instance option, but its not there in the file.
Please help me here.
Thank You.
Regards,
Raghavender Chavva
August 16, 2016 at 2:26 pm
I'm not entirely sure but I don't think evaluation edition can be upgraded. It's not listed in the supported upgrade paths from MS.
Might I offer a suggestion? Try Developer Edition. It's free-ninety-nine and you don't have the evaluation time limit. It still has all the Enterprise features, but is intended for development/non-production work.
The catch is you will need to do a clean install and migrate to it. Once you do that, you won't need to worry about version/edition upgrades anymore and Developer Edition can be upgraded to a newer version Developer edition and is a supported upgrade path.
August 16, 2016 at 8:08 pm
Actually, I did the evaluation upgradation previously. But not sure what happend, this time its not working.
Thank You.
Regards,
Raghavender Chavva
August 16, 2016 at 8:16 pm
Why Evaluation edition, in any case? It has a time limit, why not just go to developer edition and not have to worry about it?
August 17, 2016 at 1:36 pm
Raghavender (8/15/2016)
Hi All,I am trying to upgrade SQL Server 2012 evaluation edition to SQL Server 2014 Evaluation edition.
On Installation wizard when I click on upgrade option, it is not displaying the option for selecting instance.
Where as only shared components are upgrading to 2014.
I have downloaded new setup files from MS and tried also but no use.
I am attaching a file for reference.
In the attached file it should have select instance option, but its not there in the file.
Please help me here.
this link https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393(v=sql.120).aspx details the following
MSDN
Unsupported Scenarios
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•Cross-version instances of SQL Server 2014 are not supported. Version numbers of the Database Engine, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services components must be the same in an instance of SQL Server 2014.
•Cross-platform upgrade is not supported. You cannot upgrade a 32-bit instance of SQL Server to native 64-bit using SQL Server Setup. However, you can back up or detach databases from a 32-bit instance of SQL Server, and then restore or attach them to a new instance of SQL Server (64-bit) if the databases are not published in replication. You must re-create any logins and other user objects in master, msdb, and model system databases.
•You cannot add new features during the upgrade of your existing instance of SQL Server. After you upgrade an instance of SQL Server to SQL Server 2014, you can add features by using the SQL Server 2014 Setup. For more information, see Add Features to an Instance of SQL Server 2014 (Setup).
•Failover Clusters are not supported in WOW mode.
•Upgrade from an Evaluation edition of a previous SQL Server version is not supported.
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