Rolf,

Oh yeah - another thing to remember is that SQL Server 2000 RTM is pre-blaster. Server 2003 won't let you bring it up until it's at least Service Pack 3(a)...

If anyone is going to attempt this in production, I forgot to mention that you'll want the target instance to be at the same, exact patch level - if possible....

IMHO, if you're talking about two 2000 instances, the "cleanest" way to preserve your permissions during any migration is to restore a backup of master, (while in single-user mode) after...

We migrated SQL cluster resources to a Clarion unit and there were SQL Server registry keys pointing to the wrong drive letters. Once the keys were edited to point...

This is also sounds like me (found in Microsoft's discussion boards -no reply yet)

Subject: Cluster install failed

From: "Locus Adam" <localadm@hotmail.com> Sent: 4/3/2003 5:52:13 PM

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Thanks for clarifying that for me, David.

I'm still second guessing alot of decisions at this stage of my game. (Of course, I'll apply the patch to a test box first).

This...

Thank you Andy.

This gives me a solid "starting point" and ties in some of what I've read up to this point.

I'm off to experiment now on my test server.

Thanks again!!

Paul

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