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cidr
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2014-10-28 : 10:01:38
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Hi,
Just a quick question if anyone's around.
I've cloned one of our VMs and joined it to the same domain as the VM host. I want to uninstall SQL Server 2008.
The VM, that the image was taken from is called SQLD01 and the new VM is called SQLD02.
However, when I go to uninstall SQL from SQLD02 it's asking me if I want to remove the SQL Server SQLD01.
Of course, in my naivety, I'm a little reluctant to do this incase I'm removing the actaul instance of SQLD01 which is what I don't want to do.
My question is, is it safe to delete this instance (SQLD01) from the local machine - SQLD02?
Thanks
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jkrusic
Starting Member
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Posted - 2014-10-28 : 15:58:04
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Since you cloned server SQLD01 which hosted SQL Server default/named instance SQLD01, you will see the same instance name on the clone.
Example:
Type: VM Server (Original)
Server Name: SQLD01
SQL Instance Name: SQLD01
Type: Cloned VM Server
Server Name: SLQD01
SQL Instance Name: SQLD01
If you are worried you can always do a full backup during non-operational hours on SQLD01. But, uninstalling from SQLD02 would have zero affect on SQLD01 SQL instance.
What you could do is do this in a lab environment first, create a new server with basic database, clone it and then uninstall from the clone.
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Uninstalling SQL from VM clone on same network