Hi,
Firstly, thanks for reading this post. Also want to mention I am no SQL expert :) I am looking at upgrading our main SQL DB server. This server is running 2008 R2 Ent (10.50.2550.0). It has approximately 60 DBs of varying sizes. All DBs reside on a SAN LUN.
I will setup a separate server with Windows 2012 R2 and SQL 2014. This server will also have access to the same SAN LUN. I want to use the 'Copy Database' task to move the databases to the new SQL server but I am not sure if this method is ok in an upgrade situation. What I mean is, once the DBs are moved does SQL 2014 need to do anything to make them accessible in 2014 and if yes, does this process apply it?
Also, when I am running the 'Copy Database' wizard it asks whether I want to copy or move the databases (log and data files). As I have mentioned above, both servers will have...