Hi all,
Apologies if this has been posted before, I did a search and didn't get a definitive answer so thought I'd ask.
We've got a customer with data on a SQL 2008r2 instance running on dedicated hardware. This hardware is getting on for 8 years old so we're going to move them over onto an AlwaysON instance running on a SQL VM. The problem is that the total DB size is 750gb and they want to keep downtime to a minimum.
So, my question: can I keep the new AlwaysON instance up to date using log shipping from the old, physical server until I'm ready to cut-over to the new instance?
I can't find any info on this setup, there's plenty on using an AG to keep a separate instance up to date but nothing I can see on the reverse. Is this supported/possible?
Thanks!