I'm in the process of setting up a test environment for Epicor 10, but this most is all about SQL. Here's what I have:
- We have SQL Server 2008 (not R2) running on Server 2008 R2, which houses the current production Epicor database. All SQL services are running using the Local System account. Authentication is set to mixed mode.
We'll call this SQLBox1. - I've built a new SQL Server (call it SQLBox2) on Server 2012 (not R2) which runs SQL Server 2012 SP1. All SQL services are running using dummy accounts like NT SERVICE\MSSQLSERVER, etc. Authentication here is also mixed mode.
I have verified the proper ports are opened in both server firewalls. I can connect from one to the other using SSMS without a problem. It should be noted that the sa password is different for each SQL instance.
There's one more server to add to the mix here. The third...