[dba-SQLServer] Installing various versions

[Arthur Fuller]

I think I'll go with that recommendation, Stuart.

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> I'd go with one version per VM.
>
> On 24 Jun 2017 at 13:15, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>
> > I have stripped my main squeeze of all traces of MS-SQL Server, and
> > then run CC Clearner to strip the registry of traces, and then created
> > a SQL-free backup. Given my semi-retired status, plus the obvious fact
> > that, in the words of Michael Corleone, "I keep trying to get out, but
> > they keep dragging me back in," which fact is supplemented by the fact
> > that I'm typically a few virgins ahead of my set of clients, some of
> > whom are still using SQL 2008.
> >
> > I have DVDs of all versions of MS-SQL from 2008 forward. I think I
> > need to install them all. There are at least two possibilities: a)
> > install them in sequence side by side; b) create a VM for each and
> > install only one SQL virgin on said VM. Option b seems, at first
> > blush, preferable.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
> >
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Arthur