Friday, September 17, 2010

Uninstall SQL 2005

After a successful upgrade from DPM 2007 to DPM 2010 you can safely remove the SQL 2005 instance. The steps are shown below. Steps are for a local instance of SQL.

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1) Start Program and features. Find SQL 2005 and select uninstall

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2) Select the MS$DPM2007$ instance, also select the Workstation Components and click next.

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3) Check the confirmation window and click Finish.

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4) On Windows 2008 R2 you could receive the message “the program has known compatibility issues” Click Run Program.

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5) When you receive the error. The following applications should be closed before continuing the installation.

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6) Stop all related SQL 2005 services
-SQL server (MS$DPM2007$)
-SQL server agent (MS$DPM2007$)
-SQL server Reporting service MS$DPM2007$)

7) Press retry and the de-installation will complete

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