I am looking at upgrading OME from 1.1.0.6063 keeping up with latest releases.
I am running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 sysytem the following version SQL express
sqlcmd -U admin -P xxxx - Severname\\sqlexpress -Q "print @@version"
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1) - 10.50.2500.0 (X64)
Jun 17 2011 00:54:03
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
Express Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)
The user guide has the following lines in it concerning upgrading
NOTE: If OpenManage Essentials version 1.1 is installed on the system on a local database using SQL Server 2008 Express edition, and an OpenManage Essentials-specific named instance SQLEXPRESSOME is not available, the SQL Server prerequisites displays a Critical icon. To proceed with the installation, you must install SQL Server Express 2012 SP1 with the SQLEXPRESSOME instance. Data from the earlier version of SQL Server is migrated automatically.
My questions are:
I have little SQL experience so I thought that my SQL instance is called sqlexpress not SQLEXPRESSOME. What command can I use to check the instance name ?
Is the upgrade from Server Express 2008 SP1 to Server Express 2012 SP1 done separately, or is this done as part of the 1.2 upgrade exe ?
I am asking these questions as I would hate to trash my OME setup and have little idea of doing a major rebuild of the system.
I do take a nightly SQL backup
Regards
Willis