Dear Gurus,
I have to migrate my sql server 2008 R2 from Old Box to new Box.
Source
OS: Windows 2008 R2
DB Version: SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server instance name and IP address will also remain the same.
At the moment we are a stand alone instance but now we are moving to a two node clustered server.
Destination:
Everything is same as source except this is new hardware.
I know I can script out all of the msdb based objects (All application jobs, maintenance jobs etc) and put them on the new box.
However since the SQL Server version is the same, If it doesnot cause any after effects, I would like to restore the complete msdb database instead of doing the things manually. This will also help me retain the history information.
1. Do you guys see any downside to restoring msdb instead of doing things manually?
2. There are some subscription jobs (reporting services based), would they work perfectly after restoring the msdb or they need some special treatment?
Thanks in advance.