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Rename Default Instance Name SQL Server 2005

CK
We have a server with Sql Server 2000 on it. We installed Sql Server 2005 on
the same box. It was named SERVERNAME\SQL2005. What I need to do is
basically decommision the Sql Server 2000 server and rename the 2005
instance to just SERVERNAME. Any ideas on how to do this?
Cheers,
~ck
Jun 27 '08 #1
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CK (c_**********@hotmail.com) writes:
We have a server with Sql Server 2000 on it. We installed Sql Server
2005 on the same box. It was named SERVERNAME\SQL2005. What I need to do
is basically decommision the Sql Server 2000 server and rename the 2005
instance to just SERVERNAME. Any ideas on how to do this?
Uninstall SQL 2000, and install a default instance of SQL 2005. Or upgrade
the existing instance.

You cannot rename an existing instance, at least not in a supported way.
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

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