Hello there,
We would like to migrate a SQL Server 2005 (windows 2003 R2, SP2) to 2012. The SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Advisor was installed on a new Windows 2008 R2 server.
When I ran the 2012 upgrade advisor against the SQL Server 2005, after specifying server name, components (SQL Server database engine), instance name, authentication mehtod, user name, password, I could see the databases on that 2005 server. However when I hit 'run', the upgrade advisor returned the error message "The network path was not found".
Also the Detect button returned the following message. The Remote Registry service is running on the sql server 2005.
[[
TITLE: Detect SQL Server Components
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Upgrade Advisor could not detect SQL Server components on the server. Please check if current user has the privilege to access target server's registry, and if the Remote Registry service in target server is started.
]]
I am wondering why the upgrade advisor can see the databases on the remote sql server 2005 but still reports "the network path was not found."?