Enterprise TechSQLHow to Upgrade from Expired SQL Evaluation Edition July 18, 20166498 views0Share By IG ShareHow to Upgrade from Expired SQL Evaluation EditionSQL Server Evaluation Edition is a full-blown Enterprise Edition that you can run for 180 days. That is a right amount of time to test and evaluate your software and resolve performance issues before you decide to make a purchase. However, there are a good number of customers who forget to upgrade the evaluation edition. When this happens, it becomes difficult to upgrade and recover your data. In this post, I am going to talk about how to upgrade from expired SQL evaluation edition and retrieve your data.Note: If you buy something from our links, we might earn a commission. See our disclosure statement.Evaluation edition is different from CTP editions. Evaluation editions come out only when the product is finished and released on the market. CTP editions are primarily early engineering builds which may expire but due to different reasons. Just like CTP’s, evaluation edition can also cause issues when used in production and is also against the licensing terms. When the Evaluation edition expires, you might receive the following message in the SQL error logs.2016-03-25 11:34:07.22 Server Error: 17051, Severity: 16, State: 1. 2016-03-25 11:34:07.22 Server SQL Server evaluation period has expired.If SQL Server Management Studio and other client tools expire, you will get a message as follows:In SQL Server 2008, because of a known bug you may see this error message even after upgrading to a licensed version.In this case, you need to purchase a full edition of SQL Server and use the following setup menu to upgrade the existing version.Run Setup>Select Maintenance Menu>Edition Upgrade. See the below screenshotFrom the next menu’s select the correct instance that you would want to upgrade and proceed. See below:Once the process is done, your instance should be up and running!Alternatively, if your Databases are less than 10 GB in size and you are unwilling to go for a paid edition of SQL Server, upgrade to a SQL Server Express Edition instead.If you are unable to start the Evaluation Edition instance, locate the mdf/ldf files, follow the Attach/Detach process to restore it and start using. Affiliate Disclosure: Faceofit.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Share What's your reaction? Excited 0 Happy 0 In Love 0 Not Sure 0 Silly 0
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