"José Araujo" <jiaf@cantv.net> wrote in message
news:ODWee%23n4HHA.5724@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> We have a merge pull replication environment with SQL2005 (SP1/SP2 - all
> standard edition).
>
> We are thinking on moving the publisher to a 64 Bit box. The plan is just
> to call the new server the same way the old server and take a backups of
> the database (publication database + distribution database) and restore it
> in the new box.
>
> We believe subscribers won't notice the difference; has anyone tried
> something like that?
>
> Any thought is appreciated... Thanks, José Araujo.
>

> Hi,
>
> We have a merge pull replication environment with SQL2005 (SP1/SP2 - all
> standard edition).
>
> We are thinking on moving the publisher to a 64 Bit box. The plan is just
> to call the new server the same way the old server and take a backups of
> the database (publication database + distribution database) and restore it
> in the new box.
>
> We believe subscribers won't notice the difference; has anyone tried
> something like that?
>
> Any thought is appreciated... Thanks, José Araujo.
>

"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> yes, we have. It works seamlessly!
>
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> "José Araujo" <jiaf@cantv.net> wrote in message
> news:ODWee%23n4HHA.5724@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> We have a merge pull replication environment with SQL2005 (SP1/SP2 - all
>> standard edition).
>>
>> We are thinking on moving the publisher to a 64 Bit box. The plan is just
>> to call the new server the same way the old server and take a backups of
>> the database (publication database + distribution database) and restore
>> it in the new box.
>>
>> We believe subscribers won't notice the difference; has anyone tried
>> something like that?
>>
>> Any thought is appreciated... Thanks, José Araujo.
>>
>
>

"Aimo Grosse" wrote:

> Hi Jose,
>
> the SQL Server Compact Edition are not running on 64 bit. Install a 32 bit
> machine in the same domain with the replication tools and the Compact
> Edition v3.1!!!!! (v3.0 is bad). I have the same problem.
>
> kr Aimo
>
> "José Araujo" <jiaf@cantv.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:ODWee%23n4HHA.5724@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > We have a merge pull replication environment with SQL2005 (SP1/SP2 - all
> > standard edition).
> >
> > We are thinking on moving the publisher to a 64 Bit box. The plan is just
> > to call the new server the same way the old server and take a backups of
> > the database (publication database + distribution database) and restore it
> > in the new box.
> >
> > We believe subscribers won't notice the difference; has anyone tried
> > something like that?
> >
> > Any thought is appreciated... Thanks, José Araujo.
> >
>
>