Fellow SQLers.
I am looking for some suggestions for this scenario.
We have Server A on SQL 2008 R2. It has the db and distributor. Server B is the subscriber - also on SQL 2008 R2.
We need to migrate the main database on SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2016. Pretty much start over because we are having to change the db collation as well. yes, Subscriber will be on SQL 2016 as well. Yes, a mixed bag here.
Our focus was the best way to deal with setting up replication again. I am not planning on migrating the subscriber db because it too has to have the new collation. We believe it is likely best to just start fresh.
My first thought was when we copy the table schemas to the new box, before I transfer the data, I would think I would set/make sure the tables/scripts are NOT part of replication so I can rebuild the replication model from scratch (or maybe use a script from Server A's replication to help kick start this after the transfer is done)
Is this approach reasonable?
MG