Installing SQL Server 2012 or 2014 on Windows 2003

SQL Server 2012 or 2014 cannot be installed on the Windows 2003 Server.

Hardware Software Requirements for SQL Server 2012 : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506%28v=sql.110%29.aspx

Database Files location with Comma separated

Enclosed script will provide the details of MDF and LDF locations with a comma separated. This will help us to collect the inventory during the intial requirement gathering.

 https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Database-Files-location-08d507df

 

Usefull DMV's

Dynamic Management Views and Functions (Transact-SQL) SQL Server 2014 Other Versions 5 out of 5 rated this helpful - Rate this topic Dynamic management views and functions return server state information that can be used to monitor the health of a server.

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Usefull-DMVs-14b6bb92

SQL Server 2012 Instalation

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/SQL-Server-2012-Instalation-fcf5fb9e

DataCompression_Scripts and Steps

Database Compression document enclosed. This will do only page level compression if we run the scripts as it is mentioned in the document.If we need to do the ROW level compression please change the script, Just remove the commets where i have commented for the ROW.

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/DataCompressionScripts-and-40780587