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Upgrade to PureMessage 3.1 - SQL Express service pack issue

Chunk

Hi all,

so my current setup is this:

Server 2003/Exchange 2003 - Pure Message 3.0.2.0 SQL Express 2005 SP2

I need to upgrade to PureMessage 3.1 before the end of the month and I have reviewed the system requirements that say I need SQL Express 2005 SP3. Any guidance on how I upgrade from SP2 to SP3?

Spoke to support and they said that the PM installer would not do this for me so I need to do it myself but could offer no guidance. Basically I have so far downloaded the SQLEXPR32.EXE from the following location http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15291 but have a feeling that it may try to install a new instance and not upgrade the existing SOPHOS db. Struggling to find any information on this, all I want to do is apply the standalone SP3 to my existing instance of SQL Express 2005

Anybody had any experience of this? Any guidance gratefully accepted.

Cheers

Chunk

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    Hello Chunk,

    had to do it only once (and I think it was the 2005 Express SP3) as I usually don't have to administer SQL. You might notice that the download is around 500MB thus quite different from the installer. IIRC it more or less told me what it was about to do and correctly upgraded the existing instances. Made a backup of the database first of course but didn't have a plan B - so you might want to wait for an answer from someone more knowledgeable :smileywink:. 

    Christian

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    Hello Chunk,

    had to do it only once (and I think it was the 2005 Express SP3) as I usually don't have to administer SQL. You might notice that the download is around 500MB thus quite different from the installer. IIRC it more or less told me what it was about to do and correctly upgraded the existing instances. Made a backup of the database first of course but didn't have a plan B - so you might want to wait for an answer from someone more knowledgeable :smileywink:. 

    Christian

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