Hi all,I am looking for a few pointers with moving and upgrading a 2008 two node cluster to new hardware and upgrading to 2014, which will also include moving all data to a new SAN.The current cluster has 150+ small sized user databases which will need to be migrated. I am not so concerned with this part, as I intend to backup them up on the existing cluster and copy the backup files to the new cluster and restore them. Then perform any required additional tasks afterwards like correcting orphaned users. However, if anyone can suggest any scripts that will perform the backup and restore on mass would be appreciated.The part I am not that clear on is how (if possible) I can preserve the backup chain information to the new 2014 cluster as I hold a months worth of point in time backups. I would like to be able to copy all existing backup files to the new cluster and still have the ability to use SSMS GUI to restore a backup if required (which due to the agile nature of the applications that the databases support is a frequent task). Also the reason why I require the ability to use the GUI is for ease of use for other staff members who are not SQL literate that follow restore procedures to perform this task. Will a restore of the 2008 msdb to the 2014 instance work in this way?If the above is possible I will also need to change the backup file path locations stored against the backup set in the msdb database. The current cluster uses a location that is specific to SQL 2008 (\MSSQL10\backup), and this will need to be changed to the 2014 equivalent for the restores to be able to locate the backup files.Many thanks for any assistance anyone can provide.Adam
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