I would take the SQL server set any nonMS services to disabled (using the msconfig) and restart. and image the entire thing less the location for the database files (seperate disk array?).

John Joyner explains how to use the Windows Server 2012 built-in backup application to restore a system image. The Windows Server Backup application that is built in to Windows Server versions 2008 ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product is its reporting engine. Even though there is nothing overly difficult about its installation process, ...

com Solutions has released FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition 8.73. It’s a stand-alone application that migrates FileMaker Pro databases to MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, OpenBase and ...