I was attempting to run the SQL 2012 upgrade advisor against a SQL 2005 SP2 database (I know not SP4) and it fails to connect. I get the following error message:
Error message:
Unable to connect to server. Reason: The client was unable to establish a connection because of an error during connection initialization process before login. Possible causes include the following: the client tried to connect to an unsupported version of SQL Server; the server was too busy to accept new connections; or there was a resource limitation (insufficient memory or maximum allowed connections) on the server. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 0 - No process is on the other end of the pipe.)
Does the SQL 2005 instance have to be running SP4 to use the SQL 2012 upgrade advisor?
Thanks,
Laura