how-to-run-the-upgrade-advisor-analysis-wizard.md

title	How to: Run the Upgrade Advisor Analysis Wizard | Microsoft Docs
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How to: Run the Upgrade Advisor Analysis Wizard

You start the Upgrade Advisor Analysis Wizard from the Upgrade Advisor start page. This topic describes how to run the Upgrade Advisor Analysis Wizard.

Important

When you run the Upgrade Advisor Analysis Wizard, Upgrade Advisor saves the reports in the default report folder. However, the report viewer displays only the five latest saved reports. The default location for the reports is My Documents\[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Upgrade Advisor\110\Reports.

To run the Upgrade Advisor Analysis Wizard

1. On the Upgrade Advisor start page, click Launch Upgrade Advisor Analysis Wizard.

2. On the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Components page, enter the name of the server to scan in the Server name box, and then click Detect. Use the following guidelines for the server name:

   • To scan nonclustered instances, enter the computer name.

   • To scan clustered instances, enter the virtual [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] name.

   • To scan nonclustered components that are installed on a node of a cluster, enter the node name.

   [!WARNING]
   Upgrade Advisor does not support connecting to a [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] instance that is not set to use the standard port (1433) for client connections. If you want to connect to a [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] instance that does not use the standard port (1433), create an alias using the IP address and the port. For more information about configuring client protocols and creating an alias for [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] instances, see Configure Client Protocols.

   If you do not have [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] installed on the computer on which you are running Upgrade Advisor, click Start, and then run cliconfg. This opens the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Client Network Utility dialog box. Use the Alias tab to create the alias.

3. Review the list of components detected, modify the selections as necessary, and then click Next.

4. On the Connection Parameters page, select the instance of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] you want to scan, select the authentication method and, if necessary, enter user name and password information, and then click Next.

   The default instance name is MSSQLSERVER.

5. For selected components, enter the requested information. For more information about individual dialog boxes, see Upgrade Advisor User Interface Reference.

6. On the Confirm Upgrade Advisor Setting page, review the information that you entered. You can select Send reports to [!INCLUDEmsCoName] if you want to submit your upgrade report. You can also review the privacy policy.

7. Click Run to analyze the instance of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].

8. When the analysis is finished, click Launch Report to view the detected upgrade issues.

See Also

How to: Launch Upgrade Advisor
Running Upgrade Advisor (User Interface)
Working with Upgrade Advisor