Answer by Matt Whitfield
Have you got a compelling reason to remove it aside from neatness? A service that's installed but not running will only take up disk space - so unless you're short on that... ? Basically I wouldn't...
View ArticleComment by Fatherjack on Matt Whitfield's answer
Thats the sort of thing that concerns me. I am also concerned that someone will turn the service back on and we'll end up with data on an un-monitored server (ie no backups, no security, no space used...
View ArticleComment by Matt Whitfield on Matt Whitfield's answer
Also setting the service to 'disabled' can help - requires a conscious choice to enable it if you want to start it...
View ArticleAnswer by Grant Fritchey
Also, if you're doing more migrations in the future, the best method is not to install the service on the same machine, side-by-side, but rather to install the service to a new machine and then migrate...
View ArticleComment by Fatherjack on Grant Fritchey's answer
In previous upgrades (from 7.0 upwards) that has been our policy and my preferred option but this upgrade project doesn't have the funding to include new hardware, thus the side-by-side ...
View ArticleComment by Grant Fritchey on Grant Fritchey's answer
Ah well, nothing you can do then. Like I said, Matt's advice is probably best.
View ArticleComment by Blackhawk-17 on Matt Whitfield's answer
Make sure it's disabled otherwise you may also run into licensing issues or un-patched vulnerabilities being potentially exploited.
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Whitfield
Have you got a compelling reason to remove it aside from neatness? A service that's installed but not running will only take up disk space - so unless you're short on that... ? Basically I wouldn't...
View ArticleAnswer by Grant Fritchey
Also, if you're doing more migrations in the future, the best method is not to install the service on the same machine, side-by-side, but rather to install the service to a new machine and then migrate...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Whitfield
Have you got a compelling reason to remove it aside from neatness? A service that's installed but not running will only take up disk space - so unless you're short on that... ? Basically I wouldn't...
View ArticleAnswer by Grant Fritchey
Also, if you're doing more migrations in the future, the best method is not to install the service on the same machine, side-by-side, but rather to install the service to a new machine and then migrate...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Whitfield
Have you got a compelling reason to remove it aside from neatness? A service that's installed but not running will only take up disk space - so unless you're short on that... ? Basically I wouldn't...
View ArticleAnswer by Grant Fritchey
Also, if you're doing more migrations in the future, the best method is not to install the service on the same machine, side-by-side, but rather to install the service to a new machine and then migrate...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Whitfield
Have you got a compelling reason to remove it aside from neatness? A service that's installed but not running will only take up disk space - so unless you're short on that... ? Basically I wouldn't...
View ArticleAnswer by Grant Fritchey
Also, if you're doing more migrations in the future, the best method is not to install the service on the same machine, side-by-side, but rather to install the service to a new machine and then migrate...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Whitfield
Have you got a compelling reason to remove it aside from neatness? A service that's installed but not running will only take up disk space - so unless you're short on that... ? Basically I wouldn't...
View ArticleAnswer by Grant Fritchey
Also, if you're doing more migrations in the future, the best method is not to install the service on the same machine, side-by-side, but rather to install the service to a new machine and then migrate...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Whitfield
Have you got a compelling reason to remove it aside from neatness? A service that's installed but not running will only take up disk space - so unless you're short on that... ? Basically I wouldn't...
View ArticleAnswer by Grant Fritchey
Also, if you're doing more migrations in the future, the best method is not to install the service on the same machine, side-by-side, but rather to install the service to a new machine and then migrate...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Whitfield
Have you got a compelling reason to remove it aside from neatness? A service that's installed but not running will only take up disk space - so unless you're short on that... ? Basically I wouldn't...
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