>See http://vyaskn.tripod.com/moving_sql_server.htm
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>>We need to retire an old machine. It is hosting many databases, and the clients access it several ways. We need to maintain the name and IP address of the original server, and the SQL server name as well.
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>>The server name and IP address can be changed after the SQL is migrated, but can the SQL instance name be changed as well??

thanks Sergey!