Sql-server – Recover registered servers in SQL Server Management Studio 2012

sql-server-2008-r2sql-server-2012

My computer died so it's be reinstalled.

Previously I had SQL Server 2008 R2 installed. On the new system I have SQL Server 2012.

I have the old RegSrvr.xml file (that contains the list of registered SQL Servers).

How do I get the server list from 2008 R2 into 2012?

Update:
When doing Local Server Groups -> Tasks -> Import and choose the RegSrvr.xml file, click OK it's says "The import was successfull" – but no servers or folders has been added and the RegSrvr.xml file for the 2012 installation has not been modified

Sample from xml file

 <document>
  <docinfo>
    <aliases>
      <alias>/RegisteredServersStore/ServerGroup/DatabaseEngineServerGroup/ServerGroup/Company1/RegisteredServer/stage</alias>
    </aliases>
    <sfc:version DomainVersion="1" />
  </docinfo>
  <data>
    <RegisteredServers:RegisteredServer xmlns:RegisteredServers="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/RegisteredServers/2007/08" xmlns:sfc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/sfc/serialization/2007/08" xmlns:sml="http://schemas.serviceml.org/sml/2007/02" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
      <RegisteredServers:Parent>
        <sfc:Reference sml:ref="true">
          <sml:Uri>/RegisteredServersStore/ServerGroup/DatabaseEngineServerGroup/ServerGroup/Company1</sml:Uri>
        </sfc:Reference>
      </RegisteredServers:Parent>
      <RegisteredServers:Name type="string">stage.server.dk</RegisteredServers:Name>
      <RegisteredServers:Description type="string" />
      <RegisteredServers:ServerName type="string">stage.server.dk</RegisteredServers:ServerName>
      <RegisteredServers:UseCustomConnectionColor type="boolean">false</RegisteredServers:UseCustomConnectionColor>
      <RegisteredServers:CustomConnectionColorArgb type="int">-986896</RegisteredServers:CustomConnectionColorArgb>
      <RegisteredServers:ServerType type="ServerType">DatabaseEngine</RegisteredServers:ServerType>
      <RegisteredServers:ConnectionStringWithEncryptedPassword type="string">server=stage.server.dk;uid=username;password=AQAAANCMnd8BFdERjHoAwE/Cl+sBAAAAegY4QOvPGEGcK2Xdr+jDjQQAAAACAAAAAAADZgAAwAAAABAAAADesdxAGO4GO879z1yS2DZeAAAAAASAAACgAAAAEAAAAGAvgtRJfPRL/puHnREmKu8YAAAAUxRIQVDZHywb7rOYL9MRqG0B2Jvi8kyfFAAAANs53tVPbVux2j56oRU/2oGtmQc9;pooling=false;packet size=4096;multipleactiveresultsets=false</RegisteredServers:ConnectionStringWithEncryptedPassword>
      <RegisteredServers:CredentialPersistenceType type="CredentialPersistenceType">PersistLoginNameAndPassword</RegisteredServers:CredentialPersistenceType>
    </RegisteredServers:RegisteredServer>
  </data>
</document>

Best Answer

If your RegSrvr.xml contains a "password=....;" in <RegisteredServers:ConnectionStringWithEncryptedPassword> section, replace ";uid=...;password=...;" with ";trusted_connection=true;"

In the same file, replace:

<RegisteredServers:CredentialPersistenceType type="CredentialPersistenceType">PersistLoginNameAndPassword</RegisteredServers:CredentialPersistenceType>

with:

<RegisteredServers:CredentialPersistenceType type="CredentialPersistenceType">PersistLoginName</RegisteredServers:CredentialPersistenceType>

Now the server registration will try to use Windows Authentication. Once the Registered Servers are loaded, you can go back and edit the registrations to use your SQL Authentication information.

Related Question