We had two SQL Server 2008R2 instances A and B. We used database mirroring for a 1TB database from A to B - created a database snapshot on B for that 1TB database (which took 5 seconds) - and used that database snapshot for reporting.
We upgraded instance B to SQL Server 2014.
Is there way to mirror a SQL Server 2008R2 database into SQL Server 2014 instance?
Microsoft prerequisite mentions that
"For a mirroring session to be established, the partners and the witness, if any, must be running on the same version of SQL Server".
Currently we have been doing backup-restore but it takes a 2 hours. We would like bring down the time to take the snapshot of the database from instance A to B.
Are there any other ways?