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When I run, EXEC sp_DROPSERVER 'oldservername' &nbsp;I get the following message<br />
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(1 row(s) affected)<br />
Msg 15190, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_dropserver, Line 56 <br />
There are still remote logins or linked logins for the server 'oldservername'
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When I run, EXEC sp_DROPSERVER 'oldservername'  I get the following message

(1 row(s) affected)
Msg 15190, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_dropserver, Line 56
There are still remote logins or linked logins for the server 'oldservername'

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When I ran that command, it came back with an error, Cannot drop server 'oldservername' because it is used a Publisher in replication. &nbsp;<br />
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On the test server I went into Replications - Local Publications and deleted all entries there but I still receive the same error. &nbsp;Please advise if I should open this a new question.
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When I ran that command, it came back with an error, Cannot drop server 'oldservername' because it is used a Publisher in replication.  

On the test server I went into Replications - Local Publications and deleted all entries there but I still receive the same error.  Please advise if I should open this a new question.

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Cloned a sql database server for testing. &nbsp;Renamed the physical server name to dev. &nbsp;The SQL Server still has the name of the live server, how do I rename it to Dev? &nbsp;Microsoft Server 2008 R2 with SQL Server 2008 R2
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Cloned a sql database server for testing.  Renamed the physical server name to dev.  The SQL Server still has the name of the live server, how do I rename it to Dev?  Microsoft Server 2008 R2 with SQL Server 2008 R2

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