Adding R2

Hello,

we have a 2 node (HP DL380 G4) 2003 cluster with SP2 and all patches running.
2 MSA's are connected (fibre channel) and the main task is file server. Additional
BE11d is running clustered on them. We like to add the R2 features to the
environment. Did anybody added 2003 R2 later to a production cluster? Anything
special where i have to look for?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Hi Meinolf,

I did the update and there was no issue but, the trick is when adding the
extra roles that you can use.
you have to think about the reboots the server needs, if you adds the items.


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Hello Robert,

thank you very much for the information. Reboot will not be an issue, i will
do it at weekend.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi Meinolf,
>
> I did the update and there was no issue but, the trick is when adding
> the
> extra roles that you can use.
> you have to think about the reboots the server needs, if you adds the
> items.
> Robert Smit
> Blog : http://fiberman.spaces.live.com

Move all resources to node 2 then patch node 1. When R2 is complete, fail
all the groups back to node 1. Update node 2 when and only when all groups
failback to node 1 successfully. This way, if you do run into problems, you
still have an un-updated node 2 as a fallback point.
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Jeff Hughes, MCSE
Senior Support Escalation Engineer
Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support (Server Core/Cluster)


"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> we have a 2 node (HP DL380 G4) 2003 cluster with SP2 and all patches
> running. 2 MSA's are connected (fibre channel) and the main task is file
> server. Additional BE11d is running clustered on them. We like to add the
> R2 features to the environment. Did anybody added 2003 R2 later to a
> production cluster? Anything special where i have to look for?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
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>

Hello Jeff,

thank you very much for the information. Sounds that will be that easy as
i thought.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Move all resources to node 2 then patch node 1. When R2 is complete,
> fail all the groups back to node 1. Update node 2 when and only when
> all groups failback to node 1 successfully. This way, if you do run
> into problems, you still have an un-updated node 2 as a fallback
> point.
>
> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote in message
> news: .com...
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> we have a 2 node (HP DL380 G4) 2003 cluster with SP2 and all patches
>> running. 2 MSA's are connected (fibre channel) and the main task is
>> file server. Additional BE11d is running clustered on them. We like
>> to add the R2 features to the environment. Did anybody added 2003 R2
>> later to a production cluster? Anything special where i have to look
>> for?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

backup including system state before you start

I probably do not heave to tell you....

:-)



"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hello Jeff,
>
> thank you very much for the information. Sounds that will be that easy as
> i thought.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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confers
> no rights.
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>
>
> > Move all resources to node 2 then patch node 1. When R2 is complete,
> > fail all the groups back to node 1. Update node 2 when and only when
> > all groups failback to node 1 successfully. This way, if you do run
> > into problems, you still have an un-updated node 2 as a fallback
> > point.
> >
> > "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote in message
> > news: .com...
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> we have a 2 node (HP DL380 G4) 2003 cluster with SP2 and all patches
> >> running. 2 MSA's are connected (fibre channel) and the main task is
> >> file server. Additional BE11d is running clustered on them. We like
> >> to add the R2 features to the environment. Did anybody added 2003 R2
> >> later to a production cluster? Anything special where i have to look
> >> for?
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Meinolf Weber
> >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> >> confers no rights.
> >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>

Hello Edwin,

better this is mentioned more then one time. :-)

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> backup including system state before you start
>
> I probably do not heave to tell you....
>
> :-)
>
> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news: .com...
>
>> Hello Jeff,
>>
>> thank you very much for the information. Sounds that will be that
>> easy as i thought.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers
>
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Move all resources to node 2 then patch node 1. When R2 is complete,
>>> fail all the groups back to node 1. Update node 2 when and only when
>>> all groups failback to node 1 successfully. This way, if you do run
>>> into problems, you still have an un-updated node 2 as a fallback
>>> point.
>>>
>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote in message
>>> news: .com...
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> we have a 2 node (HP DL380 G4) 2003 cluster with SP2 and all
>>>> patches running. 2 MSA's are connected (fibre channel) and the main
>>>> task is file server. Additional BE11d is running clustered on them.
>>>> We like to add the R2 features to the environment. Did anybody
>>>> added 2003 R2 later to a production cluster? Anything special where
>>>> i have to look for?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>> and
>>>> confers no rights.
>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.ht