ft55 (9/9/2013)
The steps i was considering are :1. Infrastructure team build new server and add the new node to the failover cluster at a windows level.
2. Run the Add node to the failover cluster option and select instance1
3. Apply Service Pack 2 to instance1
4. Check instance1 can failover to the new node
5. Repeat steps 2,3 & 4 for instance2 and instance3
Does that seem like a o.k plan ?
Many thanks
Ensure that the server OS build has the same patch level as the existing nodes.
Ensure that all storage has been presented to the new node and that the cluster validation is successful.
Either create a drop merged SQL Server installer with the correct SP or slipstream the SP and\or CU at install time when running the Add Node. See my article here[/url] for slipstreaming updates during the install.
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