Upgrade path Windows Server 2003 SP1 to SP2

[jfk8680]

Hi,

We are still running Service Pack 1 on one of our clusters. It is a 2-node active-active cluster running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP1. It provides file and print services (hosted on one cluster node) and a Pervasive 9.5 transactional database (hosted on the other node).

We are looking to upgrade these nodes to service pack 2.

The cluster is *very* mission critical so I need a good and a very fast rollback scenario. Of course the logical choice would be to transfer all resources to one node and upgrade only that node to service pack 2. In case SP2 breaks something, I can simply transfer all the resources back to the SP1 node.

Is it possible to run a cluster on one SP1 node and one SP2 node? I am thinking of running in this mixed state for about a week and, if there are no problems then upgrading the second node to SP2.

Any thoughts????

Jeffrey Kusters
MCSA, MCSE, CCNA, CCNP, VCP-310

 

[mrdenny]

Yes you should be able to run the nodes at a different service pack level.

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000)
MCTS (SQL 2005 / Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Configuration / Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Configuration)
MCITP Database Administrator (SQL 2005) / Database Developer (SQL 2005)

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