Adding a new node to an existing Cluster - SQL2K5

• Dipali-436410

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  April 15, 2008 at 10:24 am

  #185332

  As mentioned,

  I need to add a new Cluster to an existing SQL 2005 Cluster which sits on top of a Windows 2003 Cluster. I referred to this microsoft document:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191545.aspx

  However, before doing this I had these questions:

  1. Do I first need to Install SQL Server 2005 of the new node that I am going to add and then run the procedure mentioned in the link above.

  2. Do I have to reboot/restart services on the existing SQL Server node in order to complete addition of the new node.

  Thanks in advance

• SQL ORACLE

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  May 5, 2008 at 2:56 pm

  #810935

  Here are my input.

  When you add node from the active node, SQL Server will automatically installed on the newly added node.

  You do not have to restart existing node. But you should do it for the purpose of test. Otherwise, how do you know your cluster works?