Cluster IP Address Change

  • What is the procedure to change SQL Server Cluster IP address. Its a Active/Active 2 node microsoft cluster of SQL Server 2000 enterprise version on Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise edition

  • with very great care, and after asking yourself if you really want to do this!  If it's a production or critical server then probably you don't.

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  • 100% with Colin here. If you can afford to build a "new" cluster and perform a DB migration it will be A LOT safer!!!

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    * Noel

  • Thumbs up for Collin !

    In theory it should be done using Cluster Administrator.

    "How to change the network IP addresses of SQL Server virtual servers" :

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244980/

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230356

    SQLServer itself does not store its ipaddress, so changing it should not be a problem, but you'll have downtime !

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  • I agree, schedule the time to build a new cluster if at all possible. If you do not take this approach then you may be in for the same amount of downtime (if not more) if the IP Address change 'goes south ... At least with a new cluster you can have everything ready to go and just detach/copy/attach the databases !

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  • SQL Server does store the virutal server IP at it's in the registry. Its been months since I changed our cluster IP so I don't remember where. However, running the SQL install after the IP change will take care of this. You will have to remove the old IP and add the new IP.

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