topic Re: DL380 G2 Cluster Upgrade in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

DL380 G2 Cluster Upgrade

Kristian Vidal — Tue, 18 May 2004 10:29:58 GMT

Hi,

I'm just doing some research and preparation for upgrading my current DL380 G2 Win2k cluster to Win2k3. It's nothing fancy, connects into a MSA500, runs Multipath 2 and had all drivers and firmware update about 3 months ago. It's also runnning SQL 2k SP3a.
Has anyone had any issues with doing a rolling upgrade on a similar platform?

Thanks
Kristian

Re: DL380 G2 Cluster Upgrade

Doug de Werd — Tue, 18 May 2004 12:08:25 GMT

You should check out this white paper on the migration process.

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/solutions/enterprise/ha/5981-6897EN.pdf

You may also find some other good info at these links:

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/solutions/enterprise/highavailability/whitepapers/ms-packagedcluster.html

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/Render/1,1027,519-6-100-225-1,00.htm

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/Render/1,1027,5108-6-100-225-1,00.htm

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/Render/1,1027,5266-6-100-225-1,00.htm

Thanks,
Doug

Re: DL380 G2 Cluster Upgrade

Kristian Vidal — Wed, 19 May 2004 04:15:31 GMT

Cheers for that Doug.

I searched for that sort of Doco everywhere and couldn't find it. With regard to the SQL, I found an article on MS (KB313037), basically saying SQL will support rolling 2k to 2k3 upgrades as long as you have SP3. We're running SP3a. The only issue I may have is McAfee AV, which I will either disable or remove.

Cheers
Kristian

Re: DL380 G2 Cluster Upgrade

Sunil Thazhathupurakkal — Wed, 19 May 2004 08:32:40 GMT

You need to upgrade your multipath software to support windows 2003.

Re: DL380 G2 Cluster Upgrade

Kristian Vidal — Wed, 19 May 2004 09:08:42 GMT

I'm actually already running Multipath ver2.0, which is compatible with Win2k3.