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Copper Contributor

Feb 06, 2018

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In-place upgrade of cluster nodes?

With the new in-place upgrade feature, is it supported to in-place upgrade a failover cluster node or do we still need to use Cluster Rolling Upgrades?

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Richard_Hooper
Feb 08, 2018
If you do an in-place upgrade then just make sure everything you have running on the server is compatible, i.e antivirus software.

I always prefer to do a wipe and full install myself just feels better to be on a clean slate.

Oh and remember to finish the upgrade within 30 days. I have seen issues if you let it last longer then that.

I have a nice step by step guide on my blog to perform a rolling cluster upgrade. you can view it here https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2017/06/step-by-step-guide-rolling-cluster-upgrade-from-2012-r2-to-2016/

Hope it helps. If I can help any further let me know.

Thanks

Richard

Richard_Hooper

MVP

Feb 08, 2018

If you do an in-place upgrade then just make sure everything you have running on the server is compatible, i.e antivirus software.

I always prefer to do a wipe and full install myself just feels better to be on a clean slate.

Oh and remember to finish the upgrade within 30 days. I have seen issues if you let it last longer then that.

I have a nice step by step guide on my blog to perform a rolling cluster upgrade. you can view it here https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2017/06/step-by-step-guide-rolling-cluster-upgrade-from-2012-r2-to-2016/

Hope it helps. If I can help any further let me know.

Thanks

Richard