Applying SQL hotfixes to a SQL cluster

Gurus,
Running two instances of SQL on a SQL Server 2000 cluster. Windows Server
2003 SP1 is the OS. Are there any special rules I must follow to execute
the SQL hotfix on each node of the cluster? I am assuming I just need to
apply the SQL hotfix to each cluster node and that's it. I am hoping it is
that easy.
SpinRecent hotfix installers are typically cluster aware. So in general you don'
t
need to apply the hotfix on each node. Apply the hotfix on the one that owns
the SQL instance, and the installer will apply the fix to the other nodes fo
r
you.
But read the documentation for your particular hotfix to make sure that is
indeed the case.
Linchi
"Spin" wrote:

> Gurus,
> Running two instances of SQL on a SQL Server 2000 cluster. Windows Server
> 2003 SP1 is the OS. Are there any special rules I must follow to execute
> the SQL hotfix on each node of the cluster? I am assuming I just need to
> apply the SQL hotfix to each cluster node and that's it. I am hoping it i
s
> that easy.
> --
> Spin
>
>|||Make sure Windows Task Schedular is running on both machines, the setup uses
it to apply the hotfix to the other node.
Tony Rogerson
SQL Server MVP
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"Spin" <Spin@.spin.com> wrote in message
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> Gurus,
> Running two instances of SQL on a SQL Server 2000 cluster. Windows Server
> 2003 SP1 is the OS. Are there any special rules I must follow to execute
> the SQL hotfix on each node of the cluster? I am assuming I just need to
> apply the SQL hotfix to each cluster node and that's it. I am hoping it
> is that easy.
> --
> Spin
>