"Dave B" <DaveB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:905751B4-3C30-4B9A-9A9A-AC8D6CD54126@microsoft.com...
> I have a Win2003, SQL 2005 active/passive cluster. We did a fresh install
of
> the OS and SQL. The install of SQL seemed to go OK. I installed SP1 with
both
> nodes active. The install went successful on the active node (Node A), but
> SP1 was not installed on the inactive node (Node B). I installed SP1 on
the
> inactive node however I believe it only updated the client tools. I have
not
> tried moving the cluster to Node B and reinstalling the SP, but that is
the
> next step. I was wondering if anyone else experienced this issue and if
> installing SP1 on Node B while it is active will cause any issues since
the
> db versions are now out of sync.

"Edwin vMierlo" wrote:

> you shouldn't have installed on the inactive node, detailed procedure on how
> to install on a cluster is in the readme file:
>
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/1/bd1e0745-0e65-43a5-ac6a-f6173f58d80e/ReadmeSQL2005SP1.htm
>
> "Run the SP1 executable package file from the node (active node) that owns
> the group containing the virtual server that you plan to upgrade"
> "Keep all nodes of the cluster online during Setup. This ensures that the
> upgrade is applied to each cluster node."
> "Setup might require restarting of the failover cluster nodes. This restart
> replaces the files that were in use during Setup."
>
> HTH
> _Edwin.
>
> "Dave B" <DaveB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:905751B4-3C30-4B9A-9A9A-AC8D6CD54126@microsoft.com...
> > I have a Win2003, SQL 2005 active/passive cluster. We did a fresh install
> of
> > the OS and SQL. The install of SQL seemed to go OK. I installed SP1 with
> both
> > nodes active. The install went successful on the active node (Node A), but
> > SP1 was not installed on the inactive node (Node B). I installed SP1 on
> the
> > inactive node however I believe it only updated the client tools. I have
> not
> > tried moving the cluster to Node B and reinstalling the SP, but that is
> the
> > next step. I was wondering if anyone else experienced this issue and if
> > installing SP1 on Node B while it is active will cause any issues since
> the
> > db versions are now out of sync.
>
>