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jpotucek
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2012-10-15 : 13:16:51
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| I have 2 Windows 2008 R2 Servers that are clustered. I am installing sql server 2008 r2 sp2 cu2 in the CLuster. This is what i have done so far:Install SQL Server 2008 r2 sp2 cu2 (slipstream) - I ran through the entire install for the default on Active Node of the windows cluster Server. I know that the next step would be to run setup again from the passive node and choose 'add a node..) but I would actually like to uninstall what I have done and start again. I set the path to my data and log files to F:\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA and I would like change that so I thought the easiest way would be to uninstall/reinstall.Do I just uninstall SQL Server from add\remove programs? or do I have to do something in the Cluster Administrator first to release the cluster resources???? Seems like I have several options, but I'm not sure which to take. uninstall sql server from add\remove programs? (not sure if this will release the cluster resources - eg the drives that have already been assigned to this instance) Launch SQL Server setup - go to maintenance screen and do a remove Node? Go into Failover Cluster Manager then click Nodes and delete the Sql server Instance then uninstall SQL Server?? so confusing! |
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chadmat
The Chadinator
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Posted - 2012-10-15 : 14:08:07
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| Yeah, just uninstall, you don't need to do anything in Failover Cluster Manager.-Chad |
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jpotucek
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
273 Posts |
Posted - 2012-10-15 : 14:42:08
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| thank you. So eventhough I have 2 of the disks already assigned to this SQL Server Installation in the cluster, the act of uninstalling SQL Server will release those disks back to the cluster as available? |
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chadmat
The Chadinator
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Posted - 2012-10-15 : 16:06:18
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| It may keep them in the Group (Service/Application) in FCM, I can't remember, if you want it to go back into Available Storage, you can do that in FCM. Or you can just leave it there and reuse the group when you reinstall.-Chad |
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uninstall default instance in the cluster