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72 Upgrading Your System to a Cluster Configuration
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Completing the Upgrade
After you install the required hardware and network adapter upgrades, you can set up and cable
the system hardware.
The final phase for upgrading to a Cluster SE500W solution is to install and configure Windows
2000 Advanced Server, or Windows Server 2003 with MSCS.
Upgrading Your Operating System
You can upgrade your Windows 2000 Advanced Server cluster to a Windows Server 2003
Enterprise Edition cluster using one of the following methods:
•
Standard upgrade
— Upgrading the operating system on each cluster node while all cluster
nodes are disconnected from the client network. This procedure requires you to recreate your
cluster configuration.
See your Windows operating system documentation for performing a standard upgrade.
•
Rolling upgrade
— Upgrading the operating system on each cluster node while one cluster
node is connected to the client network and available to handle client requests. This
procedure
does not
require you to recreate your cluster configuration. However, each cluster
node must be configured with the appropriate resources to run all virtual servers and services
for the entire cluster while you upgrade the remaining node.
The following section explains how to perform a rolling upgrade on a two-node cluster running
Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
NOTE: Only new (full) installations of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition are
permitted. You cannot upgrade from existing operating system to the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
x64 Edition.
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