February 27, 2012 at 11:57 am
We've got 2005 Enterprise Edition (SP3) on a cluster. This is actually a dev cluster, so we need to switch it to the dev edition of SQL Server.
So our plan is to com pletely uninstall the Enterprise SQL Server and then do an install of the Dev version.
Where can I find some documentation on how to do this on a cluster?
February 27, 2012 at 12:02 pm
It's going to be the same as installing Enterprise Edition on a cluster. Are you familiar with that?
If it's an active/passive cluster, then start here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189134.aspx
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February 27, 2012 at 12:04 pm
For a 2005 cluster start here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190438(v=sql.90).aspx
Otherwise Google "uninstall sql 2005 from a cluster"
Lots of information here.
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February 27, 2012 at 12:20 pm
It's active active. Does that make a difference in your comments?
February 27, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Active/Active is really only a logical construct. If you fail one of the instances over so both named instances are running on a single node, you are technically now Active/Passive. The only extra consideration is that you now have two instances on a single server.
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March 13, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Whisper9999 (2/27/2012)
We've got 2005 Enterprise Edition (SP3) on a cluster. This is actually a dev cluster, so we need to switch it to the dev edition of SQL Server.So our plan is to com pletely uninstall the Enterprise SQL Server and then do an install of the Dev version.
Where can I find some documentation on how to do this on a cluster?
Check with a Microsoft rep. If you can show you purchased of a Developer Edition license and are in fact not using the cluster in a production capacity you may be in compliance and will not need to rip-and-replace.
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March 14, 2012 at 4:32 am
I agree with opc.three.
We have gone through this in the past with Microsoft, and they are happy to consider our Dev cluster as only needing a Dev Edition license fee even though we always install Enterprise Edition to ensure compatibility with Production.
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