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Updating a Clustered Installation (Rolling Upgrade)
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Updating a Clustered Installation (Rolling Upgrade)
A major benefit of a clustered installation is that you can perform “rolling upgrades.” You can
keep a node in production while updating the installation on the other, then move the resource
over and update the second node as well.
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For information about updating specific versions of the Interplay Engine and a cluster, see the
Avid Interplay ReadMe. The ReadMe describes an alternative method of updating a cluster, in
which you lock and deactivate the database before you begin the update.
When updating a clustered installation, the settings that were entered to set up the cluster
resources cannot be changed. Additionally, all other values must be reused, so Avid strongly
recommends choosing the Typical installation mode. Changes to the fundamental attributes can
only be achieved by uninstalling both nodes first and installing again with the new settings.
Make sure you follow the procedure in this order, otherwise you might end up with a corrupted
installation.
To update a cluster:
1. On either node, determine which node is active:
a. Right-click My Computer and select Manage. The Server Manager window opens.
b. In the Server Manager list, open Features and click Failover Cluster Manager.
c. In the Summary panel, check the name of the Current Owner.
Consider this the active node or the first node.
2. Make sure this node is also the current host of the cluster. You can check the owner of cluster
by selecting the cluster in the Server Management tree and checking the Current Host Server
in the Summary panel.