Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Readme

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1/17/2024

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This Readme document contains important information to read before installing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. It describes how to obtain SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1, how to find Books Online, how to find Upgrade Advisor, how to find supplemental product information in the Release Notes, and copyright attributions for the product.

This Readme file is available on your installation media, as well as from this Readme page.

What's New

For information about the new features in SQL Server 2008 R2, see What's New in SQL Server 2008 R2. For information about what is new in SP1, see the Release Notes.

Obtaining SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 is available for download at the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 download page. Follow the instructions that are provided at the download site for downloading SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. You can install SP1, even if you only have SQL Server Management Studio installed (where you don't have an instance of SQL Server installed yet).

Use Books Online for Installation Assistance

Find Books Online

SQL Server Books Online is the primary documentation for getting assistance with installing SQL Server. You can view Books Online on MSDN. For documentation on upgrading installed SQL Server 2008 R2 components with a SQL Server 2008 R2 servicing update, see SQL Server 2008 R2 Servicing Documentation.

Find Installation Information in Books Online

The following Books Online topics on MSDN contain important information about installing SQL Server 2008 R2.

Analyze Your Upgrade with Upgrade Advisor

The Upgrade Advisor tool analyzes your current instance of SQL Server and provides important information you should know before upgrading. For more information about SQL Server 2008 R2 Upgrade Advisor, see the Upgrade Advisor section of this Feature Pack download page.

Failover Clustering Rolling Patch and Service Pack Process

This knowledge base (KB) article describes how to apply a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 update to a failover cluster instance. Although the article says "SQL Server 2008", it also applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard (see the "APPLIES TO" section at the bottom of the article for a full list).

Important

If you update a SQL Server failover cluster instance on an active node, SQL Server services will be stopped. This causes SQL Server downtime. To avoid downtime, install a rolling update on passive nodes as explained in this article.
To avoid a mixed version of possible owner nodes in the failover cluster instance, use the Cluster Administrator tool (Cluadmin.exe), to remove nodes from the possible owner nodes list in the failover cluster instance. You should avoid having a mixed version of possible owner nodes to prevent possible data corruption.
In SQL Server 2008 R2, the cluster service checks the SQL Network Name resource for a list of possible owners. The SQL Network Name resource is also checkpointed. This behavior differs from SQL Server 2005. In SQL Server 2005, the SQL Server resource itself is checkpointed.

Read the Release Notes for the Latest Product Information

The Release Notes provide supplemental information about product behaviors that apply only to this release or that are not documented in this release of Books Online. You can find the Release Notes on the Release Notes page.

Copyright Attributions

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