To upgrade an existing Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)
cluster that contains a pre-SQL Server 2000 virtual server to a clustered
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise/Datacenter or Datacenter LE Server
configuration, follow these steps:
- Upgrade the existing pre-SQL Server 2000 cluster to a SQL
Server 2000 cluster according to the directions in SQL Server 2000 Books
Online.
- After you have successfully upgraded SQL Server, install
SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 or later.
- Upgrade the current MSCS cluster to the Windows Server 2003
Enterprise/Datacenter or Datacenter LE Server according to the Windows Server
2003 documentation.
WARNING: If you continue with the installation or the upgrade of a
pre-SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 installation on Windows Server 2003,
unexpected results may occur and you will have a SQL Server configuration that
is no longer supportable. Failures of SQL Server services will not be
recoverable. If failures occur with the SQL Server engine, restoration of data
from a previous backup to a supported solution will be the only supported
option.
If you have already upgraded to a non-supported
configuration, Microsoft recommends that you do one of the following:
- Upgrade your pre-SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 to SQL
Server 2000 Service Pack 3 as soon as possible.
- Transfer your data to a supported SQL Server 2000 Service
Pack 3 or later installation immediately.