Update information
We recommend that all customers who use an HPC Pack 2008 R2 cluster that contains HA broker nodes apply this hotfix.
Microsoft Download Center
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the update package now. For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services
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Prerequisites
You must have Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 4 (SP4) installed to apply this hotfix. For more information about HPC Pack 2008 R2 SP4, go to the following Microsoft Download Center website:
Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.Replacement information
This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.Installation instructions
Before you apply the hotfix
Take all compute nodes (including Microsoft Azure nodes), workstation nodes, and unmanaged server nodes offline. Then, wait for all current jobs to finish before you apply this hotfix.
When you apply the hotfix
Install this hotfix on a passive broker node. Then, start a failover to change the updated passive broker node to active and to change an active broker node to passive.
Note You must repeat these steps until you have applied the hotfix on all the broker nodes.
Before you uninstall the hotfix
Take all compute nodes (include Microsoft Azure nodes), workstation nodes, and unmanaged server nodes offline. Then, wait for all current jobs to finish before you uninstall this hotfix.
When you uninstall the hotfix
Uninstall this hotfix from every HA broker node.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the
Date and Time item in Control Panel.
| File Name | File Version | File Size | Date | Time | Platform |
|---|
| HpcBroker.exe | 3.4.4231.0 | 176,128 | 23-May-2013 | 12:07:50 PM | Not Applicable |
| Microsoft.Hpc.SvcBroker.dll | 3.4.4231.0 | 372,736 | 23-May-2013 | 12:07:48 PM | Not Applicable |