System Copy of a Non-Clustered SQL2005 to a clustered system

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have installed a Development system and also have a QA system.ECC6 SQL2005 windows AMD64(Opteron.

Now my production hardware has come its a cluster of 2 blade servers.I dont want to install SAP ECC6 again.So i am planning to use the DB of the development server and install the production server.

How do i go about this as my development was not on a cluster while my prodcution is going to be on a clustered system.I have done this kind of an intallation where in i have installed SAP only once and then created the production as a system copy in Oracle(saves time and effort as no need to apply SPs etc proper Client Copy & transports take care of data consistency.)I am looking for advise mostly in terms of how to cluster the SQL 2005 and then install SAP CI on both nodes for the cluster to work properly.

Regards

Ankan Majumdar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Ankan,

What you can do Install SAP like system copy installation.

1. Install SQL software with cluster option.

2. Using detach Dev DB, copy and attach to production

3. Install CI

4. During Database installation choose system copy, it will automatically recognize existing DB.

5. execute Homogenoues system copy post processing.

6. Continue with MSCS conversion as normal cluster installation.

Regards,

Dedi Hermawan

Dedi Hermawan