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avik4world, do you still need help with this question?
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avik4world, do you still need help with this question?

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Well, after a long discussion with client and Microsoft, we have decided to build a new cluster with windows 2012 R2 and installed SQL 2014 on top of it. Once the new cluster is ready the data will be moved from OLD to new. <br />
we though of using cluster role migration wizard , but that would not move the SQL cluster :-(. so that option was ruled out
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Well, after a long discussion with client and Microsoft, we have decided to build a new cluster with windows 2012 R2 and installed SQL 2014 on top of it. Once the new cluster is ready the data will be moved from OLD to new.
we though of using cluster role migration wizard , but that would not move the SQL cluster :-(. so that option was ruled out

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I have a task of upgrading Windows 2012 server to Windows 2012 R2. The servers are 2 node SQL cluster. <br />
Can any one let know if there is any white paper which i could follow to upgrade the servers. If not white paper, what is procedure for upgrading the servers.
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I have a task of upgrading Windows 2012 server to Windows 2012 R2. The servers are 2 node SQL cluster. 
Can any one let know if there is any white paper which i could follow to upgrade the servers. If not white paper, what is procedure for upgrading the servers.

upgrade windows 2012 Sp1 to windows 2012 R2 With SQL cluster

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.