I want to update our 2K12 RTM clustered instances with SP1. There are two named instances running on node 1 and node 2 is passive. The O/S is Windows Server Core 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1.
I've tried to run the upgrade file (SQLServer2012SP1-KB2674319-x64-ENU.exe) from the command line and I get an error indicating that everything was already at the latest version. I get the same result when I use the full slipstream package specifying a configuration file with the upgrade action and the /QS flag.
Here's the message in the summary log:
Exception type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.NoopWorkflowException
Message:
No features were updated during the setup execution. The requested features may not be installed or features are already at a higher patch level. Please review the summary.txt logs for further details.
HResult : 0x84b30002
FacilityCode : 1203 (4b3)
ErrorCode : 2 (0002)
Data:
DisableWatson = true
Stack:
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.SetInstanceInstallStateAction.GetEligiableInstances()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.SetInstanceInstallStateAction.ExecuteAction(String actionId)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Chainer.Infrastructure.Action.Execute(String actionId, TextWriter errorStream)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionInvocation.ExecuteActionHelper(TextWriter statusStream, ISequencedAction actionToRun, ServiceContainer context)
I've also tried to upgrade a standalone 2008 instance to 2012 SP1 and the instance seems to have been upgraded only to the RTM level. The version information is 11.0.2100.60 and I was expecting to see 11.1.3000.0.
I haven't found explicit instructions for applying SP1 to a Cluster running on a Core operating system. I must be doing something wrong, can someone please provide the correct procedure to use on a core cluster?
