Add a 3rd node to a 2 instance active/active cluster

If I add a 3rd node to an already existing 2 node active/active cluster, do
I have to take the other 2 instances offline as I configure the 3rd node?
I have never configured a cluster before, but I am under the assumption that
when you build a cluster, each nodes should be able to map to the shared
resource drives and due to that, I would have to take the other instances
offline.
Thanks
Not that it matters, but SQL2K or 2K5? I've just been doing this the
past couple of days and have some tips for you if 2K...
But to answer your question - you shouldn't have to take them offline.
On Feb 4, 12:24 pm, "Hassan" <has...@.hotmail.com> wrote:
> If I add a 3rd node to an already existing 2 node active/active cluster, do
> I have to take the other 2 instances offline as I configure the 3rd node?
> I have never configured a cluster before, but I am under the assumption that
> when you build a cluster, each nodes should be able to map to the shared
> resource drives and due to that, I would have to take the other instances
> offline.
> Thanks
|||Im all ears for tips.. so shoot away.. Can your tips not apply for 2K5 ?
<unc27932@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Not that it matters, but SQL2K or 2K5? I've just been doing this the
> past couple of days and have some tips for you if 2K...
> But to answer your question - you shouldn't have to take them offline.
> On Feb 4, 12:24 pm, "Hassan" <has...@.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
|||It will take the instances offline, although SS2K5 minimizes this much more.
A bigger issue is that before the new node will be able to host the
resources, you will need to patch it to the same build level as the other
two nodes.
The add a node step only lays out the RTM binaries.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas

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> Im all ears for tips.. so shoot away.. Can your tips not apply for 2K5 ?
> <unc27932@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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