How to change the private (heartbeat) IP address after configuration

Question

Hi All,

I have configured SQL 2008 R2 failover clustering (2 Nodes).  Everything has been working fine till today.  Today, I just found out that that private/heartbeat IP addresses (10.10.10.31 and 10.10.10.32) are being used in the existing network. 

How can I update the private IP addresses (I am changing them to 10.10.10.40 and 10.10.10.41)?  Do I need to reinstall everything (Failover Clustering and SQL Clustering)?  Or I can just update it through some menus. Please let me know how to go about.

Thank you very much in advance.

Robert

Answer 1

do these help?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230356

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244980/en-us

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Answer 2

Thank you.  I am trying out the first one later today.  Will give an update.

In the mean time, do advise me if there is any other way to do it.

Thanks and Regards,

Robert

Answer 3

AFAIK - there is no other way of doing it.

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Answer 4

I just updated the Heartbeat IP through Network Connections and tested the failover.  It is working so far.  Any forseeable problem?

Thank you for your kind input, Hilary.