64-bit SSIS

Newbie question on SSIS and 64-bit....Looking for pointers ...Thx in advance...
Can we develop SSIS pkgs on 32-bit machines and deploy to 64-bit?
Any software needed on 64-bit machine , like .NET 2.0 64-bit, etc...?
Any knobs/switches to do during deployment, to ensure pkg runs on 64-bit...?
Any gotchas...things to be aware of...?

If accessing SAP, SQL, Oracle, do OLE DB .NET drivers need to be 64-bit as well, if PKG is running on 64-bit machine...?

if developing SSIS pkgs on a 64-bit machine, any issues to be aware of?

Thx again

RC

RCHINTH wrote:

Can we develop SSIS pkgs on 32-bit machines and deploy to 64-bit?

Yes, in fact that is the way you're supposed to do it for Itanium servers since VS isn't supported on IA64.

RCHINTH wrote:

Any software needed on 64-bit machine , like .NET 2.0 64-bit, etc...?

No, 64-bit .NET 2.0 will be installed by your SQL 2005 setup process.

RCHINTH wrote:

Any knobs/switches to do during deployment, to ensure pkg runs on 64-bit...?

Not really. Script tasks have to have PreCompile=true to run on 64-bit. This is the default setting.

RCHINTH wrote:

Any gotchas...things to be aware of...?

Maybe. In my experience the Excel OLE DB Provider doesn't work on X64 (haven't tried it on IA64). Also, debugging Control Flow script tasks doesn't work when PreCompile=true (which is req'd for 64-bit). You can't debug Data Flow script components on either platform.

RCHINTH wrote:

If accessing SAP, SQL, Oracle, do OLE DB .NET drivers need to be 64-bit as well, if PKG is running on 64-bit machine...?

I don't know for sure, but the Excel problem above is probably a decent indication. Might depend on the provider.

RCHINTH wrote:

if developing SSIS pkgs on a 64-bit machine, any issues to be aware of?

I've not had any platform-related problems developing packages on an X64 server. Again, Visual Studio isn't supported on IA64.

Jay|||The absence of the Jet OLE DB Provider (which means Excel too) and the requirement of precompiled scripts seem to be the 2 most obvious limitations that you're going to run into on 64-bit.

Please see the BOL topic, "Integration Services Considerations on 64-bit Computers," for a summary of other considerations, most of which were touched on above.

-Doug

3-nodes SQL Server 2000 Cluster

Hi there,
Just want to know is it possbile to configure a 3-nodes (A/A/P) SQL
Server 2000 cluster running on Windows 2000 advance OS? Btw, any
website or whitepaper can I refer to?
Thanks in advance!
Dicky
Yes it is possible. No, I am unaware of any particular documentation. What
you are actually looking at is a three-node, two-instance SQL Cluster.
Follow the normal cluster build process, except where you would normally do
something with "the other node" think "the other nodes".
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> Just want to know is it possbile to configure a 3-nodes (A/A/P) SQL
> Server 2000 cluster running on Windows 2000 advance OS? Btw, any
> website or whitepaper can I refer to?
> Thanks in advance!
> Dicky
>
|||Nope, Windows 2000 only supports 2 nodes. Migrate to Windows Server 2003
Windows 2000 is not longer supported and I would not even consider it for a
HA solution today.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
"dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> Just want to know is it possbile to configure a 3-nodes (A/A/P) SQL
> Server 2000 cluster running on Windows 2000 advance OS? Btw, any
> website or whitepaper can I refer to?
> Thanks in advance!
> Dicky
>
|||Woops. Rodney is correct. I read that as SQL 2000, not Windows 2000. You
will need Windows 2003 as the base OS.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes it is possible. No, I am unaware of any particular documentation.
> What you are actually looking at is a three-node, two-instance SQL
> Cluster. Follow the normal cluster build process, except where you would
> normally do something with "the other node" think "the other nodes".
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior Database Administrator
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
>
> "dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
> news:1135162138.608572.14620@.g49g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>
|||Thanks a lot, all! All you said is I have to upgrade Windows 2003
Enterprise version for a 3-nodes cluster.
|||Yes. That is pretty much all it takes.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks a lot, all! All you said is I have to upgrade Windows 2003
> Enterprise version for a 3-nodes cluster.
>
|||Hey, Geoff, I don't mean to step into all of your conversations.
I did want to add, however, that although WINDOWS 2K3 EE supports up to
8-node clusters, SQL SERVER 2K, 32 bit will only support up to 4-node
clusters. Before you purchase your OS, seriously consider the IA-64
platform, the license is the same and is transferable from the 32-bit
architecture.
And, the "Liberty" build included the support for 8-nodes.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas
"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes. That is pretty much all it takes.
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior Database Administrator
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
> "dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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>