Hi all,I have never been a software developer and to be honest, branching and subversioning are not my forte.While I am lost in the jargon of CU, GDR, Hotfixes, and ServicePacks, i came upon this site which kindof allowing me to understand the differences.http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/joew/archive/2008/05/07/60591.aspx[i]Though it is written more then 8 years ago ( not sure if it still applies ).[/i]On general, i thought of the hierachy ashotfix -> gdr -> cu -> service packsand i would assume, whatever inside GDR would be inside the CU.But chancing uponhttps://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/ff803383.aspxOpening MS15-058 (GDR) and opening CU 5 (KB 3130926)I cant find any related KB number between the both.So GDR contains fixes that should be release as a broadbase to the public but then it isn't included in the Cumulative updates ? (maybe this GDR is for version before SP1, since the CU 5 is for SP1)I am so confused -_-.q1) Can gurus here, tell me what's the norm for patching your SQL server? (only Service Pack ?) and how does the patching installation normally works - on the download page, the patching instructions seems to be just a 3 liner[quote] Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP1 Update:1) Review the Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP1 Release Notes2) Download the following file from the "DOWNLOAD" section on this page to your device: SQLServer2014SP1-KB3058865-architecture-language.exe3) Once the download is complete, click RUN to begin the installation process immediately or SAVE to install at a later time.[/quote]Is it so straightforward ? do we have to shutdown our instances before the patch ?q2) Lastly what is the different between a "Service Pack" and "SP Feature Pack" ?Regards,Noob
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