Comments on: SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 2

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:47:32 +0000

In reply to Roberto. If you are on SP1, you don't need RTM CU6. It is for the RTM branch. If you are on RTM, you don't need SP1 CU2.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:49:41 +0000

Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2012 – SQLServer2012_RTM_CU6_2728897_11_0_2401_x64 [ 486 MB ],
Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 – SQLServer2012_SP1_CU2_2790947_11_0_3339_x64 [ 508 MB ].

By: Roberto

Roberto — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:00:59 +0000

I am kinda puzzled, if you have SQL Server 2012 SP1 Cumulative Update 2, then what’s the purpose of the SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 6 ?

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:12:08 +0000

In reply to Chris Wood. Hi Chris, Both SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 have kept the release schedule for Cumulative Updates in synch across their release branches (RTM, SP1, SP2, etc.). This is what people are used to, and probably expect.

By: Chris Wood

Chris Wood — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:09:05 +0000

I kinda like that all SQL2008R2 CU’s come out together and I would hope that SQL2012 would be the same. We are now into a regular upgrade cycle for SQL2008R2 and now we are starting to use SQL2012 this will happen for those servers too. They should be back in sync.

Chris