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Abdelmajid
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On Prem Cluster Power BI Report Server upgrade

Hello,

 

Upgrade from March-2018 to May-2021

We did successfully uprade our single noded lower PBIRS environmnet following up the steps here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/report-server/upgrade

 

We have to upgrade our QA and Prod next, they both have two nodes each. for a cluster do we still follow the smae steps please?

Upgrade node one and them move to node two and then stop/start services for both nodes after done?

 

Apprecaite any help, thank you!

  • Hello Abdelmajid 

     

    Yes, It needs. Upgrade from March-2018 to May-2021 like you. Backup is very important to prevent problems.

     

    Did I answer your question ? Please mark my reply as solution. Thank you very much.
    If not, please feel free to ask me.


    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Janey

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    v-janeyg-msft
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    Hi, Abdelmajid 

     

    I don't quite understand what the node you are talking about is. For powerbi report server installed on different machines, upgrade should go through these steps.

     

    Did I answer your question ? Please mark my reply as solution. Thank you very much.
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    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Janey

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      Abdelmajid
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      Thanks for the reply. I mean that Power BI report server is installed on two different machines. Both of the machines make up the Prod environment. 

      Just wanted to confirm if the same steps have to be followed whether we have Poer BI report server installed on one or multiple machines. 

      • v-janeyg-msft's avatar
        v-janeyg-msft
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        Hello Abdelmajid 

         

        Yes, It needs. Upgrade from March-2018 to May-2021 like you. Backup is very important to prevent problems.

         

        Did I answer your question ? Please mark my reply as solution. Thank you very much.
        If not, please feel free to ask me.


        Best Regards,
        Community Support Team _ Janey