CU – Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance

SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 4

Glenn Berry — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:24:11 +0000

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 4, which is build 11.00.2383.0. By my count, there are 25 fixes in the public fix list for this cumulative update.

The first four cumulative updates for SQL Server 2012 have all had relatively high numbers of fixes, which shows that the Sustained Engineering team has been busy fixing issues with SQL Server 2012.

This KB article shows all of the released, post SQL Server 2012 RTM build: The SQL Server 2012 builds that were released after SQL Server 2012 was released

Two New Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008

Glenn Berry — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:17:48 +0000

On July 17, Microsoft released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008. The first cumulative update is SQL Server 2008 SP2 CU11, which is Build 10.00.4333. There are two fixes listed in the public fix list.

The second cumulative update is SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU6, which is Build 10.00.5788. There are fourteen fixes in the public fix list.

These two Microsoft KB articles show all of the cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 SP2 and for SQL Server 2008 SP3.

The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 was released

The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 was released

Keep in mind that these cumulative updates are only for SQL Server 2008, not for SQL Server 2008 R2.

Two New Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2

Glenn Berry — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:05:53 +0000

Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. The first one is SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 14, which is Build 10.50.1817.0. This CU has seven fixes in the public fix list, and it is likely to be one of the last cumulative updates for the RTM branch of SQL Server 2008 R2, since SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is likely to be released pretty soon. When that happens, the RTM branch will be retired, meaning that it will be an “unsupported service pack”. You really should be planning to get off of the RTM code branch as soon as possible.

The second Cumulative Update is SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 7, which is Build 10.50.2817.0. There are 24 fixes in the public fix for this CU. As always, I want to point out that these cumulative updates are only for SQL Server 2008 R2, not for SQL Server 2008. They are, as the name implies, cumulative updates, which means you do not have to install the previous cumulative updates on the RTM or SP1 code branch.