Also, I recommend that before applying any Service Pack on SQL Server, you should take a full backup of all the user and system databases including the Resource database.But I do recommend restarting the server after each installation. Both the Service Pack 2, and CU11 will automatically restart the Database Service, but they are NOT going to automatically reboot the Server after installations, and they do not require it.

So, in my opinion each SQL Server SP’s and CU’s are very important hotfixes that need to be applied after initial upgrade.īelow is the step by step guide on Installing the first Service Pack for SQL Server 2016 (Service Pack 2) then following that up with Cumulative Update 11 (CU11).īut before we start here are several of personal recommendations: Microsoft usually releases SP’s and CU’s to fix hundreds of bugs after the initial releases of the SQL Server 2016 RTM, and they have also has been adding a significant number of product improvements and new features after the RTM release.

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