Threads Replies Last Post 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11   NLB Single Affinity? A couple of questions regarding Single Affinity: If I setup my NLB cluster to use single affinity so all requests from a client IP go to the same server in the cluster and that server goes down, on the subsequent client reques to the NLB VIP, will NLB load balance the client request to an available server? Second question: If I use Single Affinity and have the load weight set to Equal,... 2 10.05.2007 20:04:14 Printer server cluster Hi, Looking for any white papers or best practices for a large print cluster. The windows 2003 R2 cluster will have probably 2 nodes and will manage between 1300 to 1500 printers. Was wondering if anyone got best practices or whitepaper from MS or other source on this subject !!! Thanks !!! -- ... 7 10.05.2007 14:31:39 Cluster computer name object All, In middle of office move...need to take down W2K3 file cluster w/ backend SAN. We are attempting to set up non-cluster DFS with new local server (TEMP SERVER), local storage to provide file access to users until they are moved to new office. We are using one of cluster nodes systems (NODE server) (without cluster services enabled) to particapate in DFS replication. We want to ... 1 09.05.2007 21:37:26 How to remove a cluster Hello all, i set up a SQL cluster last week. and to make a long story short, we are not going to use a sql cluster for our implementation. so my question is how to i get rid of the cluster? all w2k3 environment. any help is greatly appreciated. regards, Dan... 3 09.05.2007 20:54:23 FIle server and exchange server clustering Hi, I'm new to clustering. We want to cluster the file/print server and exchange server. I have the following questions. 1. Do I need an external storage for clustering? 2. Can I get 2 indentical server to run clustering with out other shared storage? 3. Can I use only 1 machine to cluster with both server? Hot stand-by server? Thanks for any helps. Andy ... 3 09.05.2007 20:43:38 Evict Node from SQL 2000 MSCS Cluster Trying to understand the steps to evict a node from an active/passive SQL 2000 cluster. I will be adding new nodes. I see the process for evicting from the cluster. Is that sll I need to do or do I also have to do something with SQL Server 1st? If I need to do something with SQL Server 1st, will a reboot be needed for the node staying in the cluster? Plan is to evict one existing node... 6 09.05.2007 20:41:16 Additional IP Addresses and network names for new resources Can someone help me understand why there is the recommendation (or requirement) for creating new ip address' and network names for adding new resources such as a File Share? I will be building a 2-node cluster and don't quite understand why a new ip address should be necessary. Assuming I want to add a generic application or resource, should i have to create an additional ip address and ne... 5 09.05.2007 12:07:49 Slow Cluster share Hi All, I have a 2003 R2 cluster that I run for file and print services. The servers are also the domain controllers. I migrated from a Novell server to this solution. I have found a problem with one application that is ran from the cluster file share. This application is built on an oracle framework. The users of the application noticed a big performance problem after the move off Novel... 6 08.05.2007 18:06:43 NLB Affinity Hi, I have read questions NLB: How to Force client to hit same host (3/15/2006) and NLB Session States (2/7/2006). I think they both were asking what I am about to ask given different context. In both cases, the answers were no. Since it has been a year, I will ask the question from my context to see if things have changed. We have 2 servers in a NLB cluster with Single Affinity setu... 6 08.05.2007 15:23:54 Upgrade cluster from 2000 to 2003 Hello! I have managed to do inplace upgrade of win2000 cluster to win2003 cluster. 2 nodes, A/P. In win2000 there was IIS Instance resource, so I have deleted it. Now I would like to create a Generic Script resource insted of it, but there is no Generic Script in Resource types in my cluster. Can you suggest me what to do? I have compared resource types on this cluster with cluste... 6 08.05.2007 15:18:03 disks? I have two servant with Windows 2003 server x64 connected Enterprise to cabins SAN. I create a raid and its logical drive in the cabin of san in a servant appears to me as disc 0 (Online - Healthy) (disc 1 is c:) and in other server it appears to me as disc 1 (Online - Healthy) (disc 0 the c:) What I must do so that they leave to me both equal? I want to create to cluster and I liked that... 6 08.05.2007 14:11:47 Virtual Server - Cluster Hosts or Guests? Hi, I'm investigating clustering scenarios for Virtual Server 2005 R2. Does anyone know if it's considered better to cluster at the host or the guest level? Thanks! Steve ... 5 07.05.2007 21:08:49 Creating Scheduled task in a Win2k3 Cluster Is there any way to create a scheduled task in a cluster? So that when the primary node fails the standby node can do the scheduled tasks. All the tasks access shared drives, like y: etc, etc... 2 07.05.2007 16:08:18 Disk write caching on cluster disks I have always wondered what should the disk write caching policy be on cluster disks? Technically it should be off for High-Availability, but for performance caching should be on? So does the Disk Admin disk write caching policy, work on MSCS cluster disks? Thanks, -Steven Cook AlphaGrey ... 4 07.05.2007 16:07:21 Clustering an Apache (JBoss) based application on w2k3 I have a web application that uses JBoss for its web services. The application has three services that are installed and started via command prompt and one more for a profile within the application. There can be several profiles and therefore a service will need to be created for each. My question is how do I cluster this type of application on Windows 2003 cluster? There is little doc... 2 07.05.2007 15:52:00 cluster-compatible OS versions I have an existing 2-node cluster on older hardware that is hosting 3 SQL2000 virtual server/named instances. The current OS version for both nodes is Windows 2003 Ent SP1. I intend on upgrading this to a 3-node cluster by adding two very new host nodes followed by removal of one older node, giving me an active/active/passive failover setup. The question is: can I simply load Win2003... 3 07.05.2007 15:49:23 Mix O/S Service pack and/or 32 & 64 bit in cluster We currently have a 2 node cluster, both with Windows 2003 R2 enterprise w/SP1. They are attached to an EMC CX700 mass storage device and have been working OK. If I want to bring a third node into the cluster, does it have to be the same version & service pack level as the existing ones? We're about ready to upgrade the hardware on the servers, and what I would like to do is set up a... 10 04.05.2007 11:16:30 Nodes Resosources and Groups Building a 4 node Windows 2003 cluster for SQL. Have Luns on SAN carved out for 3 Data, 3 Log volumes and 1 Quorum volume. Do I need to setup a group for each (3) active nodes with a IP and Network Name resource in each? will this look to the user as three different servers due to three different network names? thanks in advance Rick. ... 12 03.05.2007 17:32:53 Can you cluster files in a folder in the event of a failure? If so, how is this done in Windows Server 2003 Enterprise? Thank you! -- Mike... 2 02.05.2007 22:02:34 Win 2003 Sp1 + NLB I ' ve got 2 Load balancing server (2 node) . Random Server 2 fails (there are no event log) and stops responding. I've got a program who use temp file for stamp , When server 2 fails some terminal connection stay up and block temp file . When user try to stamp fail !!! How I Do ? There is something to do for random server 2 fail ! Thanks All Andrea... 2 02.05.2007 22:00:36 File share witness on a 4-node cluster? Can I create a File Share witness (FSW) resource for a 4-node MNS cluster? Or does FSW only work for 2-node MNS clusters? Thanks, -Steven Cook (AlphaGrey) ... 2 02.05.2007 21:59:16 DTC failed to enlist and DTC service crash. I am running into a huge problem where the DTC service will stop periodically. This cause our ERP application to communicate with the Sql server. I follow the instructions on how to create MSDTC in a Windows 2003 clutser. I updated all the drivers and firmware on the Nic and tested with a new cisco switch but that did not work. I am not sure if this is a hardware or configuration pro... 8 02.05.2007 13:54:39 Cluster node removal steps with HP SAN Hi, Current setup: Win2000 2 node cluster, active passive. both are DCs. It is connected to an HP SAN. I want to evict a node and dcpromo it. My main question is at what point do I remove the SAN disk from this node? I'm thinking: 1. stop cluster service on node to be removed 2. remove node from "access" to SAN disks 3. evict node 4. remove heartbeat cable 4. reboot if required ... 22 02.05.2007 07:06:14 Clustering for microsoft flight simulator Hi All, I have a client who is gaming heavy on flight simulators, his system has 3 gieg memory, an amd6000 dual core and 2 nvidia 8800 gts pciExpress graphics cards in SLI mode. But he plays with 4 screens and want to be able to play in highest resolution on all 4 screens. with his current system he can only play smoothly on high, not on highest. So he wanna try a cluster to upgrade ... 4 01.05.2007 18:29:24 Clustering Question Hello all, I am rather new to clustering, and have been tasked by the development team to make 2 (two) clustes, we will call then 1 and 2,, machine names node1 and node2. I have made a cluster with them, but my real question is, can these same nodes also be used for cluster 2?... if node1 is the "main server" for cluster 1 and node 2 is the "main server" for cluster2?... will this work?.. I d... 5 01.05.2007 18:27:40 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11