Threads Replies Last Post 16 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16   IPv6 and Cluster I’m going to set up fail/over clusters (first SQL/File, second Hyper-V) and NLB IIS cluster based on Windows Server 2008. My question is to which network I should disable IPv6: 1. Fail Over cluster HeartBeat 2. Fail Over cluster iSCSI 3. Fail Over cluster public 4. NLB cluster HeartBeat 5. NLB Public Maybe some links with best practices for network configuration for cluster based on ... 2 11/6/2008 2:29:28 AM Disk Signature Changed on Cluster Somehow one of the disk signatures on my 64 Bit, W2K3 Enterprise Clustered Server changed. I'm trying to figure out how to write the correct signature. Dumpcfg.exe is for 32 Bit so what can I use for 64 Bit ? Thanks. -CqlBoy... 3 11/4/2008 7:17:55 PM mount point volume vs. drive letters Hi all, If I do not run our of drive letters, is there any advantage using mountvolume instead of using drive letters? Thank you! ... 3 11/3/2008 8:00:01 PM NLB cluster and NIC configuration I’ve started to be confused (almost desperated) about NLB IP cluster configuration. Could you please help me to find answer for my questions? I found the best practice it to use Unicast with Multiple Network Adapters and not quite sure how to configure network adapters. There is a lot of information how to set up NLB cluster and almost nothing how to set up NIC settings. This cluster wi... 1 10/30/2008 11:01:01 AM faile to get file share witness online windows 2008 Hello everyone, I have a problem to get the file share witness online. The message what i get is: "the action bring this resource online did not complete. An error occured while attempting to bring the resource File Share Witness \\machine\share online. The cluster resource could not be brought online by the resource monitor." We have a 2 node cluster, with on both nodes installed wi... 3 10/29/2008 3:52:01 PM Regarding Cluster server doubt. Hi All, I need a clarification with regard to windows 2000 server domain controller upgrade to Windows 2003 domain controller. I have Windows 2000 has my domain controller and i have two other servers for windows 2003 for veritas clustering for SQL. I would like to know if i can format my windows 2000 domain controller and install windows 2003 as my domain controller,any impact on ... 2 10/29/2008 9:52:45 AM Cloning of cluster server to different hardware. Hi, The current setup are followed. Clustering of 2 server (both are active) - all resources are map to the SAN - Windows Server 2003 R2 64-Bit Now, in the name of DR and money saving solution, the management want the DR hardware to be cheaper and of lower 'power' Instead of using SAN, all resources will be residing on the server RAID storage. I have tried cloned the server(HP... 6 10/29/2008 9:05:05 AM changing IP Adresses within an 2 Node W2k3 Cluster Hi List, i have taken over a 2 Node Cluster from a colleague. The Cluster is configured with 2 interfaces torwards my public network. Each Interface points to a seperate Subnet and there is a default Gateway configured on each interface. With this config i run into many problems. So i want reconfigure this with a seperate "Cluster - Net" on one interface and the other interface is res... 3 10/29/2008 7:57:54 AM Cluster Aware Services Does anyone know if there is a list of Microsoft Certified Cluster Aware Services for WIndows 2008? ... 2 10/28/2008 9:31:12 PM Heartbeat NIC shows as Failed in Cluster Admin Hi, I have a 3-node Windows 2003 cluster. On one of the nodes, the Heartbeat NIC shows as Failed in the Cluster Administrator. On the server itself, the NIC works fine, it shows as connected, although I did notice the Status shows 0 receive packets. Also, I can't ping the other Heartbeat NICs from this node and from the other nodes, I can't ping this node's Heartbeat NIC. I've t... 3 10/28/2008 5:02:01 PM error 1067 I goofed up, hoping there is a quick fix. I had to rename nodes and re-IP a 2003R2 cluster I just built. I stopped the cluster service, renamed and re-IP'ed the nodes, opened clusadmin, then realized I probably should have done things differently...hind sight still works anyway. The quorum drive was reformatted, so there is nothing left of the original cluster except what each node ha... 3 10/28/2008 2:44:21 PM Can't failover resources on Win2k3 Cluster odd IP Address Conflict We have a Win2k3 SP1 two node cluster we use as a file server. Two weeks ago we had to reboot a node following the reboot of our core network switches. We have two resources that we balance between the two nodes of the cluster, but after the reboot everything was on Node 1. Noting a performance lag we attempted to move the resource to Node 2, however the IP resource failed citing ther... 3 10/28/2008 11:09:55 AM NIC configuration for NLB and fail over cluster. What NIC configuration should I use for IIS NLB and SQL fail over cluster? My target is to avoid single point of failure for all connection including switches. Scenario: 2 servers in NLB clustering (Domain member) 2 servers in SQL and file fail over clustering (both Domain Controllers) Webpage from IIS server will be stored on fail over cluster (I don’t want to use DFSR replication) u... 9 10/28/2008 10:54:01 AM Multicast Addressing We have started to deploy Windows 2003 Server 64-Bit Edition multinode clusters to support SQL Server 2005 databases. The Private network for all nodes of all clusters are physically connected to a Cisco switch configured with a VLAN specifically for the cluster traffic. Each multinode cluster has had the Multicast feature disabled following the procedures in: http://support.microsoft.... 7 10/28/2008 8:54:51 AM new quorum drive I currently have a 2 node cluster for SQL 2000. We recently purchased a new storage array. What are the steps to move the cluster from one storage array to another.... 5 10/24/2008 5:35:01 PM how to increase cluter log file size We have problem with our Exchange 2003 A/P cluster on Windows 2003. When trying to check the cluster.log can't find any entries before the failover. Looks like the dafult size is 8 MB. Once reached old entries will be overwriten. I found following MS article to increase the log size but have some questions. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997356(EXCHG.80).aspx 1. in ... 2 10/24/2008 3:36:51 PM disk configuration for cluster What configuration is better and why? MD3000i with 10x450GB HDD I’m going to use RAID 1+0 2x two node clusters (active, passive) connected over iSCSI - First SQL cluster - Second Hyper-V cluster 1x stand alone server as Hyper-V host also connected to SAN As far as I know RAID is faster when you use more disks. So in my opinion the best solution is to create one storage group in RAID 1+0... 1 10/23/2008 11:25:01 AM save fils on NLB Hello there suppose i have NLB clustering. can i save simple files on this system? and if so how can i read them? ... 1 10/22/2008 5:14:40 PM Windows 2003 cluster - install MSDTC resource into existing group using existing disk resource Hi, I was wondering what would happen to the data on a existing disk resource on a windows 2003 cluster if I install the MSDTC resource with that disk as a dependancy? I assume the data would remain intact and the MSDTC folder be created, but I would like to make 100% sure! Thanks Matthew ... 3 10/22/2008 3:57:53 PM 2003 NLB - Fundamental Questions by Newbie despite a lot of readin Dear All I would be very grateful if you can enlighten me on some questions. I haven't found a concrete answer after reading lots of articles. All I want to know whether it's possible as I had conflicting answers. My Scenario I have two VPS running Windows Server 2003 64bit, IIS6 and with one network card each. One in a UK data centre and one in a US data centre. Both servers have... 4 10/21/2008 10:10:15 PM can not start syspreped VHD to Shared Storage Hi all, I have syspreped windows 2003 VHD. I created windows 2008 clustering with VM highly available. When I create VM which link this VHD ON THE SHARED storage, I GOT AN ERROR "incorrect function" when I tried to start this VM. But, if I link this VHD to the local disk, I can start VM without any problem. What am I missing? (BW, I used StarWind simulated iSCSI storage) Thank y... 3 10/21/2008 5:53:02 PM Failover clustered disks Hi all, With Windows 2008 clustering, I tried to test disk resource failover. I right click the clustered disk in the storage of failover cluster management console and I do not see option to failover to another node. If I click More Actions, only one option "Turn on Maintenence Mode for this disk". How should I failover the clustered disk to another node? thank you!... 4 10/21/2008 4:24:09 PM Disk Space Hi everyone, I need to grow up my cluster disks, the cluster has SQL Instance with 1.2TB, and we’ll add more disks and the final result would be 3.2TB. Any advises before doing this? How windows will recognize the new space after extended on the storage? Does windows supports more than 2.0TB? If not is there a way to make it recognize? Do I need diskpart after extend the disks? ... 3 10/21/2008 3:12:37 PM Printer Migration HI all I am trying to migrate 300+ printers from a win2k cluster to a single win2k3 server. I have tried the standard backup and restore using printmig.exe. This seems to migrate the files/drivers etc but not the printer q's or shares etc Can anyone point me in the right direction Thanks in advance Glenn... 1 10/21/2008 9:21:00 AM Quorum questions I have a 2 node A/P Exchange 2007 SCC cluster. All storage (db, logs, quorum) are on a SAN. When I move the cluster to the passive node (node 2) using the move-ClusteredMailboxServer the quorum stays with the active node (node 1) and the CMS moves to node 2. Q1: Using the move-ClusteredMailboxServer cmdlet should the quorum move to the passive node too? Q2: During a true failover sho... 2 10/21/2008 2:54:58 AM 16 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16