I have an active/passive SQL 2005 cluster consisting of 2 nodes. My bosses
want me to rename both nodes and also move the cluster to a new domain. How
would I do that ?.

Regards
Tony Dawson

There is no easy way to do this.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915846/en-us

will get you through the domain change. To change the node names, you will
have to evict, change, and readd each node.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP



"Tony Dawson" <noone (AT) nowhere (DOT) org> wrote

You might want to ask yourself if the reasons for doing this are strong
enough to outweigh the risk and efford of this excercise.

Are there any technical reasons why you want to do this ?

Oh, and take a backup... and test the backup before you begin.
But sure that goes for every maintenance you do.

rgds,
Edwin.


"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Geoff, that KB article handles the domain *group* change but not changing
the domain. I don't think you can move a cluster to another domain.

As for renaming nodes, the only way to do that is to:

1) evict one node
2) rename the node
3) bring the node back into the cluster
4) re-apply the binaries to the node
5) repeat for all nodes

This is all a major PITA. I think there has to be very compelling reason to
change domains or rename nodes within a server.

--
Tom

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Toronto, ON Canada
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"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

There is no easy way to do this.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915846/en-us

will get you through the domain change. To change the node names, you will
have to evict, change, and readd each node.

--
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP



"Tony Dawson" <noone (AT) nowhere (DOT) org> wrote