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Um. Right click on the group - "Move Group" -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0B59294F-6B7C-4BD8-8682-D7CB11CDAC85 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... sure...Can you elaborate more onhow would you move all the disk resources example, go to resources, select the disks etc etc "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: I usually move all disk resources to all nodes before installing SQL, just to make sure everything works smoothly. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:78EB32AB-513D-4531-B77A-9BB082415B8E (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... Are there other options to check failover other than manual failovers// "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: Test every likely scenario to see what happens. NIC failures, HBA failures, unplug a server, kill the switch. I usually do this with the SQL services offline and just a dummy disk/IPaddress/Name resource group. Se what triggers a failover and what does not. Clustering alone will not give you High Availability. You need People and Process to complement the Technology. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:745610AB-290F-4CC3-A285-24EC9F08506D (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... what do you recommend for failover scenarios "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: If a node is in shutdown, it will not accept new groups. If a network switch fails and the cluster is segmented, no failover occurs since (a) the cluster cannont communicate the failover requests and (b) there is no node that can accept support the IP address resource(s). In short, it appears the cluster is behaving normally. You definitely need to test your failover scenarios before putting the system into production so you know what failures are capable of being handled by clustering. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:65D57187-CCB3-47BF-ABBA-6FA2DAB954C8 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... Hvent done that. Need to do this during the maintenance window. To test the failover this was carried out Attempted to fail over from node 2 to node 1. Failover is unsuccessful. Both Nodes were shutdown. Node 2 started first. The node 1 was started. SQL Databases is now le on node 2. SQL Server ENT V9.00 4035.00 Windows server 2003 R2 ENT Well there was a issue with the switch that was conncected to the NIC cards and should have failed over to another node. "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: Are you able to move any group from node to node? If so, then which group will not move? Also, please advise which versions of SQL and Windows you are using. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:12A59E16-67A3-4182-9F4D-F38537F79216 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... The SQL cluster is not failover over to another node. Can anyone shed some light in to this. I have checked the config on the cluster administrator side and it all seems correct to me. The event id appeared is 1153 event source: clussvc. In theory the cluster is not working if a disaster happens. A manual reboot is required to bring everything up to normal. Please advise. . . . . . |
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Um. Right click on the group - "Move Group" -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0B59294F-6B7C-4BD8-8682-D7CB11CDAC85 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... sure...Can you elaborate more onhow would you move all the disk resources example, go to resources, select the disks etc etc "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: I usually move all disk resources to all nodes before installing SQL, just to make sure everything works smoothly. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:78EB32AB-513D-4531-B77A-9BB082415B8E (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... Are there other options to check failover other than manual failovers// "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: Test every likely scenario to see what happens. NIC failures, HBA failures, unplug a server, kill the switch. I usually do this with the SQL services offline and just a dummy disk/IPaddress/Name resource group. Se what triggers a failover and what does not. Clustering alone will not give you High Availability. You need People and Process to complement the Technology. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:745610AB-290F-4CC3-A285-24EC9F08506D (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... what do you recommend for failover scenarios "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: If a node is in shutdown, it will not accept new groups. If a network switch fails and the cluster is segmented, no failover occurs since (a) the cluster cannont communicate the failover requests and (b) there is no node that can accept support the IP address resource(s). In short, it appears the cluster is behaving normally. You definitely need to test your failover scenarios before putting the system into production so you know what failures are capable of being handled by clustering. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:65D57187-CCB3-47BF-ABBA-6FA2DAB954C8 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... Hvent done that. Need to do this during the maintenance window. To test the failover this was carried out Attempted to fail over from node 2 to node 1. Failover is unsuccessful. Both Nodes were shutdown. Node 2 started first. The node 1 was started. SQL Databases is now le on node 2. SQL Server ENT V9.00 4035.00 Windows server 2003 R2 ENT Well there was a issue with the switch that was conncected to the NIC cards and should have failed over to another node. "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: Are you able to move any group from node to node? If so, then which group will not move? Also, please advise which versions of SQL and Windows you are using. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:12A59E16-67A3-4182-9F4D-F38537F79216 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... The SQL cluster is not failover over to another node. Can anyone shed some light in to this. I have checked the config on the cluster administrator side and it all seems correct to me. The event id appeared is 1153 event source: clussvc. In theory the cluster is not working if a disaster happens. A manual reboot is required to bring everything up to normal. Please advise. . . . . . |
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cluster service account, what rights do they require? I was on the impression they need to belong too local admin group and server operator group Is this correct..? "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: Um. Right click on the group - "Move Group" -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0B59294F-6B7C-4BD8-8682-D7CB11CDAC85 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... sure...Can you elaborate more onhow would you move all the disk resources example, go to resources, select the disks etc etc "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: I usually move all disk resources to all nodes before installing SQL, just to make sure everything works smoothly. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:78EB32AB-513D-4531-B77A-9BB082415B8E (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... Are there other options to check failover other than manual failovers// "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: Test every likely scenario to see what happens. NIC failures, HBA failures, unplug a server, kill the switch. I usually do this with the SQL services offline and just a dummy disk/IPaddress/Name resource group. Se what triggers a failover and what does not. Clustering alone will not give you High Availability. You need People and Process to complement the Technology. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:745610AB-290F-4CC3-A285-24EC9F08506D (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... what do you recommend for failover scenarios "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: If a node is in shutdown, it will not accept new groups. If a network switch fails and the cluster is segmented, no failover occurs since (a) the cluster cannont communicate the failover requests and (b) there is no node that can accept support the IP address resource(s). In short, it appears the cluster is behaving normally. You definitely need to test your failover scenarios before putting the system into production so you know what failures are capable of being handled by clustering. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message news:65D57187-CCB3-47BF-ABBA-6FA2DAB954C8 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... Hvent done that. Need to do this during the maintenance window. To test the failover this was carried out Attempted to fail over from node 2 to node 1. Failover is unsuccessful. Both Nodes were shutdown. Node 2 started first. The node 1 was started. SQL Databases is now le on node 2. SQL Server ENT V9.00 4035.00 Windows server 2003 R2 ENT Well there was a issue with the switch that was conncected to the NIC cards and should have failed over to another node. "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: Are you able to move any group from node to node? If so, then which group will not move? Also, please advise which versions of SQL and Windows you are using. -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com wrote in message news:12A59E16-67A3-4182-9F4D-F38537F79216 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com... The SQL cluster is not failover over to another node. Can anyone shed some light in to this. I have checked the config on the cluster administrator side and it all seems correct to me. The event id appeared is 1153 event source: clussvc. In theory the cluster is not working if a disaster happens. A manual reboot is required to bring everything up to normal. Please advise. . . . . . |
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