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AJ

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Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 02:59 PM

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

Reply With Quote

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

Reply With Quote

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

Reply With Quote

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Denny Cherry

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Re: Rebooting a Cluster - 07-10-2008 , 07:25 PM

I would simply stop all resource groups where they are, then power
down all the servers. This way when the servers come up you can
easily restart the resource groups on thier normal node.

Denny

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:06 -0700, AJ <AJ (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Quick and easy question.

What is the proper procedure to shutdown a 4 node active SQL cluster. I
need to bring the servers down for disaster recovery testing. Should I
failover resources from all nodes to one and then shutdown those nodes and
then shutdown the last server? Or should I pause the each node and then shut
them down 1 by 1?

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