Resource won't fail over

#41

Just adding to what Geoff wrote, the default behavior of a cluster resource
is to restart the resource if it fails. Cluster will do this 3 times (by
default in 2003) and if it is unsuccessful after the 3rd attempt, it will
failover the group owning the resource.You can see/adjust these settings by
looking at the properties of a resource and look at the Advanced tab.

So if you want to test using the Initiate Failure option, you will need to
initiate a failure 4 times before the group would failover.

Regards,
John

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"JimRBG" <JimRBG (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

Quote:

Linchi,

No, I performed an Initiate Failure on the resource. All that happens is
the resource goes into a failed state, then back online to the same node.

Thanks,

Jim

"Linchi Shea" wrote:

How did you do your failover test? Did you try to move the group?

Linchi

"JimRBG" wrote:

When I initiate a failover test on a cluster resource it will go
offline and
then back online, but to the same node and not to the other node in
the
cluster. Can someone point me in the right direction to troubleshoot?

Thanks,

Jim

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Re: Resource won't fail over - 07-24-2008 , 09:28 AM