Backing Up a WINS Database on a Windows
2000 Cluster
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 283290
- When you configure the Windows Internet
Naming Service (WINS) to run as a resource
on a Windows 2000-based server that is
running the Microsoft Cluster service,
the typical procedures for backing up
the WINS database are not available. The
Back Up Database command is not
available (grayed out) in the Action
menu in the Microsoft Management Console
(MMC), or in the properties for the WINS
server. Microsoft
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Disk Replacement for Windows 2000 Server Cluster
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 224075
- It can be costly to make mistakes
while replacing a cluster disk; the
consequences can be irrecoverable loss
of all the data on that disk. If the
disk is the quorum disk, the cluster's
configuration data is at risk. |
How to Manually Re-Create
the Cluster Service Account
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 269229 - During
the installation process for Microsoft Cluster
Server (MSCS), the specified domain account
is granted rights that are necessary for the
Cluster service to function correctly. If you
ever need to change or re-create the account,
you must manually grant these rights back to
the domain account that is used to start the
Cluster service.
How to Properly Restore
Cluster Information
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 248998 - This
article describes how to restore cluster database
information.
Recovering from a
Lost or Corrupted Quorum Log
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 245762 - The
Cluster service may not start if a hardware
failure occurs or power is lost to both nodes
of a cluster and to the storage device known
as the quorum on the shared device bus. In such
cases, the following error message may occur
when you attempt to start the Cluster service
on the forming node of the server cluster:
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