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How to Format an
Existing Partition on a Shared Cluster Hard
Disk
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 257937 -
This article describes how to format an existing
hard disk or partition on a shared cluster
hard disk or partition. You may need to do
this if there is NTFS file system damage on
a cluster hard disk resource that the chkdsk
command cannot repair, or if you want to reformat
a partition to start with a known good file
system state and known good data.
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 Replace a Disk That Is on a Windows 2000
or a Windows 2003 Server Cluster
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 305793 -
This article discusses how to replace a shared
hard disk that is on a Microsoft Windows Server
2003 or a Windows 2000 server cluster.
How to Set the Startup
Value for a Resource on a Clustered Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 259243 -
By default, when the Cluster service starts
or when failover occurs, the Cluster service
attempts to bring all groups and resources
online. For management or troubleshooting
purposes, you may want to prevent a particular
group or resource from starting automatically.
You can define the state of a group or resource
as either offline or online by setting its
"persistent state" value in the cluster registry
hive.
How the Cluster Service
Takes Ownership of a Disk on the Shared Bus
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
Q309186 - This article describes some of the
small computer system interface (SCSI - commands
and the Challenge/Defense protocol that are
used to maintain and gain control of the shared
disks on a server cluster.
How WINS Functions
on a Cluster Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 290880 -
This article describes how WINS functions
on a cluster server.
Print Spooler Support on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Cluster
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 228904 -
You can use Microsoft Cluster Server to create
and host print server functionality. The configuration
steps are improved in Windows 2000, compared
to how the configuration is performed in Microsoft
Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition.
Reparse Point Support
in Windows 2000-Based Clusters
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 262797 -
Describes the reparse points (also referred
to as junction points) that are supported
in Windows 2000-based clusters and issues
that may result from their use.
Security Considerations
When Implementing Clustered File Shares
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 254219 -
This article describes how to administer file
share security in Windows 2000 clustering,
and to a limited extent Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise
Server.
Support for Multiple
Clusters Attached to the Same SAN Device
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 304415 -
A single cluster can be qualified and placed
on the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List
(HCL - by using Fiber Channel storage interconnects
and switch technology, and there are many
examples of complete configurations on the
HCL.
Support for a Single
Server Cluster That Is Attached to Multiple
Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article This article
describes support for a single server cluster
that is connected to multiple storage units.
Microsoft qualifies a server cluster and includes
it on the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility
List (HCL) if the cluster uses small computer
system interface (SCSI) technology, Fiber
Channel technology, and Switched Fabric technology.
There are many examples of such complete configurations
on the HCL. However, the HCL includes only
single configurations that contain a set of
cluster nodes with a single storage
controller. Storage Area Networks (SANs) that
use Switched Fabric technologies offer storage
consolidation and storage as a utility. In
this type of environment, the storage infrastructure
may contain different storage controller devices
with different characteristics or guarantees
or may increase over time and include storage
controllers from various vendors or suppliers..
Technical
Overview: Clustering and Windows NT Load Balancing
Service (WLBS)
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise
Edition offers uninterrupted service for mission-critical
applications, a reduction in costs and high
performance for demanding applications.
The Default Behavior
When You Do a Move Group Operation on a Cluster
with More Than Two Nodes
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 279802 -
This article discusses the default behavior
when you use Cluster Administrator to do a
Move Group operation on a cluster with more
than two nodes.
Using
WINS and DHCP on Microsoft Windows 2000 Clusters:
Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Microsoft Support WebCast Focuses on a new
feature of clustering in Windows 2000, namely
the support of the WINS and DHCP services
on a Windows 2000 cluster. The presentation
describes how to install and configure these
services for use on a Windows 2000 cluster.
Using WINS and DHCP with the Windows 2000 Cluster Service
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 226796 -
Windows 2000 support the ability to cluster
the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) services.
This article describes how to configure WINS
and DHCP with Windows Clustering.
Windows Clustering
and Geographically Separate Sites
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 280743 -
You can create many geographically-distributed
solutions by adding data-replication software
and extended Local Area Network (LAN) hardware
to existing, already certified configurations.
However, these solutions radically change
the nature of a pre-certified configuration
particularly in respect to timing and latency.
Microsoft therefore requires that both the
hardware and software configuration of a geographically-dispersed
cluster be certified and listed on the cluster
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) before they
will be supported by Microsoft.
Windows 2000 Cluster
Nodes as Domain Controllers
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 281662 -
The information in this article addresses
a situation that you do not generally encounter
in most Information Technology architectures.
Windows 2000 Interoperability
Between MSCS and NLB
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 235305 -
Network Load Balancing (NLB) has the same
feature set as Windows Load Balancing Service
(WLBS) in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. It provides
the ability to distribute network client load
across up to 32 nodes in a cluster. |
