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.
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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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