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SQL Server Forum / Other Technologies / Clustering / September 2006Cluster Taken Offline Accidentally
I have a two node cluster, and both nodes are up (this is a testing environment) - both Virtual SQL servers are up as well. The cluster resources are in their own group (ie, cluster IP, cluster name, Q drive, etc). The question is... How do you restore this Cluster Resource Group if it has accidentally been taken offline and neither node can connect to it, since the IP, name, a Q drive have been taken offline? The cluster server service is running on both nodes. The issue is - since the IP address (it cannot even be pinged), clus name and Q drive were taken offline, how do you then re-connect to the cluster group via Cluster Administrator to turn them back online, when the Cluster Administrator can't connect to it? I've looked at the following kb article - changing the persistive state didn't seem to do anything. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259243/en-us Is there any way of bringing the IP (and Q drive) online outside of cluster administrator? Can you use RDP to connect to one of the nodes and run Cluster Admin from there?  SignatureTom ---------------------------------------------------- Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS SQL Server MVP Toronto, ON Canada . I have a two node cluster, and both nodes are up (this is a testing environment) - both Virtual SQL servers are up as well. The cluster resources are in their own group (ie, cluster IP, cluster name, Q drive, etc). The question is... How do you restore this Cluster Resource Group if it has accidentally been taken offline and neither node can connect to it, since the IP, name, a Q drive have been taken offline? The cluster server service is running on both nodes. The issue is - since the IP address (it cannot even be pinged), clus name and Q drive were taken offline, how do you then re-connect to the cluster group via Cluster Administrator to turn them back online, when the Cluster Administrator can't connect to it? I've looked at the following kb article - changing the persistive state didn't seem to do anything. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259243/en-us Is there any way of bringing the IP (and Q drive) online outside of cluster administrator? Connect to one of the nodes using RDP. Start Cluster Administrator. Use a period (.) for the cluster name. Bring the group back online. Cheers, Rodney R. Fournier MVP - Windows Server - Clustering http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner >I have a two node cluster, and both nodes are up (this is a testing >environment) - both Virtual SQL servers are up as well. The cluster [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Is there any way of bringing the IP (and Q drive) online outside of > cluster administrator? That did it! Thank you very much! > Connect to one of the nodes using RDP. > Start Cluster Administrator. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> Is there any way of bringing the IP (and Q drive) online outside of >> cluster administrator? |
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