I have a problem with a 4-node cluster. It was a 2-node sql2k on w2k.
We installed new hw with w2k3 and installed the old instances there
(restore). After that we added 2 more w2k3 nodes and installed the
original 2 instances on all 4 nodes. We also set up 2 new instances to

  Hi, I'm having the same problem that was posted earlier this month. In
the thread there was no resolution of how the issue was solved.
  Has the issue been solved? If so, how?
Thanks

Is there a command or script I can run from query analyzer to export a
database?
Its a long story but I can only get to the database through query analyzer
and there is one database I need to pull out to another machine.

Am I correct in my assumption? If I am creating a two-node SQL Server 2000
active\active cluster configuration, (cluster will be built on Windows 2000)
I can have a maximum of one virtual server name per node and up to 16 named
instances per node if I do not use the Default ...

I need to change all of the ip's on my two node cluster
including the nic cards and all of the virtual devices.
What i am asking what is the best way to do this with out
crashing the whole thing. Also i need to get this done

We are planning to upgrade the drives which are currently being used for
clustered SQL, Exchange 2003, DHCP and File and Print Services.
We pan to do the following:
1) Add the bigger drives

I have a very basic question regarding nodes in MSCS running
sqlserver2k.  I'm trying to understand what it means to load-balance.
I thought load-balancing meant that if I have 3 nodes in the MSCS &
all running sqlserver2k, the nodes point to single database on a

I am very new to the forum so I need to put my question based on SQL query.
Is it the right place or if anyone can give me the link, I will proceed!!!
Thanks

I have documentation for Win2K which says run
comclust.exe to add MSDTC . Running the same brings up
the Admin window.
Please point me to some documentation which clearly

Hi
I am getting the error message listed below while starting my SQL Server on a
cluster node, the server is up and running just the sql server is not starting
this is the error message which i get from event viewer

I am looking for the Microsoft instruction to install SQL Server 2000 on
Cluster with Windows 2003 Server operating system.  I start the uninstall of
SQL Server 2000 with the following error.  "Another Virtual Server of the
same name exists on the network"

I have two identical servers. I want to put Win 2003 Enterprise and SQL
Server Enterprise on both of them.
The data will be written to and read from the database.
Is it possible to build a cluster with two independent sets of hard drives

We have a Windows 2003 Server NLB Cluster getting data from Windows 2003
Server SQL Cluster.
Occasionally we get Connection Timeout Errors when trying to connect to the
Virtual SQL Server.

We want to set up another office as an online disaster recovery site.  Can I
clister between two SQL servers over a T1?

I am presently running Windows 2003 cluster with SQL Server 2000.  My
question is what is the correct way to apply Critical Updates to a SQL
Cluster?
Thank  you in advance for tour assistance!