I have a SQL Server 2000 cluster with Windows 2003 server.
Periodically I run a job that deletes all of the files out of the
P:\dallas_mrkt directory on the active node.
This is active/passive cluster with two nodes.

Becaurse of hardware warnings we had one of our "IBM x345 servers"
(Model 8670-61X) updated with firmware and device driver .
BIOS, ASM, RAID, ISMP and LSI mini port driver.
After that we recive folloving popup on boot:

I'm relatively new to the world of sql clusters.  We have and Active/Passive
cluster with Windows 2003 server.
I recently did a test where I manually moved the resources from node 1 to
node 2.  I've noticed that the MSSQLSERVER service was now running on the 2nd

Hi,  Our 2 node(active/active) cluster is running on an old machine and
running SQL2000 and W2k.  We wanted to upgrade the hardware and the OS to
W2003.  I am planning to setup the new hardwares with W2003 and SQL2000 and
then moved the resources over to the new servers and then ...

When I try to add a node to SQL Server cluster the installation progarm exits
without any messages. I think this problem was described in KB273769.
I requested hotfix for this problem from Russian PSS but they told me
(referring to european PSS centre) that hotfix in no longer ...

I currently have two clustered servers. OS - Windows 2003 (SP1), SQL 2000.
These servers are getting old so what I wanted to do is add two new servers
to the cluster and take the original two offline. I have loaded the new
servers, connected them to our sans, and added them to ...

Hi. We need to load data using bulk utility, and We wolud like to use Remote
Administration to do this. Then I would like to know if  there are some
problem to load data using bluk and remote administration.
We have Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition and Active/Pasice schema.

I have SQL2000 installed on a cluster. The service is starting, but the
cluster fails to detect it started. in event log i get:
1:[sqsrvres] ODBC sqldriverconnect failed
2:[sqsrvres] checkODBCConnectError: sqlstate = 08001; native error = 11;

I have a Cluster Server with Windows 2003 Server and SQL Server 2000 as the
database server. Periodically I receive in the event viewer from the ClusSvc
that the time delta between Node A and Node B is X (in 100 nanoseconds).
What is consider to be good and bad ranges of values ...

I am attempting to montior failovers, using Sitescope, so does anyone know
event what events are created when a node fails over?

I have a two node failover cluster with two external disk arrays. I have
these two array for some special testing. I no longer need both of them and
need to do some specific testing with just one array. My problem is that the
array I need to test with has all my SQL data but the ...

We are trying to consolidate all the SQL servers (more then 250 instances).
We are considering Multi instance Sql Cluster on SAN
Is there a document/weblink that expalins the SAN systems , and
Installation/Setup of SQL Cluster on SAN.

Hello : )
This Thursday 21st, I have a second interview for a DBA position. I have
been looking for an opportunity like this for awhile now and I hope I don't
blow it.

In windows 2003 server you have NLB (Network Load Balancing).
Can i use this to load balance my traffic to our sql server?
I know you also have "Microsoft Cluster Service" but that's only available
with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.

About 5 months ago, I posted a query to this group after experiencing
failures with my database maintenance plans (during the verify phase)
that run on SQL Clusters on
Windows 2003