We're planning to implement mirroring with SQL-Server 2005. On:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/dbmirror.mspx
Microsoft advises againts using this technology in production situations.
What are my alternatives?

Is there anyway to add an additional netbios name to a SQL Cluster?
I am trying to consolidate some of our older SQL servers onto a pair of
SQL Cluster servers, and am not able to risk losing the old SQL names
due to some hard coding and the basic size of the network we are on.  I

Just been gotcha'd by the problem of adding x64 nodes to an x32 cluster...
Has anyone seen the steps to move all the resources and the Virtualserver to
a new x64 cluster (resources are SQL2000+SP4). Is it as straightforward as it
sounds?

Simply put we have a Single SQL 2005 server running our applications.  This
server runs great, low load, databases under 200 meg mostly, maybe 2 gig of
total data.
We do backup via NetVault to tape everynight.

Current topology
- Sql Server 2000 on Windows 2003 Cluster
The Client access to the database started to degrade on a particular
database, when we tried to access the SQL Enterprise Manager - it result in

I have a two-node SQL Server 2000 cluster.  Each node has two network
interfaces - one interface on each is connected to its opposite number by a
crossover cable, and the other interface is connected to an gigabit ethernet
switch, to talk to the outside world.  All standard stuff ...

Our company has a HP Proliant DL380 and we need another server to establish
a clustered environment. Should we but exactly the same server with the same
hardware configuration or if the new server is listed in HCL will be enough?
Thanks in advance,

I have a Windows 2003 cluster already built. For some reason, the secondary
NIC for the private (heartbeat) network connection did not get added to the
cluster. I am trying to figure out how to add it in. It is not a cluster
resource, so I cannot add it that way. Does anyone have ...

Is it possible to have a database (on SAN) that two active nodes of
clustering environment work on it simultaneously?
Thanks in advance,
Leila

I have problem in understanding term "Public Network" and "Private Network".
I need some clarification. For example in this sentence:
"Disable NetBIOS for all private network cards before beginning SQL Server
Setup"

I have set up a new sql 2005 Cluster on a w2k3 box.
Now I want to have a Actve Avtive configuration for my cluster boxes.
If I try to do this with the config tool I want to set up both nodes to
lisenig at the tcp port 1433. If I config it like this the sql server

I have an HP Proliant DL380 clustered server running SQL2000 and W2K with a
mirrored array.  I need to reconfigure the array to change the relative
sizes of data drives; backup drives; quorum drives, etc. AND upgrade to
W2003R2 and SQL 2005.  Any suggestions on the order of how ...

I need to set security for row level but not based on Database user's
login. It should be based on the user table login. For the particular
user I need to allow only the particular records to access insert,
update delete and select.

I read this in documents:
"If the solution does not appear on the HCL, the cluster configuration is
not supported."
What does "is not supported" mean exactly? Does it mean that virtual server

Since I'm in the process of decommissioning my production SQL 2000 server
and bring up a clustered two node system (Windows 2003 R2, SQL 2005), I would
like to preserve the instance (it was default) name on the old production
server and use it in the new cluster.  Right now, the ...