We have a 2-node single instance SQL 2005 EE SP1 cluster running on
Windows 2003 EE SP1 and using a SAN.
Suppose a disk drive is configured as a cluster resource for SQL and
thus SQL has exclusive access to this drive. Does "exclusive" apply

Hello.  We have a SQL Server 2000 2-none Active-Active Cluster
configuration.  There are (3) physical NICs in each node.  Within
Cluster Administrator, under the "Cluster Configuration" there are
three "Networks":

We have a A/P W2K3 cluster running SQL 2005. This morning the following error
was recorded:
The Cluster Network Driver has lost contact with Cluster service for 0
seconds. Cluster service will be Terminated.

Does MS SQL 2005 support Compute Cluster Server /HPC? If so where can I find
details?
Thanks
Bill

Have a weird one. I was running windows update on my nodes.
My passive node reports that it needs SP1
My active node doesnt need it .
Any ideas.

I am looking into finding a cheap solution for a .Net/sql server web
app that gives high availability and hardware redundancy.
Given that performance isn't a great issue, I was wondering if the
following would work:

I am really curious with all these SAN technologies and that all of it calls
for quiescing the disks i.e. stopping writes for a brief sec(s) to take a
snapshot..
How does one write applications or consider uptime in a situation as such ?

I am trying to install a SQL server 2005 on a cluster but It does not succeed.
At the end of the installation in Configuring components ... of SQL Server
database services step, I recive the following message :
"SQL Server Setup failed to modify security permissions on WMI ...

We have been running a standalone SQL2005 box which uses a dedicated
webserver for the last 12 months and both sit on our perimeter (DMZ) zone.
The SQL box is now due to be replaced by a failover SQL cluster. Failover
clusters requires domain access and therefore it will have to sit ...

We are considering hardware upgrade.Can SQL Server 2005 Enterprise and
Standard Edition fully take advantage of the Quad Core architecture ?. Quad
Core Intel Xeon X5355  is top of the range. Dual Core 5160 is another choice
worth considering. At the current prices,which one would ...

We are looking into migrating a two-node clustered win2k3 system from
SQL Server 7 to SQL Server 2005. Because we use database clustering, we
are running the Enterprise version of SQL Server 7.
I need to determine which hversion of 2005 supports our requirements.

Can someone guide me through setting up the LogShipping
The environment I'm working on is a 2 node Failover SQL 2k Cluster on
Windows 2000 Adv Server.
I refered to the KB on microsoft but couldn't get it right.

We have datawarehouse servwer  with Active/Active cluster.
One node has 8GB Ram and another node has 12GB.
Right now I have configured for both the nodes the Max.Sql Server Memory to
be 8GB.

I'm trying to setup a SQL2005 cluster and in the setup dialog I get to the
Domain Groupa for Clustered Services before I get an error.  I'm logged in
as the administrator for the setup and this account in Domain Admin group in
AD. I have the groups setup for the SQL services, but ...

I have a Windows 2003 SP1 IA-64 cluster with four nodes. On this
cluster I have two SQL Server 2000 SP4 IA-64 Virtual Instances
installed and each Virtual SQL Instance runs on each owns node. So
basically I have a four node cluster with two active nodes and two