We have a 2 node Active/Passive 32 bit SQL cluster.  We wish to convert the
cluster to 64 bit Server 2003 and 64 bit SQL 2005.  It is of cheif importance
that we don't have an exended outage as we are an ASP and our clients don't
take well to this type of thing.    If anyone can ...

We are planning to migrate from SQL 2000 32 to sq 2005 64 bit environment.
Are there any known issues?

I am a new guy in Windows 2000 in SQL clustering. The SQL cluster cannot
failover while 1 node is down. I would like to know if there is any standard
checkup procedure or tools to collect information for further problme
analysis.

Hi all, i'm wondering whether any of you clustering experts could help.
Our apps team look after a trading system that uses an HP DL360 server
running SQL 2000 SP3a with a few small databases on it. This is a critical
server as it stores trading system information, market orders ...

Ran into a problem in scheduling applying the Service Pack to our SQL
2000 active/passive cluster when we add new nodes.  50  plus databases and an
unknown number of apps.  
   I'm wondering what people do to ensure that no apps/people are trying to

Hello, theres
  I have a question about sql server agent jobs on clustered
environment.(active/passive)
  After using SSMS to connect the cluster db, set up a new job on sql

Thank you for Geoff N. Hiten provides me very useful info.
Please experts confirm with the following.
Please take alook at the follwing list and tell me whether it looks good to
you.

Does any one have any experience with the Hibernate layer [which acts as an
abstraction layer between DB & application layers]? The factor which is
bothering me is the absence of stored procedures. All transactions are done
via this Hibernate Layer. What I am looking at is a ...

I'm looking for documentation about moving a fail-over cluster of SQL2005
between different IP network and between difefrent Windows domain.
Some advice ?
Thanks in advance.

When I run (copied from BOL as an example of enabling AWE) the following
statement I got an error.It did changes but with error message. Should I use
WITH OVERRIDE?
Can someone explain on subject? Is it BOL incorrect?

Is there a way to readd the startup options for  a server after removing
them?  The server will not connect without them and without being able to
connect the properties  sheet does not come up.

Hi we have two 64 bit servers. One is AMD and another is Intel Xeon. We are
thinking of building a SQL 2k5 cluster on them. The question is, is it OK to
build a cluster as they are  not the same architecture? They will both be
running windows 2003 R2 64 Bit and SQL 2k5 64 bit.

Our current setup is:
2 Windows 2003 Advanced Server, members of 2003 AD domain
SQL cluster: active/passive
shared drives: 4 logical drives: quorum, logs, database, IIS (old SAN)

My customer is currently setting up a two node cluster. Since they are
planning to use the same domain account to start all services, they are
wondering if it’s OK to use only one domain group during setup.
If they are using just one service account, are there any specific ...

SQL 2005 AS installed on a Cluster.
We are using a named instance and only one currently exists. MS White paper
reads: The default instance listens on port 2383, while named instances are
dynamically allocated. This behavior can be changed by explicitly assigning a