I want to remove my backup raid container or x: drive from my sql
group because I don't want my sql service to fail as this volume has
had some problems with the hard drive firmware on the raid container.
I've tried to find out if this is possible to do and have not found

I have been evaluating this feature in order to fail-over between two server
in two remote site connected through a 1 Gbps link.
Anybody had good experience about it?
Can I mirror a SQL2005 Enterpise Itanium Edition with a SQL2005 Enterprise

I have to install MSDTC on an Active/Passive cluster.  I got instructions
from microsoft's website on how to enable MSDTC:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817064/
but when I follow the instructions, the service never starts.  Even when I

I have a scenerio where I must implement a Highly Available environment
between two locations seperated by 25 miles.
The premise is to create a solution that will keep our application up and
running if our main location were hit by a tornado, an auto failover would

I have set up SQL05 Mirroring with a witness server and everything was
working fine. We had a memory problem on the primary server, and the
mirroring worked, and it failed over to the secondary box as it should have.
Our application has the following in the cn string: 'Data

We have had a 2 node cluster.
We added a 3rd and fulltext does not show in EM - Support services.
Using sp3a+ms03-031.

I have a client that wants me to start hosting their SQL and IIS for them.  
They want to have the ability to have a "hot spare" in case the primary SQL
server fails.  I have read and read until my eyes hurt about clustering and
mirroring and I am getting more confused on how to ...

When I was installing SP2 in a server with Win2003 server then Database
Service failed with those messages bellow:
Product                   : Database Services (SQLA)
Product Version (Previous): 2047

I see that after the AWE hot fix in our production server [Not the standard
microsoft recommended MSI way, only the SQLServer.exe and OSQL.exe are
replaced] the following are the versions of each component.
osql.exe , 2000.80.1025.0,   16-May-2005 6:51:12PM

I am migrating a SQL Instance to an existing SQL 2000 cluster that already
has the default instance installed.  There is a large user community that
will be accessing the databases in the 2nd instance and I am trying to find a
way to configure the installation so that they can ...

I'm looking for evaluation criteria that will help in rationalizing
the total cost of ownnership of the following Database Infrastructure
Failover Capability tools and making an informed selection:
* Microsoft Cluster Services

Here is our newly built cluster configuration:
2 node
Active/Passive
Windows 2003 Ent.

I´ve got some problems with starting a SQL Server 2005 Resource Group on a
failover cluster.
The installation of the Virtual SQL Server 2005 went well, except the message
"All resources did not come online and therefore you will need to manually

I understand how to install SQL 2005 on an active/passive windows cluster.
Management has decided that we will be moving to an
active/active/active/passive windows cluster. I am looking for information
on how to install SQL 2005 clustering on this type of windows cluster? Does

Guys,
I keep getting errors while trying to install SQL 2K5 server on Win2K3 x64
R2 SP2 cluster.
The setup sequence was