Re: configure sql cluster with one NIC (two nic but teamed)

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"anoni" <anoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Can you use one teamed nic to serve both public and heartbeat role? A
> while
> ago, a consultant did some like this in our company. It never work out the
> way it should.
>

While you can setup the Public to be in mixed mode, it should not be your
primary heartbeat traffic. Use a dedicated private network for heartbeat
traffic.

> Also, can I fail over the a share folder permisson for windows 2003
> clustered servers? Again, a cosultant did it with one teamed NIC to serve
> both public and private heartbeat. and our shared folder permission never
> get
> fail over when we take down the primary node.
>

If you create the share as a resource within the cluster, it will failover
with the cluster. Never create it on the individual machines.

Sounds like your old consultant needed more clustering experience.

> Thanks.
>
> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You can team the Public, you can't team the Private (Heartbeat network).
>> We
>> team all our Public interfaces, works great (with the right version of
>> the
>> nic drivers).
>>
>> You can't rename a SQL instance (not fully support and will break SQL),
>> but
>> you can change IPs within a cluster.
>>
>> Why types of resources do you want to add?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rod
>>
>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
>> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
>> http://msmvps.com/clustering/archive/2005/07/20/58233.aspx NYC Clustering
>> class
>>
>> "anoni" <anoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:724C9799-49CB-462C-A4F4-D965EB27ACA2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I like to configure sql cluster with one NIC (two nic but teamed) .
>> >Anyone
>> > tried it? Does it works. I know MS does not support such configure.
>> >
>> > Once cluster servers configured? Can I change the server names, and
>> > virtual
>> > servers and sql virtual server name? Also the ip addresses? And add
>> > resources as needed?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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