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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how big a volume should be created for cluster quorum?

Thanks.

"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:

> Answers below...
>
> "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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