Re: BCV's on a cluster

Tech Tip: Click here to run a free scan for Windows Errors and optimize PC performance

To add to this, again in an EMC context.

BCV's are an exact copy of their sources, including the disk-signatrure
(sector 0)
Hence it is not recommended to present a split BCV to the cluster nodes, as
the signature is the same as the source disk which is under cluster control.

Presenting BCV's to another host outside the cluster ! ... no problem

HTH,
_Edwin.

"Linchi Shea" <LinchiShea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7879E5CE-3247-4B65-BBD7-EE2620E5F9E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm not sure exactly what you meant by BCVs. But in the context of the EMC
SANs, BCV splits are commonly practiced and work fine. We often split BCVs
on
our DR side, and check the BCV volumes to verify the databases on the DR
side
and to test the procedures.

You can use BCVs for reporting. But in most of our cases, we need
near-real-time reports, and it's not practical to keep splitting and
mounting
BCVs.

Linchi

"burt_king" wrote:

Anyone out there using BCV with SQL 2000, ideally, or even SQL 2005?
I've
got some questions and would like to speak with someone that's done
it...

Many thanks, and Happy New Year!!
--
burt_king@xxxxxxxxx



.