Re: How to Cluster Portal Server 2003

if required i will set this up on my testbed and failover and supply the
results

"flash" wrote:

> I can not find any info on MS and your link was not for SPS.
> I have a cluster which is failover. It has SQL 2000 clustered. I wish to
> Cluster all or whatever components of SPS - 'how'. Right now only node 1 has
> SPS installed. This is a small office scenario and a beefy cluster - I wish
> to run everything from this server and cluster whatever I can for failover.
> So by your language a small failover farm.
> Any guidance on 'how to' appreciated.
>
>
>
> You can also have a small farm, with one SQL server and one front-end server
> running both IIS and Job/Indexing.
>
> I believe this is the correct link, but you can do some searching on their
> site.
>
>
> "jwillard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
>
> > Not exactly sture what you are trying to do here. SPS only supports certain
> > topologies. The standard medium farm, which MS would recommend, has the
> > following components
> >
> > 1. SQLServer installed on a fail-over cluster
> > 2. Job/Index server
> > 3. 2 front end Web servers in NLB configuration
> >
> > You can also have a small farm, with one SQL server and one front-end server
> > running both IIS and Job/Indexing.
> >
> > I believe this is the correct link, but you can do some searching on their
> > site.
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7cdc1f2d-f550-49e0-9b74-318da11ba1b4&DisplayLang=en
> >
> > any specific questions, please post.
> >
> > All of this is detailed very thoroughly in the documentation available on
> > the MS Website.
> > "dave nixon" <david.nixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:781846EE-AEEE-4597-AAA4-94626EFFFAF9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > would u have to configure NLB on a cluster?
> > > Remember this is a windows 2003 cluster and not a sps farm.
> > > U only need to nlb across more than one front end sps web server...a
> > > windows
> > > 2003 cluster with sps acts as a single sps server
> > >
> > > "Dan Orchard" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Yes but its only aware with SQL with SharePoint you will have to
> > >> configure NLB (Network Load Balancing). Personally I would look at
> > >> documentation on a medium farm configuration this should clear things
> > >> up.
> > >>
> > >> HTH
> > >>
> > >> DAn Orchard
> > >>
> > >> dave nixon wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > sps is cluster aware so it should only have to be installed on node1.
> > >> > have u tried a failover?
> > >> >
> > >> > "flash" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Have a cluster which has SQL 2000 sp4 on it clustered for the
> > >> > > portal server; both nodes are a member of the cluster. Wish to
> > >> > > cluster the Portal Server 2003. What do I need to do? I installed
> > >> > > Portal Server on node 1 right now - app on c: of the node and the
> > >> > > shared storage contains the data files. Do I install on node 2,
> > >> > > etc? Can't find any whitepapers.
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
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