Re: Newbie - Quorum on SAN
From: ajay (ajaydarji_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/25/05
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:27:55 -0600
John,
How do I set the arbitration for the quorum???
Ajay
"John Toner [MVP]" <jtoner@DIE.SPAM.DIE.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Ajay,
>
> If I'm reading this correctly, you state that you're rebooting both nodes
> at
> the same time. If so, this is causing both nodes to attempt to arbitrate
> for
> the quorum device at the same...which is causing both nodes to lose the
> arbitration process.
>
> To avoid this, you should setup a delay on one of your cluster nodes so
> that
> one node boots with a 90 second delay. This will give the first node
> plenty
> of time to arbitrate for the quorum disk without the interference of the
> other cluster nodes. You can read more about this and other tips in the
> following KB article:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259267
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> "ajay" <ajaydarji@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OaMZkbvAFHA.3892@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I am still trying to find the HCL for clustering, but here are the errors
> I
>> get in the event logs
>>
>> Cluster service could not join an existing server cluster and could not
> form
>> a new server cluster. Cluster service has terminated.
>>
>> The Cluster Service service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 3
>> time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 240000
>> milliseconds: Restart the service.
>>
>> Windows cannot unload your classes registry file - it is still in use by
>> other applications or services. The file will be unloaded when it is no
>> longer in use.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ajay
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" <rod@die.spam.die.nw-america.com> wrote in
>> message news:%23XPq4uiAFHA.904@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > What is any messages do you have in the event logs? Is your hardware on
>> > the Clustering HCL? Have you checked your hardware config and
>> > drivers/firmware?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Rod
>> >
>> > MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> > http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
>> > http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>> >
>> > "ajay" <ajaydarji@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23wTH7miAFHA.2428@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >> That's correct everything was working and when I reboot both the nodes
>> >> nothing works. Even the cluster service won't start. I have tried
>> >> starting node 1 first and then bring node 2, but didn't help. I have
> to
>> >> discount the fiber cable from both nodes and boot the nodes up. Once
> the
>> >> servers are up, I rescan the drives and then connect the fiber cable
>> >> to
>> >> node1 and rescan the drives again a couple of times and then the
>> >> quorum
>> >> drive is accessible and the cluster service will also starts.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Ajay
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" <rod@die.spam.die.nw-america.com> wrote in
>> >> message news:e3VD9$x$EHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >>> Ok, so everything was working, you reboot the nodes and now nothing
>> >>> is
>> >>> not working? The cluster service is not started on either node? DHCP
> did
>> >>> not start up?
>> >>>
>> >>> What have you tried? Can you get either node to start the cluster
>> >>> service? You know not to reboot both at the same time? What does your
>> >>> event log have to on this matter?
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>>
>> >>> Rod
>> >>>
>> >>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> >>> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
>> >>> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>> >>>
>> >>> "ajay" <ajaydarji@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:OLETN8x$EHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >>>>I have two dell servers in a cluster setup to do DHCP. Both the
> servers
>> >>>>are connected to the SAN (HP VA7410) through a Cisco switch. I have
> the
>> >>>>quorum setup on the SAN. My problem is when I reboot both the nodes,
>> >>>>neither of the nodes can access the quorum drive. When I go to disk
>> >>>>manager on both the nodes, both can see the drive, but when I open my
>> >>>>computer I see the Q:\ drive but can't access it. What do I need to
> do
>> >>>>so that at least one of the servers would always connect to the
>> >>>>quorum
>> >>>>drive on the SAN after a reboot?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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