Re: Properly shutdown Windows 2003 Cluster during emergency power



John,

On another note, we have a UPS that gives us 20-30 min of runtime in case of
power failure.

Thanks
Doug

"John Toner [MVP]" wrote:

> Doug,
>
> The best way (IMO) would be to take all application groups offline, then
> shutdown servers individually...shutting down the owner of the "Cluster
> Group" last. You'd probably want to shut off your "passive" nodes first,
> then shut off all active nodes one at a time.
>
> BTW, I don't think you're going to have much control over this in the event
> of a power failure.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> "Doug" <Doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F4A5252B-C307-4607-AF80-A18B53E57851@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > We cannot seem to find documentation on how to shutdown an 8-node cluster
> in
> > case of emergency or power failure. Does anyone know where we may be able
> to
> > find this documentation or can anyone recommend what the proper shutdown
> > sequence would be?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Doug
> >
>
>
>
.



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