Re: SP1 AND CLUSTERING DO NOT WORK

My apologies, it was simply a bad abbreviation...

Security Configuration Wizard Documentation
"Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) is an attack surface reduction tool for
members of the Microsoft® Windows ServerT 2003 family with Service Pack 1
(SP1). SCW determines the minimum functionality required for a server's role
or roles, and disables functionality that is not required. "

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=903fd496-9eb9-4a45-aa00-3f2f20fd6171&displaylang=en

Better?

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Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
Avanade
http://www.Avanade.com

"A troubleshooter's best tool is the Event Viewer and understanding the
events and messages contained therein."

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"wpgdon" <wpgdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:24460DB8-0E0D-4752-9354-D2D487303E0C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Gday and ty for your info. I am at a bit of a loss. You have mentioned
> secconfig lockdown stuff.......could you please explain in further detail.
> I
> tried tracking down secconfig but came up empty.. And your comment about
> lower level network communication, what should i be looking for. Thanks
> again
>
> "Ryan Sokolowski [MVP - Avanade]" wrote:
>
>> As has been suggested / communicated here previously, SP1 locks down a
>> good
>> bit of network communications and you're well-advised to ensure that
>> you've
>> assessed this impact to your inter-node communications before deciding to
>> use SP1.
>>
>> Look at your SecConfig lockdown stuff in SP1 and do some lower-level
>> network
>> communications diagnosis to track down the issues...
>>
>> HTH...
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Sokolowski
>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
>> Avanade
>> http://www.Avanade.com
>>
>> "A troubleshooter's best tool is the Event Viewer and understanding the
>> events and messages contained therein."
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "wpgdon" <wpgdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:14AD96C7-A9CF-45D0-AB50-365F015BB093@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > We are trying to set up clustering to run in Win2003(2 node) using
>> > VMWARE.
>> > We
>> > can set up clustering and it works fine with failover working as
>> > advertised.
>> > The problem occurs when we apply SP1. When we try to stimulate a actual
>> > failure by powering down the hosting cluster, the cluster does not fail
>> > over
>> > to the other node. The cluster hangs up and only when both boxes are
>> > rebooted
>> > will the cluster restart. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>> > Thanks
>> > --
>> > dle
>>
>>
>>


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