Re: How would you configure an N+1 cluster using MS Cluster Servic

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Thank you for the reply.

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I can’t see how I can allow two active
nodes to fail over to the single passive node in my situation.

The application consists of a number of services; the services are being
added as “Generic Services” in Cluster Administrator. These services get
configuration information from a key under HKLM, so that key is setup to
replicate in the generic service properties. When the first node fails over
to the passive node then the registry would replicate OK, but when the second
node fails over to the passive node its registry configuration data would
overwrite and interfere with the data for the first node that failed over.
This is why I am looking to prevent more than one node from failing over to
the passive node.

With regard to option 2, I could have one passive node per active node to
eliminate the possibility of multiple failover but it was the cost of these
additional passive nodes that we want to save by accepting that only one node
failure could be handled at any one time.

Thanks,
Richard.


"Ryan Sokolowski (MVP)" wrote:

You can define your Failover and Failback preferences, but I'd also suggest
that if you're concerned about 2 active nodes failing over simultaneously,
do one of two things.

1. Scope out the cluster configuration resource-wise so that 2 active nodes
could legimately fail their resources to your single passive node, or,
2. Build the cluster with multiple passive nodes to accomodate this
potentiality (i.e. - A/A/A/A/P/P)

Hope this helps,
--Ryan

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"Richard Glanville" <fredfredfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an application that I want to cluster. It consists of a number of
services that need to be dependent on MSMQ, Physical Disk, Network Name &
IP
Address resources.

I have successfully tested an Active/Passive cluster configuration using a
single group. What I need to be able to do is get a configuration where
there
are N active nodes each with their own Network Name etc. and 1 passive
node
to which any of the active nodes could failover. If a second active node
needs to failover then that should be prevented.

Can this be done?

Thanks,
Richard

Can this be done?

Thanks,
Richard




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