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3 Replies Last post: May 14, 2009 5:15 AM by Derek Cassese  
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Derek Cassese
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May 8, 2009 6:27 AM

Windows 2008 Failover Cluster

 

I am implementing a Windows 2008 failover cluster for my sql 2005 service.  I understand clustering is different in 2008 than in 2003.  Are there any special things I need to do on the VM that I need to be aware of?

 

 

I am planning on creating a 1 GB witness LUN

I am planning on creating a 250GB SQL Data LUN and a 100 GB SQL Log LUN.

 

 

These will all be RDMs for the two Win2008 servers. 

 

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

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1. May 12, 2009 2:39 PM in response to: Derek Cassese
Re: Windows 2008 Failover Cluster

 

Hi,

 

 

please be aware that w2k8 does not support scsi-2.

 

 

Which product are u using?

 

 

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2. May 12, 2009 2:41 PM in response to: Derek Cassese
Re: Windows 2008 Failover Cluster

 

I've seen people successfully configure Solarwind iSCSI solution with Windows 2008 MSCS though, but if you want to know in depth about MSCS, read here http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2009/04/01/setup-for-microsoft-cluster-service/

 

 

Hope that helps.

 

 

Stefan Nguyen

 

 

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3. May 14, 2009 5:15 AM in response to: Derek Cassese
Re: Windows 2008 Failover Cluster

 

Thanks for the replys  

 

 

I have successfully configured my Windows 2008 Failover Cluster.  This has been done using iSCSI for the shared storage (Vmware doesnt support SCSI-3) and honeslty iSCSI works real well in 2008.  It took a little getting used to the new cluster model in 2008 but a few hours and I'm up and rockin.

 

 

 

 

 

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