break cluster and get sql server available

  • Hi Guys,
    .I have a very old sql server instance. Running Sql server 2008 on  Windows server 2008.

    Wanted to confirm if the windows cluster is broken (purpose is to do X2V) (note: it has sql server active-active, active-passive setup), can sql server be ever available as a standalone instance ?

    I did research but it says the same thing that it is not possible.

    But need your opinion on this.

    Thanks.

  • Somewhat confusing:  "has ... active-active, active-passive setup".  Huh, can't be both at the same time, which is it?

    If A-P, I know we've undone/removed clustering and it worked fine, so overall my answer has to be Yes.  I would think the same would be true of A-A, you could still run nodes separately.

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  • Hi Scott,

    So you are saying that for existing Active - Passtive configuration if the cluster is broken SQL Server (actually in the same cluster there are two AP instances runnng) wll be available and running as a standalone machine in each node (as it has 2 sql sevices running in each node)?

    Is that what you are saying?

    Thanks.

  • I don't know about "broken", but if you "uncluster" it normally, it runs fine.

    And, yes, then you have two servers each running a single, separate, independent instance.

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

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