active/active cluster

• matey

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  February 17, 2004 at 8:50 am

  #86067

  does any one know where i can find documentation or step by step guide to installing sql server 2000 on an active/active windows 2003 cluster?. thanks in advance

• K. Brian Kelley

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  February 18, 2004 at 12:32 am

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  You can basically follow Brian Knight's instructions to get the initial SQL Server instance online with two main exceptions:

  1) DTC needs its own physical drive, name, and IP address (and it's not done through ComClust.exe any longer)

  2) You'll need to upgrade to SP3/3a immediately

  More info:

  http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/stepbystepclustering.asp

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301600

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;329329

  Other issues you might run into:

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815431

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301520

   

  K. Brian Kelley
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