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Clustering SQL 2008 Hardware VM

  • March 4, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    #247740

    Hi ALL,

    I am trying to learn clustering. Can I do all of this on one machine with VM's installed? Is the hardware requirement of one machine sufficient?

  • March 6, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    #1295141

    yes it is. message me an email address and i'll send you my guide

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  • March 6, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    #1295152

    You can definitely do this. I've got 4 VMs on my notebook. One is a Domain Controller, one's a SAN and the other 2 are the clustered servers. Memory tends to be a bottleneck, but you can use a flash drive as extra RAM.

    This is a nice way of doing things if you want to keep the system out of your normal domain.

    I must say I didn't build this, it was built by a work mate who then gave me all the relevant files.

    Cheers

    Leo

    Leo
    Nothing in life is ever so complicated that with a little work it can't be made more complicated.

  • March 7, 2011 at 9:33 am

    #1295409

    My email address is suri.yalamanchili@gmail.com. I appreciate your help in providing the guide.

    Thanks,

    Suri

  • March 8, 2011 at 4:12 am

    #1295761

    Suri, would you pls revert back to this forum if you are successful in implementing failover using VM.

    I had tried and ran into issues as my base OS was Windows 7. Just curios, if this is possible on Windows 7 using VMs.

    M&M

  • March 8, 2011 at 7:46 am

    #1295878

    I am interested in seeing how you implemented. Thanks.

  • March 8, 2011 at 8:24 am

    #1295910

    I am still setting up the VM's . I am waiting on Mr Perry Whittle who has a guide to do this. You could send him a message to , he is up in the post

  • March 8, 2011 at 8:45 am

    #1295924

    Hi,

    Can you also send me a copy of the guide to my email address? It's sachinsamuel@gmail.com

    Thanks a million in advance.

    Regards

    sachin

  • March 8, 2011 at 8:46 am

    #1295928

    suri.yalamanchili (3/7/2011)

    My email address is suri.yalamanchili@gmail.com. I appreciate your help in providing the guide.

    Thanks,

    Suri

    Mahommed can you supply more info on the set up you were using?

    What hypervisor software were you using?

    How much RAM on the Windows 7 host?

    what version Windows 7 you using?

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  • March 8, 2011 at 9:00 am

    #1295938

    Perry Whittle (3/6/2011)

    yes it is. message me an email address and i'll send you my guide

    Any chance of turning this into a SSC article? I'm sure there are plenty who would be interested.:-)

  • March 8, 2011 at 9:01 am

    #1295941

    A little old, but this might give you some pointers on setup

    http://www.sqlshare.com/clustering-sql-server-2005_33.aspx?searchid=150263

  • March 8, 2011 at 9:20 am

    #1295959

    Thanks for the link Steve. I was looking for something more from the virtualisation angle and came up with this which seems a good starting point.

  • March 8, 2011 at 9:36 am

    #1295974

    rjohal-500813 (3/8/2011)

    Perry Whittle (3/6/2011)

    yes it is. message me an email address and i'll send you my guide

    Any chance of turning this into a SSC article? I'm sure there are plenty who would be interested.:-)

    It's far to large to be an SSC article, although

    ... It could be split into parts maybe?

    There's a thought, hmmm leave it with me 😉

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  • March 8, 2011 at 6:25 pm

    #1296256

    I found this really helpful: http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1687

  • March 9, 2011 at 12:40 am

    #1296339

    JKG (3/8/2011)

    I found this really helpful: http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1687%5B/quote%5D

    That guide's good, but mine's better 😉

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