"Rodney" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46e301c4734d$94d1f400$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >What are you using to stretch the cluster?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Rod
> >
> >MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> >
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
> >
> >"Barry Lynch" <allspammustdie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:ce2r7102pv5@news1.newsguy.com...
> >> OK - Hi all
> >> I have an irritating problem with a cluster and perhaps
> some of you can
> >> short circuit it for me...
> >>
> >> Environment
> >> Windows Server 2003
> >> Sql Server 2000 EE - SPK 3
> >> 3 node stretch cluster - only 3rd node is stretched
> >>
> >> Problem Summary...
> >> Node 1 (lets say 10.0.0.1) is ocassionally losing it
> ability to repond to
> >> ping/name resolve. Trace route is failing one hop
> before reaching it.
> >> However if we fail over to node 2 and back again all is
> ok for a random
> >> period of time and then it fails to respond again
> >> We are now leaving Node 2 as the Active node and witing
> to see if it
> >happens
> >> on node 2 also - if it does then I imagine the stakes
> will rise
> >considerably
> >> ;-(
> >>
> >> Things to Date...
> >> All resources seem to be correctly configured and
> assigned to the correct
> >> groups
> >> The IP address is correct and unique for the SQL V
> Server resource
> >> All n/w cards are functional
> >> Nothing obvious in the event logs
> >> The node responds to a ping locally (that is from Node1
> over an RDP
> >> session) without resorting to failover even though it
> is failing from an
> >> external ping.
> >>
> >> Other...
> >> Not sure if this is related but at installation time I
> could not build the
> >3
> >> nodes at once. I had to build Node 1 then add Node 2,
> then add Node 3.
> >> Probably a red herring
> >>
> >> Anyone ever have this or shed any light.
> >> Should I be talking to the networking geniuses?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Barry Lynch
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >Barry,
>
> I saw this problem before and it was because a client had
> the properties of the NIC set to update the DNS of the IP
> information & the servers were behind a BIgIP (NAT). This
> was hell on resolving and pings!
>
> Good Luck, Rodney