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all groups > sql server clustering > january 2005 > threads for january 8 - 14, 2005

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How to control DB size growth?
Posted by Tom at 1/14/2005 11:21:04 AM
Hello, My database is 1gig big and it has so far one table with 1 melion records. Once I tried to create the primary key in this table but it was rejected by MS SQL since it was not unique. That's fine with me but I noticed that my database doubled in size to just over 2 gigs. Then I create...more >>


Clustering, sending mail from SQL Server in a cluster
Posted by Cqlboy at 1/13/2005 1:53:03 PM
We consolidated sending SQL Server mail from one box in our enterprise, which has worked out well for us. Now we'd like to consolidate servers/databases and put it under a clustered environment. But how do we handle the mail ? Thanx. -Cqlboy...more >>

Changing cluster configuration
Posted by Jerrick D.H at 1/13/2005 9:51:02 AM
My current cluster configuration is Active/Passive, I'm exploring a change to Active/Active, but I haven't been able to find any informaon on how to do this, has anyone ever done this? My reason for considering this is the size of the current server, and the need to bringup other applications...more >>

Rebuild one node of an active/passive cluster
Posted by Tom at 1/13/2005 9:47:10 AM
Is there a documentation on how to rebuild one node of an active/passaive SQL Server cluster from the O/S up with the SQL Server in use by the other node? ...more >>

2 nodes active/passive cluster for SQL Server not failovering correctly!
Posted by Scott at 1/13/2005 1:06:54 AM
I have a 2 nodes active/passive SQL Server 2000 cluster running on a Windows 2003 server cluster. When I shutdown the active node and then the failover is starting to work. I can see all of the SQL Server services has failovered to passive node in Cluster Manager and no error or warnning m...more >>

Physical drives still appear on passive cluster node in active/passive 2 node cluster.
Posted by Tim Watts at 1/12/2005 4:03:37 PM
I am in the process of setting up a new exchange cluster on a pair of Dell servers. I have three physical disks that appear in the disk management console. On the primary node I wrote a signature to each of them while the secondary node was offline. I then created partitions on each of the ...more >>

MSDTC resource in a Cluster
Posted by Joseph at 1/12/2005 11:42:57 AM
I've read and heard some conflicting information about the best method for setting up a MSDTC resource in a cluster. I am running MSSQL 2000 SP3a and Windows 2003. 2 node cluster with currently only once instance of MSSQL with a great chance of growing. A few questions I have: Should the re...more >>

MSDTC on server 'VirtualServerName' is unavailable
Posted by pleblanc at 1/12/2005 10:47:06 AM
I have a 2 node active/passive sql server 2000 sp3a running on Windows 2003. Whenever I run a distributed query I get the following error: MSDTC on server 'VirtualServerName' is unavailable Does anyone have information regarding this problem?...more >>



Cluster Addresses
Posted by jimmy at 1/12/2005 6:45:07 AM
Hi, I am a newbie to Clustering so please bear with me. We have a db environment set up with Win 2003 and SQL 2000 connecting to a single disk array. The question I have is, what is the difference between the Cluster IP Address and the SQL IP address. What I really want to know is what...more >>

Migrate stand alone sql server to a cluster without downtime
Posted by Yuhong at 1/11/2005 8:27:04 AM
Hi I have read most the articles and posts about move sql server. Here is my situation: I have stand alone standard sql server 2000 and with about 40 databases. And I am moving the server to a SQL cluster(Active/passive). I have to use the old name, IP on the new server and with minimum down...more >>

Full-Text Indexing greyed out
Posted by Alistair Keay at 1/11/2005 6:57:05 AM
Problem Full-text indexing option is greyed out in the enterprise manager. Setup SQL2000 sp3a running on windows 2003 cluster. (Default install with SQL Fulltext) All resources are on line, including SQL Server Fulltext. No errors reported in the event log. Changes Made which may have an...more >>

user and group permissions
Posted by Gabriel at 1/10/2005 7:28:16 AM
Hello, Is it possible to deny access to local NT administrator and one specific domain user on sql server cluster? The cluster runs under domain user account with adminstrator privileges on the local machine, I have another domain user account, it is my personal account - but this one s...more >>

Limitations of Heartbeat/clustering
Posted by Quiggley at 1/9/2005 11:09:02 AM
If I want to put one server in one datacenter and the other server in another datacenter what are the limitations of the heartbeat? ...more >>


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