"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@epprecht.net> wrote in message
news:DCFA6686-656E-4222-B647-951F90A5C921@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Is your shared folder a resource on the cluster? Don't create it from
> Explorer, you have to create it through Cluster Manager.
>
> Regards
> Mike
>
> "Benjamin Nevarez" wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have a SQL Server 2000/Windows 2003 2-node Cluster single-instance
> > (active-passive) and it is working perfectly. I also implemented log
shipping
> > from this cluster to a third computer. And also works perfect. But I
have
> > seen that the shared folders in the cluster, required for log shipping,
> > disappear when I failover from one node to the other.
> >
> > That is, if node A has the shared folders, and then I failover to node
B,
> > node A no longer has access to the drives holding the shared folders.
But if
> > I failover from node B back to node A, this node has access to the
drives
> > again but the shared folders are gone. And I need to create the shared
> > folders manually again.
> >
> > I have seen some possible solutions on Microsoft Knowledge Base articles
but
> > I would like to hear from you if there is a best practice or tested
solution
> > for this issue.
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> >
> > Benjamin Nevarez
> > SQL Server Database Administrator
> >
> >