"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:

> 2000 on 2000 will use WINS. 2003 does not require WINS.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rodney R. Fournier
>
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> "Greg Bradshaw II" <GregBradshawII@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:57BF398D-BE47-4CDA-B867-41F35166A58D@microsoft.com...
> > Hello. We are currently using Windows 2003 and SQL Server 2000 to set up
> > a
> > 2-node cluster with named instances. The problem that we are having is
> > that,
> > if a server is rebooted, the groups that are supposed to fail over, do
> > not.
> > They just go offline.
> >
> > We are in the process of upgrading to Windows 2003 AD from an NT domain.
> > I've read in another Microsoft article that, if you're using Windows
> > 2000/SQL
> > Server 2000, MSCS requires WINS. Right now, we're trying to decide if we
> > should configure a WINS server for the SQL Cluster Failover to work
> > properly.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
>
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