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>I have a two node cluster, and both nodes are up (this is a testing
>environment) - both Virtual SQL servers are up as well. The cluster
>resources are in their own group (ie, cluster IP, cluster name, Q drive,
>etc). The question is...
>
>
>
> How do you restore this Cluster Resource Group if it has accidentally been
> taken offline and neither node can connect to it, since the IP, name, a Q
> drive have been taken offline?
>
>
>
> The cluster server service is running on both nodes. The issue is - since
> the IP address (it cannot even be pinged), clus name and Q drive were
> taken offline, how do you then re-connect to the cluster group via Cluster
> Administrator to turn them back online, when the Cluster Administrator
> can't connect to it?
>
>
>
> I've looked at the following kb article - changing the persistive state
> didn't seem to do anything.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259243/en-us
>
>
>
> Is there any way of bringing the IP (and Q drive) online outside of
> cluster administrator?
>
>

> Connect to one of the nodes using RDP.
> Start Cluster Administrator.
> Use a period (.) for the cluster name.
> Bring the group back online.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rodney R. Fournier
>
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>
>
> "Pinal-1" <nospam@none.com> wrote in message
> news:%23leZDOF2GHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have a two node cluster, and both nodes are up (this is a testing
>>environment) - both Virtual SQL servers are up as well. The cluster
>>resources are in their own group (ie, cluster IP, cluster name, Q drive,
>>etc). The question is...
>>
>>
>>
>> How do you restore this Cluster Resource Group if it has accidentally
>> been taken offline and neither node can connect to it, since the IP,
>> name, a Q drive have been taken offline?
>>
>>
>>
>> The cluster server service is running on both nodes. The issue is - since
>> the IP address (it cannot even be pinged), clus name and Q drive were
>> taken offline, how do you then re-connect to the cluster group via
>> Cluster Administrator to turn them back online, when the Cluster
>> Administrator can't connect to it?
>>
>>
>>
>> I've looked at the following kb article - changing the persistive state
>> didn't seem to do anything.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259243/en-us
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there any way of bringing the IP (and Q drive) online outside of
>> cluster administrator?
>>
>>
>
>