Excellant Resource for Clutering in various MS products.
Microsoft Exchange Server
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Microsoft SQL Server
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| Clustering Support in Exchange 2000 (Microsoft Exchange Conference - October 4, 1999) |
Clustering with MS SQL Server 7.0 (August 16, 1999) |
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Exchange 2000 Clustering (MSDN) (May 2000) |
Microsoft SQL Server Service Failover Using Microsoft Cluster Server (Compaq) (March 1998) |
| Exchange 2000 Service Pack 1 Cluster White Paper (July 2001) |
How to Install SQL Server 7.0 Enterprise Edition on Microsoft Cluster Server (August 16, 1999) |
| Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server on a Cluster (December 22, 2000) |
How to Manage Mission Critical, 24x7, SQL Server 7 Enterprise Environments (January 20, 2000) |
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Beyond the Basics: Tips for Clustering Exchange Successfully (Thomsen) (April 2000) |
Deploying Microsoft Cluster Service with SQL Server 7.0 (May 10, 1999) |
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Clustering Exchange 2000, Part 1 (Cochran) - Logon Required (December 2000) |
Microsoft SQL Server Failover on NT Clusters (November 4, 1996) |
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Clustering Exchange 2000, Part 2 (Cochran) - Logon Required (December 2000) |
Microsoft SQL Server Clustering White Paper (1997) |
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Increase Exchange Availability With Clusters (Schnoll) (April 2001) |
MS SQL Server Clustering |
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Increase Uptime with Clusters - Provide 99.9 Percent Uptime for your Exchange Servers Using Microsoft Cluster Server (Schnoll) (October 1999) |
SQL Clustering and WLBS for Commerce (April 7, 2000) |
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Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and Exchange 2000 Clustering (Compaq) (April 2001) |
Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Clustering (May 10, 2001) |
| Exchange 2000 Clustering |
Optimizing SQL Server 7.0 on Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server (September 7, 2000) |
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Q238063 - How to Do an Online Restore of an Exchange Cluster Server |
Q219264 - Order of Installation For SQL 7.0 Clustering Setup |
| Q248635 - Recommended Installation Order for Windows NT, Exchange Server, Cluster Service, and Service Packs |
Q225092 - Evicting a Node in a Cluster can Cause Problems in SQL 6.5 or 7.0 |
| Q263272 - How to Set Up Exchange 2000 Server on a Windows Cluster |
Q243218 - Installation Order for SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition on Microsoft Cluster Server |
| Q287726 - How to Configure Host Header and Authentication Information in Exchange 2000 Outlook Web Access on a Windows 2000 Cluster Server |
Q260758 - Frequently Asked Questions About SQL Server 2000 Failover Clustering |
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Q295925 - How to Install Exchange 2000 SP1 on a Cluster Server |
Q263712 - How To Prevent Windows NT Administrators From Administering a Clustered SQL Server |
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Q297329 - Exchange 2000 Server Post-Release Cluster Fixes Available |
Q303228 - Queue Reader Agent Fails if the Distributor is a Clustered SQL Server |
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Q297395 - Performance Wizard Does Not Update Information Store and Database Locations on Cluster Server |
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| Q300573 - Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server Support on Windows 2000 Datacenter Server |
Microsoft Windows Networking Services
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Using Outlook Web Access with Windows Load Balancing Service (July 20, 1999) |
Q174596 - WINS, DHCP, and DNS Not Supported As Failover Resources |
| Q285137 - XADM: "C0072030" Error Message Occurs When You Create a System Attendant Resource on a Cluster Server |
Q193890 - Recommended WINS Configuration for Microsoft Cluster Server |
Microsoft Internet Information Server/Internet Information Services
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Using WINS and DHCP on Microsoft Windows 2000 Clusters (February 29, 2000) |
| How to Set Up an Active Intranet Site for High Availability Using Microsoft Cluster Server and Internet Information Server - Demo (Undated) |
Q226796 - Using WINS and DHCP with the Windows 2000 Cluster Service |
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Build a Web Server Farm Using WLBS and Internet Information Server (March 4, 1999) |
Q290880 - How WINS Functions on a Cluster Server |
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Creating a Highly Available Web Site (September 28, 1999) |
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Deploying IIS 4.0 Web and FTP Sites in a Cluster (October 15, 1999) |
Microsoft Network Load Balancing
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| Q191138 - How to Install the Windows NT Option Pack on Microsoft Cluster Server |
Q223157 - Integrating WLBS and MSCS |
| Q241573 - How to Install IIS 4.0 onto a Single Node of MSCS 1.0 |
Q232190 - Description of Network Load Balancing Features |
| Q248025 - How to Configure Clustered IIS Virtual Servers on Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
Q238747 - Windows Load Balancing Service Does Not Work on Token Ring |
| Q255184 - Errors During Windows NT Option Pack Installation on Microsoft Cluster Server Running Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator |
Q240997 - Configuring Network Load Balancing |
| Q258699 - Client Sessions May Be Lost While Accessing a Web Farm Program |
Q261957 - Network Load Balancing Temporarily Fails in a Switched Environment |
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Q235305 - Windows 2000 Interoperability Between MSCS and NLB |
Microsoft File and Print Services
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Q247712 - Wlbs.exe Generates Incorrect Information on Cluster Status |
| Microsoft File and Print Service Failover Using Microsoft Cluster Server (Compaq) (March 1998) |
Q247719 - WLBS Writes Multiple Duplicate Event Log Messages |
| Q185212 - Cluster Server Does Not Support More than 900 Shares |
Q256124 - How to Configure an IP Address for NLB with One Network Adapter |
| Creating Highly Available File and Printer Shares with Windows Cluster Service (January 23, 2001) |
Q303608 - How to Configure Network Load Balancing Parameters |
| Q224967 - How to Create File Shares on a Cluster |
Q303751 - How to Install Network Load Balancing If It Was Previously Uninstalled |
| Q228904 - Print Spooler Support on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Cluster |
Q303817 - How to Set Up TCP/IP for Network Load Balancing |
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Q254219 - Security Considerations When Implementing Clustered File Shares |
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Q256926 - Implementing Home Folders on a Server Cluster |
Selected MS KB Cluster Articles
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| Q257389 - Microsoft Cluster Server May Not Share Folders Automatically |
Q168567 - Clustering Information on IP Address Failover |
| Q267833 - Cannot Set NTFS Permissions on Files Located on Clustered File Share Resource |
Q170771 - Cluster May Fail if IP Address Used From DHCP Server |
| Enterprise File Server Scalability and Performance (March 18, 1999) |
Q171052 - Software FT Sets Are Not Supported in Microsoft Cluster Server |
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Q171277 - Information About Microsoft Cluster Server Cluster Resource Failover Time |
BackOffice Applications
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Q171452 - Using Microsoft Cluster Server to Create a Virtual Server |
| Microsoft Application Center 2000 (CLB/NLB) |
Q175276 - Licensing Policy Implementation with MSCS |
| Deploying BackOffice Applications on Windows Clusters (March 28, 2000) |
Q175767 - Expected Behavior of Multiple Adapters on the Same Network |
| Q303121 - How to Install BizTalk Server in a Cluster |
Q176320 - Impact of Network Adapter Failure in a Cluster |
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Q288686 - Mssearch May Block Cluster Failover from Occurring During a Crawl |
Q176507 - Unattended Installation of MSCS Service |
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Q178273 - Error in Cluster Server Administration Guide |
Cluster 'How To' KB Articles
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Q179776 - Availability of Hotfixes for Microsoft Cluster Server |
| Q168801 - How to Enable Cluster Logging in Microsoft Cluster Server |
Q185051 - Restarting Cluster Service Causes Services.exe to Crash |
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Q174799 - How to Install Service Packs in a Cluster |
Q190354 - Unattended Setup of MSCS with -JOIN Parameter Requires User Input |
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Q174944 - How to Use the /debug Option for Cluster Service |
Q192773 - Cluster Server Memory Leak When MTS Explorer is Running |
| Q216964 - How to Administer a Server Cluster Remotely |
Q197047 - Failover/Failback Policies on Microsoft Cluster Server |
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Q217224 - How to Replace a Clustered Disk in Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition |
Q216064 - Cluster Server Has Clusdb Corruption After Power Outage |
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Q224999 - How to Use the Cluster TMP File to Replace a Damaged Clusdb File |
Q216237 - Cluster Server Will Not Start If Cluster Log Directory Is Not Created |
| Q248998 - How to Properly Restore Cluster Information |
Q217157 - Event ID 1057 or 1000 When the Cluster Service Attempts to Start |
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Q256628 - How to Install Clustering on a SCSI IBM Server |
Q224075 - Disk Replacement for Windows 2000 Server Cluster |
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Q257901 - How to Force the Cluster Service to Stop and Cause a Failover |
Q224971 - Microsoft Cluster Server Hardware Compatibility List and Testing |
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Q257937 - How to Format an Existing Partition on a Shared Cluster Hard Disk |
Q232243 - Uptime.exe Tool Allows You to Estimate Server Availability with Windows NT 4.0 SP4 or Higher |
| Q263590 - How to Extend the Disk Space of an Existing Shared Disk with Windows Clustering |
Q233349 - Cluster Service Issues Event 1015 Every Four Hours After Applying SP5 |
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Q266274 - How to Troubleshoot Cluster Service Startup Issues |
Q234767 - Microsoft Cluster Server Logging Enhancements in Windows 2000 |
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Q269196 - How to Move a Cluster Server from One Domain to Another |
Q235529 - MSCS Virtual Server Limitations in Windows 2000 Domain |
| Q269229 - How to Manually Re-Create the Cluster Service Account |
Q238009 - Loss of Connection with Node Persists Until Node is Restarted |
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Q304736 - How to Extend the Partition of a Cluster Shared Disk |
Q238137 - Windows 2000 Support for Clustered Network Shares |
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Q238173 - Quorum Checkpoint File May Be Corrupted at Shutdown |
Third Party Products - Cluster Management
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Q241631 - Cluster Node with Heavy Disk Stress Does Not Shut Down Properly |
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TNT Software - ELM Enterprise Manager |
Q242386 - Cluster Does Not Log Event on Resource Monitor Failure |
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Oracle Fail Safe for Windows NT/2000 Clusters |
Q242398 - Cluster Loses Track of Custom Resource DLL Registration After Resource Monitor Failure |
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Veritas ClusterX Enterprise Cluster Server Management |
Q242430 - Network Adapter Not Available During Cluster Configuration with a Crossover Cable |
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Q242600 - Network Failure Detection and Recovery in a Server Cluster |
Hardware Vendor Links
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Q243195 - Event ID 1034 for MSCS Shared Disk after Disk Replacement |
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Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Digital (December 22, 1998) |
Q243204 - Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) Recovery Techniques in Windows 2000 Cluster Server |
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Compaq Packaged Cluster Solution - CL1850 |
Q244331 - MAC Address Changes for Virtual Server During a Failover with Clustering |
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Compaq Storage Extensions to MSCS |
Q245106 - Problem Installing Cluster Server on System Not Listed on HCL |
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IBM Netfinity and Microsoft Cluster Server |
Q245626 - INFO: Use the "-localquorum" Switch to Install a Single-Node MSCS Cluster |
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IBM Netfinity Cluster Solutions |
Q245646 - Where to Obtain Cluster Automation Server |
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IBM Netfinity High Availability Cluster Solutions |
Q248605 - Cluster IP Resource Fails with Many IP Address Resources Defined |
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Increasing Availability of Cluster Communications in a Windows NT Cluster - Compaq (January 1998) |
Q248663 - Booting Node May Prevent Running Node from Accessing Quorum Disk |
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Installing a High-Availability Clustering Solution Using Windows NT and IBM ServeRAID Adapters |
Q256326 - Cluster Server Cannot Use Disk Beyond Device Number 25 |
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Oracle Service Failover Using Microsoft Cluster Server (Compaq) (December 1997) |
Q249194 - MSCS/Cluster Does Not Form with Error Messages 170 and 5086 |
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ServeRAID - IBM Netfinity High Availability Cluster Solutions For IBM ServeRAID-3H and ServeRAID-3HB Installation and User's Guide |
Q251007 - Some Cluster Disks Are Not Available After Installing SP6 |
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Q252974 - Error Message: System Process - Lost Delayed-Write Data |
Official MSCS and Clustering Newsgroups & MS Web Sites
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Q254101 - Network Adapter Teaming and Server Clustering |
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Windows NT/MSCS |
Q257903 - Cluster Network Name May Not Come Online with Event ID 1052 |
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Exchange 2000 Clustering |
Q257906 - Unable to Stop the Cluster Server Service Using Cluster Administrator |
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MS SQL Server Clustering |
Q257925 - Cluster Server Does Not Detect Network Problems in Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition |
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Windows 2000 Cluster Technologies Community Center |
Q257932 - Using Microsoft Cluster Server to Create a Virtual Server |
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Windows .NET Server 2003 Cluster Technologies Community Center |
Q257940 - Digital Cluster Server Loses Drive Letter Assignment |
Mailing Lists/Web Resources
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Q258078 - Cluster Service Startup Options |
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Sample Google Search for MSCS |
Q258518 - RPC Unavailable Error Appears When You Try to Access a Cluster Server |
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Subscribe to MS Clusters Mailing List |
Q258750 - Recommended Private "Heartbeat" Configuration on a Cluster Server |
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Q259267 - Microsoft Cluster Server Installation Resources |
Miscellaneous
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Q260527 - Generating Notifications for an MSCS Resource Problem |
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Advanced Cluster Computing Consortium (AC3) |
Q262705 - Cluster Administrator Incorrectly Rejects Trusted Domain SIDs as Local SIDs |
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IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing |
Q262962 - Cluster Service Does Not Start with Event ID 7000: Not Responding to Control Function |
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Q264972 - Event ID 5072 and Error 5216 Appear When You Restart Cluster Server |
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Q265173 - The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product |
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Q265533 - Explanation of Chkdsk Status Codes in Cluster Log |
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Q266782 - Access Violation Error Message in Cluster.exe When You Move Groups |
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Q280743 - Windows Clustering and Geographically Separate Sites |
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Q281662 - Windows 2000 Cluster Nodes as Domain Controllers |
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Q296594 - Cluster Service Configuration Wizard Does Not Start Cluster Service |
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Q297219 - Cluster Server May Generate "STOP 0x9F" During Shutdown |
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Q297235 - Creating a Resource in Cluster Administrator May Return an "Object Not Found" Error Message |
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Q297118 - Error Message Occurs When You Install SharePoint Portal Server on a Cluster Server |
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Q298147 - "Invalid Class String" Error Message Occurs While Connecting to a Cluster with the Cluster Administrator |
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Q303431 - Explanation of Why Server Clusters Do Not Verify that Resources will Work Properly on All Nodes |
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Q309395 - Microsoft's Support Policy for Server Clusters and the HC |