February 15, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone can help me with this.
I am trying to moving a node from one cluster to another, the setup is like
Cluster A Cluster B
node 1 node 3
node 2 node 4
desired situation
Cluster A Cluster B
node 1 node 3
node 4 node 2
right now
Cluster B Cluster A
node 3 node 1
node 2
node 4
so far I have got node 4 with SQL uninstalled, evicted from the cluster, iSCSI disconnected from Cluster A SAN (Data, MSDTC/Quarum) and connected to the Cluster B Data, MSDTC, Quarum partition (appearing as offline due to policy)
From node 3, I have added node 4 as a new node for Cluster B
Seems all ready for "add a cluster node installation", but there are basically two issues.
1. server validate, I can skip the warning for non-MS support
2. no shared drive detected -> can not continue with install because no shared storage... <- what does this mean and how do I fix this?
Do I need to manage the shared disk with cluster.exe?
What do I need to do to get node 4 to join Cluster B properly?
Do I need to install a stand alone SQL first then add it as a node?
Can anyone please help with what should be done to get my work continue from here? I can see the storage has now got all three node (2/3/4) as potential owner.
February 16, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Is it active/active or active/passive cluster?
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Ashish
February 17, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Active Passive.
Centralised storage on SAN.
Thanks for the help.
Just a quick one, for adding a node, do you install standalone first, then add as a node, or you start the install from adding the node?
February 28, 2010 at 6:04 am
Answering my own question shere
Skipping the Cluster Service, Application Service, Quorum, MSDTC... setups
The steps to move nodes would be
Evict node from current cluster (from windows cluster service) -> Uninstall SQL -> Clear Cluster information -> Add node to the new cluster (from windows cluster service) -> install SQL with AddNode from there.
However, the key problem I have had was that I have used
Setup /SkipRules=Cluster_VerifyForErrors /Action=InstallFailoverCluster
But I should have used
Setup /SkipRules=Cluster_VerifyForErrors /Action=AddNode
That is how you skip the validation then add the node.
Cheers!
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