Cluster resource dependencies used to be a fairly limited relationship. A resource could depend on one or more resources (we call them “provider” resources in the context of the dependency relationship). This dependency relationship was an “and” relationship...

The clustering team is looking for two new Program Managers. Interested? Visit: www.microsoft.com/careers and search for job codes: 220546 and 220547. When you purchase something online, don’t you expect web sites to always be up and running? High...

For my first post here, I thought I’d talk about backing up and recovering the Failover Cluster configuration database. For Windows Server 2008, Failover Clustering’s backup and restore code was revamped to fit into the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS...

So they asked me to write for a blog. Well, I’m new here, and what can a new guy write about? The basics! But the target audience for this blog is not the faint of heart, so, let’s start with a NEW basic thing for everybody: “Creating a Cluster in Windows...

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(copied from: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/01/08/high-availability-january-marketing-wave.aspx ) Building High Availability Infrastructures with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering Date: Monday January 21, 2008; Time:...

Originally published on 1/25/07, updated on 1/8/08 In Windows Server 2008, Network Load Balancing (NLB) will continue to be shipped on all platforms (x86/ x64 /ia64). The big change to NLB in Windows Server 2008 is that NLB is not installed by...

WMI offers the flexibility to manage a cluster through a programming interface from scripts as well as from more structured programming languages. In this post I will talk about creating a cluster using WMI and some of the issues associated with the distributed...

Originally published on 11/17/06, updated on 1/8/08 Major new additions in NLB Clusters for Windows Server 2008 are: 1. Support for IPv6. For port rules which used Class C affinity, with IPv6 they will use network IDs. 2. NLB driver now uses...

Hi, my name is Kurt Friedrich and I have been the Product Unit Manager for Clustering and High Availability for about 6 years. Previously, I worked at Digital Equipment on VAXclusters and also at Tandem on their clusters. I have always been a believer...