Right. Not RDPing to the application cluster name. I'm connecting to the physical cluster name. Ours is: MoCS1 and MoCS2, with the nodes being a and b for each. We do have SQL on these, but my backup software, Netbackup, connects to the physical cluster name, which is being hosted on the passive node currently, which causes the backup to fail, since the passive node doesn't see the clustered drives.
>>> "Senter, John" <john.sen...@etrade.com> 7/25/2011 8:43 AM >>> Cluster resource name and the application cluster name are different. So let's say you have a 2 node cluster that is running SQL then you could have something like this: Physical servers: server1a and server1b Cluster resource name: server1 SQL resource name: server1sql Server1a may have the SQL server as active so if you RDP to server1sql you get server1a, but the server1 resource name could be on server1b so if you RDP to server1 you get server1b. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question Something's wrong with mine, then. I RDP into the cluster name, and it connects to the passive node. Which is a real bummer for backups, since they fail due to not seeing the clustered resources... Thanks guys, off to troubleshoot. >>> Damien Solodow <damien.solo...@harrison.edu> 7/25/2011 8:08 AM >>> Yep, and yep. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows clustering question That's what I was thinking. Does anyone out there have a Windows Failover Cluster set up, that could verify that? >>> "Mayo, Bill" <bem...@pittcountync.gov> 7/25/2011 8:05 AM >>> Should be the active node (i.e. the one that currently has the name resource "online"). -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows clustering question I have a couple of Windows Failover Clusters setup, in Server 2008 (not R2). My question: If I RDP into the cluster name (not individual nodes), what node should that connect to? Should it connect to the active node, passive node, or is it random? My thought is that it should connect to the active node, so that I can see the clustered resources, but is that correct? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
