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SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/ ). Please note that, although these notes Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:52 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring

Here are some notes on “SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring” I took while attending an advanced class on SQL Server taught by Greg Low (from http://sqlblog.com/blogs/greg_low/ and http://www.sqldownunder.com/ ). Please note that, although these notes were Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:55 PM by josebda | 3 Comments
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Hotfix improves how Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster works with Hyper-V

If you work with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering, you should check a new update called "Increased functionality and virtual machine control in the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Management console for the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:55 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with File Server Storage

P.S.: After writing this blog post, I found that the specific scenario of using Hyper-V VHDs files on a file share is not supported by Microsoft in Windows Server 2008. This is documented at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183729.aspx . Look Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:21 AM by josebda | 13 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Failover Clustering Options

There are many ways to implement Windows Server Failover Clustering with Hyper-V. I could actually find five unique methods to do it. Some of them will actually not give you a fully fault-tolerant solution, but most of them actually make sense in specific Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:40 AM by josebda | 22 Comments

New instructor-led training on Windows Server 2008 Clustering on its way

Microsoft has just published the preliminary syllabus for an upcoming instructor-led training on Windows Server 2008 Clustering. This will be Course 6423: Implementing and Managing Windows Server 2008 Clustering. Here’s a list of the modules included: Read More...
Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 11:11 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

SNW Demo: Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering - with screenshots

I spent last week in Orlando, Florida, working at the Microsoft booth in the Storage Networking World. I delivered one of the demos there and my demo included the following technologies: Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 iSCSI Software Target Windows Read More...
Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 4:50 PM by josebda | 7 Comments

SNW Demo: Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering

I will be working at the Microsoft booth in the Storage Networking World next week in Orlando, Florida. I will deliver one of the demos there and my demo includes the following technologies: Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 iSCSI Software Target Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 7:45 AM by josebda | 3 Comments

Windows Server 2008 End-to-End Storage Scenarios

1. Windows Server 2008 Storage Explorer 1A. Goal Making sure the devices are properly discovered. 1B1. Setup for FC FC Network: Make sure hosts, switches and SAN are properly connected. SAN: Configure device (including configuration of WWNs), create/unmask Read More...
Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 1:43 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering is restarting

I just wanted to share that the good team working on Windows Server Clustering and High Availability is re-energizing their blog. With the significant improvements in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering and the RTM and launch upon us, timing could Read More...
Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 12:14 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

Introduction This post describes how to configure the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target offered with Windows Storage Server. One of the goals here is to describe the terminology used like iSCSI Target, iSCSI Initiator, iSCSI Virtual Disk, etc. It also includes Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:05 AM by josebda | 6 Comments

High Availability Scenarios

I recently delivered a presentation on Highly Available Clusters focused on the scenarios related to Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 (WSS 2003 R2) and Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). The scenarios ended up being quite generic, so Read More...
Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 4:40 PM by josebda | 5 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering in RC0 (includes a 17-minute demonstration)

I’m getting ready to work at the Microsoft booth at the Storage Network World next week in Dallas, TX and one of the items we’re showing is the improvements in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering, this time using the recently released RC0 (Release Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:09 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

“Validate” in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering is your friend

Windows Server 2008 greatly simplifies the installation, configuration and management of Failover Clusters. It’s hard to believe, but the process to create a cluster becomes a simple wizard where you need to enter only the names of the servers (nodes) Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:33 PM by josebda | 2 Comments

Experimenting with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering in Beta 3

I just wanted to share my experience around the use of Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. I worked on this basically for a demonstration and I ended up doing quite a lot of work around it. This was mainly because I like to build my demo systems Read More...
Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 12:15 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
 
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