Windows failure over cluster

I know that unix service guard cluster but is there any windows service guard cluster. As i red there is windows cluter 2003 since i am using 2003.
how can i use it for oracle 10g, please share your experience.

hi,
i have done rac with windows 2008 using SAN storage with 2 nodes or one storage & 2 server(as you said)
for this u have to
1. one machine for virtual san Storage (using Star wind)
2. DC 2008 or on 2003(optional) or u can use host file
3. and nodes may be upto 9
you can easily find star wind doc how to make cluster on windows & do some R&D with oracle & u'll configure at last....
i got three weeks to configure this........
thanks & regards
Edited by: Shrma on Feb 7, 2010 9:12 PM

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Hi All,
We have a windows fail over cluster having one windows machine on local network as one of its node.
I want to add a virtual cloud machine available on microsoft azure as another node to this existing cluster.
Please suggest how to do this?
Thanking all in advance,
Raghvendra

Before you even start working on the SQL side, you will need to create a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster with no shared storage. You can actually test that in-house. Create a VM running 2008 R2 and cluster it with your physical (from your description,
I am assuming physical) 2008 R2 machine. Create it with a file share witness for quorum. Then configure your environment to see that it works as expected.
Once you know how to configure the cluster between physical and VM with a file share witness, build it to Azure. The location of the FSW gets to be an interesting choice. To have a FSW in Azure means that you will need another VM in Azure to
host the file share, meaning you have two quorum votes in Azure and one in-house. Or, you could create a file share witness on an in-house system, giving you two quorum votes in-house and one in Azure.
In the FSW in Azure scenario, if you have a loss of the in-house server, automatic failover occurs because two quorum votes exist in Azure. With FSW in-house, depending on the loss you have in-house, you might have to force quorum to get the Azure
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Hi,
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The AG is setup to failover automatically but it did not failover. I am trying to figure out why the lease timed out. Thanks.

From what I've been able to find out, this is due to an issue with the procedure sp_server_diagnostics. It sounds like the cluster is expecting this procedure to regularly log good status "Clean" in the log files, but the procedure is designed not
to flood the logs with "Clean" messages, so only reports changes, and does not make an entry when the last status was "Clean" and the current status is "Clean". The result is that the cluster looks to be unresponsive. However, once it initiates
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Which role do I need DFS or File server on fail over cluster server 2012 R2?

what I want to achieve is that I want to share all my user data files in a central location and to be highly available all the time whether it's a general share or folder redirection data. BUT I'm a bit confused; I have fail over cluster set-up
on server 2012, now I would like to add DFS as a role but than we have another role called File server and virtually it does the same thing as DFS? Means it creates a namespace share that can be access even one of the nodes goes down. Now I am thinking is
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DFS and Failover Clustering for file shares provides a similar end result for file access, but they are significantly different implementations.
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the files for a higher level of performance and other great things. Bottom line with Failover Clusters for files is that there is a single copy of the file presented from the cluster.
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well for files that are primarily read-only. When you get into a situation where there is a lot of updating of the shared files, DFS is not a very good solution. There are ways to implement DFS for read/write files, but it generally requires a
good knowledge of how the files are used and how you want to manage them.
The key to answering your question comes in your first sentence "I want to share all my user data files in a central location and to be highly available all the time". My initial reaction to this is that central location means Failover Cluster
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have copies remotely, but then if you allow updating at multiple sites, you have to manage the merging of the changes, among other things.
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Is my installation of SQL Server Fail Over cluster correct?

I made a 2 node SQL Server 2012 fail over cluster but having some problems during installation so I wanted to know if the steps below I performed are correct.
Hardware
Node1 192.168.1.10
Node2 192.168.1.11
Added following entries in DNS
cluster.domain.local 192.168.1.12 (for Windows Cluster)
msdtc.domain.local 192.168.1.13 (for MSDTC)
sql.domain.local 192.168.1.14 (for SQL Server Cluster)
Cluster Storage
Disk1 (for Quorum)
Disk2 (for MSDTC
Disk3 (for SQL Server)
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4. Cluster was created and boths nodes are UP.
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5. Then I installed "Application Server" role on both Node1 and Node2 and also added "Distributed Transaction" feature
6. Then I right clicked on Windows Cluster I created and added a new role/feature which is "DTC"
7. I gave it the same name which I wrote above i.e. msdtc.domain.local 192.168.1.13
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permission and after that when I created MSDTC again, the service went up fine.
So I want to know what rights does cluster.domain.com require to make MSDTC?
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Hello,
>>Then I made a Windows Cluster on Node1 using these two nodes. I gave the name and IP to this cluster which I wrote above i.e. cluster.domain.local 192.168.1.10
Hello I suppose this IP was physical node IP windows cluster IP was 192.168.1.12 I suppose yo must have given this IP as windows cluster IP.10 and 11 are physical nodes in Cluster but 12 is Cluster IP .Correct me if I am wrong.
Did you do failover and failback to check whether cluster is configured correctly or not ,If not please do it .
>>Then I ran fail over validation wizard on Node1 adding both nodes which went fine (there were some warnings)
Please remove warnings also ,it might cause issue.Not sure its correct every time but make sure cluster validation should be free of error and warning.
>>Now I want to ask a question here. Is it best practice to perform the above operation using DOMAIN ADMIN?
You can do it with domain admin account as this is required to create Cluster NAme object(CNO) in domain and local account might not have that right so I would say its ok.
>>I gave it the same name which I wrote above i.e. msdtc.domain.local
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again this IP is node 2 IP how can you give it to MSDTC.Use below link for reference
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cindygross/archive/2009/02/22/how-to-configure-dtc-for-sql-server-in-a-windows-2008-cluster.aspx
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Windows 2008 R2 cluster

Dear Friends
I have created fail over cluster in windows 2008 r2 after long working hours i have made the cluster service up and now i am unable to the add the node to the cluster following is the error please help me in this
regards
error : 100% Waiting for notification that node is a fully functional member of the cluster.This phase has failed for Cluster object ' ' with an error status of 1460 (0x000005B4).
Cleaning up
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Hello Srini,
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2 --> windows firewall port might block the communication ports between the nodes, please make sure you turn off windows firewall on both the nodes
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Perform Forced Manual Failover of Availability Group (SQL Server 2012) and WSFC (Windows Server Failover Cluster)

I have a scenario with the three nodes with server 2012 standard, each running an instance of SQL Server 2012 enterprise, participate in a
single Windows Server Fail-over Cluster (WSFC) that spans two data centers.
If the nodes in the primary data center are unavailable due to data center outage. Then how I can able to access node in the WSFC (Windows Server Fail-over Cluster) in the secondary disaster recovery data center automatically with some script.
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If that IP is unable to respond then script can be able to Perform Forced Manual Fail-over of Availability Group (SQL Server) and WSFC (Windows Server Fail-over Cluster)
Can you please guide me for script writing for automatic fail-over in case of primary data-center outage?

+1 to David's comment. I would not suggest to run a script automatically. During such failover you might have data loss and decision has to be made with business owners during disaster.
During such situation, you need to start cluster service in force quorum mode (/fq switch) and then perform manual failover of AG to DR site.
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Firefox causing Windows failure with bluescreens

Since installing firefox version supplied thru a yahoo download Windows xp fails with bluescreens. I perfer using firefox over IE but can not continue with the windows failures. I'll have to go back to IE.

Phillipp,
Originally, I thought this was a windows problem. I went to http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us, logged in and searched on 'unauthorised version of windows".
You asked for a thread. There isn't one in particular, just a '''pattern''' in the many responses to that search term that are there. You'll need to read more than just a few of the entries to see it.
The search turned up lots of user entries with statements like "I've used a fully activated windows for years and suddenly it's telling me the windows version is unauthorised. why?" A common question by MS in reply is what did you last install or upgrade before the event, and many of the users replied Firefox. . . . The MS suggestions seemed to usually involve safe mode and uninstall actions.
I haven't done any of that - no need to yet - the unauthorised version message hasn't re-appeared, but once bitten several times shy. I know several users who have not had the problem also, so it looks to be very irregular, however the list of users with the unauthorised version problem citing firefox are not isolated cases either. My reaction on reading those posts would have been - if I did not already use FF - don't go near it. Software relies on reputation and those who have a bad experience with a program often do not advise the programmers of that - just steer clear and tell others to do the same. So I am telling you about it . . . .
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Convert JAVA standalone server in Switch over cluster

Hi Experts,
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Mount Points in Windows 2012 R2 Cluster not displaying correctly

Hi,
Try
and I might, I can't get Mount Points displayed properly in a Windows 2012 R2 cluster.
In Windows 2008 R2, I added them, and they appear under Storage, as for Example, Cluster Disk 7: Mounted Volume (S:\SYSDB). (I may have had to bring them offline/online).
in Windows 2012 R2, they are showing up as, for example, '\\?\Volume{7c636157-e7e9-11e4-80dc0005056873123}'
In the error log it shows up as :
Cluster disk resource 'Cluster Disk 7' contains an invalid mount point. Both the source and target disks associated with the mount point must be clustered disks, and must be members of the same group.
Mount point 'SYSDB\' for volume '\\?\Volume{7c636106-e7e9-11e4-80dc-005056873123}\' references an invalid target disk. Please ensure that the target disk is also a clustered disk and in the same group as the source disk (hosting the mount point).
Now I've checked the error, and in
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/dd353925(v=ws.10).aspx it says
"The mounted disk and the disk it is mounted onto must be part of the same clustered service or application. They cannot be in two different clustered services or applications, and they cannot be in the general pool of Available Storage in the cluster."
So I have created a 'Other Server' Role. When I go right click on the Role and go to 'Add Storage', Cluster Disk 6 (the root volume) displays S:\, and Cluster Disk 9 (hosting the mountpoint) says Mount Point(s): (S:\SYSDB). I select both, and add, but
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They are both clustered disks (iSCSI). I would expect when it says in the "same group", both added to the same role would be in the same group.

Hi,
Thankyou for your response. That's (sort of) good to know, but it seems to be a step backwards from Windows 2008 R2, where you would actually have the meaningful Mounted Volume: (S:\SYSDB) displayed, to the meaningless '\\?\Volume{7c636157-e7e9-11e4-80dc0005056873123}'
GUID. Obviously before you do anything, you need to cross reference the disk number to 'Disk Management'; it would be better if is was displayed correctly in Failover Cluster Manager in the first place.
Secondly, the GUID is somewhat misleading. In Windows 2008 R2 for example, it appears as though the same GUID was displayed on each node (e.g. using Mountvol.exe). In Windows 2012 R2, it appears as though different GUID's are displayed on each node, e.g.
Node 1.
\\?\Volume{7c6368a4-e7e9-11e4-80dc-005056873123}\
S:\SYSDB\
Node 2.
\\?\Volume{97cc0d34-e7e9-11e4-80db-0050568724c4}\
S:\SYSDB\
But the GUID in Failover cluster manager remains the same (you can't really cross reference with what you see in FCM to Mountvol).
Strangely enough, when I check the registry in 'MountedDevices' on Node 1, both of the GUIDs are displayed (even though only one is displayed in MountVol.exe), referencing the same Disk ID listed in Diskpart.exe. I can see this mentioned in
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/959573, where is says :
A volume can be multiple unique volume names (and thus multiple GUIDs) when it is used by multiple running installations of Windows. This could happen in the following scenarios and in similar scenarios where multiple installations of Windows have
accessed the volume:
Using a volume on a shared disk in a cluster where multiple nodes have accessed the volume.
Oh well, that's progress I guess.

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I have Windows XP dual booting on my Mac Pro using Bootcamp. I want to install Windows 7 over Windows XP. I know I will loose all of my windows files and will need to reinstall all windows software. But will this work? Will it impact my mac os? Are there any issues I should be aware of?
Any help/suggestions would be most appreciated.
TIA,
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Lion is the easiet way to get current drives and because Apple security is better on 10.6.8 and Lion. Lion though really needs to reformat the drive the OS goes to (keep the old one as dual boot backup) and needs to add Lion Recovery.
There are no Apple support drivers w/o 10.6.3+.
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And you need 10.6.3 DVD to have the Apple support software.
The number of threads moved and placed in wrong forum (Mac Pro turns out to be MacBook Pro) so I have to ask and because there ARE issues with Windows 7 on early Mac Pro model.

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So, I purchased this laptop at a pawn shop a couple of years ago, and it has served me pretty well up until now. After the latest windows update, something went terribly, terribly, wrong. For some unknown reason I am now stuck with Windows 8.1 Evaluation with the license expired, which means it shuts itself down EVERY hour. I'm done with this, I hate the Windows 8 interface anyway, now its time to go back to something I know and love. I've read up on a lot of these posts, and joined the forums only because I did not see another post that was in direct relation to my own model number. If someone could please guide me through the process of installing Windows 7 from a disk, it would be ever so helpful. If you could also post a link pointing me in the right direction for all the drivers specific to my computer, that would be awesome as well, since I'm no techie, and really don't know a whole lot about this sort of thing outside of basic knowledge. Thanks in advance for the help!

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Install Oracle 10g on Windows 2003 Server cluster (MSCS)

Hi all
How do I install Oracle 10g on Windows 2000 cluster (MSCS installed)?
I have a 2-nodes Microsoft windows 2003 server cluster and I want to install Oracle 10g,
Do I folloow this order:
1. Install the software on both without the database
2. Create the database from the first node
in this case, The second node can see the database as it is available?,
and what about the IP adresses?
If you can point me to some documentation, or help in any way, I would appreciate it.
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Read here...
http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/A96685_01/intro.htm
>>
Oracle Fail Safe comprises multiple components: Oracle Fail Safe Manager, Oracle Services for MSCS, and server components specific to Oracle Fail Safe.
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