Cluster
Derber@discussions.microsoft.com Charles Derber
first of all i want to make fundamentals of clustering very strong and then
any videos on clustering would be a great help.
i have a average good knowledge of AD of Exchange.
desparately looking forward.
Regards,
Charles.
Russ Kaufmann
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>I want to learn clustering in windows.
>
> first of all i want to make fundamentals of clustering very strong and
> then
> any videos on clustering would be a great help.
> i have a average good knowledge of AD of Exchange.
2003 or 2008?
In either case, you have the option of doing lots of research and reading
everything you can find online or attending a class.
--
Russ Kaufmann,
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Tim Walsh
do you have the hardware to work with? If you don't you can still get some
hands on experience using a virtual environment, MS Virtual Server 2005 R2
SP1 makes it pretty easy to setup virtual clusters. There are some excellant
white papers, or HowTo articles up on Technet as well that will take you a
long way down the path of learning to cluster. If you have problems finding
them let me know.
Hardware Requirements usually consist of a minimum of 2 servers and some
sort of shared storage such as a SAN or NAS, connected either directly or
via iSCSI. The Shared Storage is not local to either server. With Virtual
Server you can do it all on one server, or laptop assuming it has some power
behind it. of course with Virtual Server you'll miss some of the hands on
regarding working with a SAN, LUNs, HBAs, etc, but you can still learn a lot
from it.
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Charles Derber
hope to learn more further.
Once agn thnks.
Charles Derber
any links or forums which helps or supports freely, it would be a grt help.
having a virtual machimes in a low-end desktops with 2-3 OS would be huge
expense for me and difficult to wrk as i'm not wrkin in any company tht i cn
make it possible to do R&D. usually i have a group to learn & explore and
bring it live. MS provides now a days VDisk on technet to do R&D thats grt
too but limited to some extent. Hope you understood my concern and if
possible please provide me with the links(free video trainings with hands on)
or any more guidance.
Thnks Once Agn.
Russ Kaufmann
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> only one more thing, the clustering trainings costs a lot of money.
Not really. It is a drop in the bucket compared to the hardware and
software.
If a company has decided that high availability is needed for certain
applications, it makes sense that the company would want to make sure the
administrators can manage it properly.
--
Russ Kaufmann,
MCSE: Messaging and Security, MCT, MCITP, MCTS and other stuff
ClusterHelp.com, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
Web http://www.clusterhelp.com
Blog http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp
The next ClusterHelp class is:
Tim Walsh
self study is cheap. Virtual server is a free download from Microsoft, and
you can download trail versions of the OS and even Virtual Machines with the
OS already installed for testing purposes also for free.
Having said that, setting up a virtual lab and working with it is very cost
effective.
The best thing to do is go to Microsoft.com and then follow the link to the
download page. From the download page, do a searcg for the word "cluster"
and start downloading the white papers and howto papers the search will
produce.
Here's a few links that catch my eye:
Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce&DisplayLang=en
Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster Under Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=96f76ed7-9634-4300-9159-89638f4b4ef7&DisplayLang=en
SQL Server 2005 Failover Clustering White Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=818234dc-a17b-4f09-b282-c6830fead499&DisplayLang=en
Server Clusters: Cluster Configuration Best Practices for Windows Server
2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=98bc4061-31a1-42fb-9730-4fab59cf3bf5&DisplayLang=en
Cluster Diagnostics and Verification Tool (ClusDiag.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b898f587-88c3-4602-84de-b9bc63f02825&DisplayLang=en
Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster under Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5bbb021-0760-48f3-a53b-0351fc3337a1&DisplayLang=en
Virtual Server Host Clustering Step-by-Step Guide for Virtual Server 2005 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=09cc042b-154f-4eba-a548-89282d6eb1b3&DisplayLang=en
Cluster Server Recovery Utility (ClusterRecovery.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2be7ebf0-a408-4232-9353-64aafd65306d&DisplayLang=en
Windows Server 2008 Clustering Whitepapers
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75566f16-627d-4dd3-97cb-83909d3c722b&DisplayLang=en
Microsoft Cluster Configuration Validation Wizard (ClusPrep)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf9eb3a7-fb91-4691-9c16-553604265c31&DisplayLang=en
NLB Troubleshooting Overview for Windows® Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9e6f4999-aeeb-40cf-867b-af68742fffdc&DisplayLang=en
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 - Enterprise Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bc49c7c8-4840-4e67-8dc4-1e6e218acce4&DisplayLang=en
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Charles Derber
Thnks for the Links. It is very helpful.
Russ Kaufmann
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> Formal training is expensive, but Microsoft provides so much information
> self study is cheap.
I have been in the training field long enough to know that this is very
seldom true. Formal training is focused and allows for direct questions to
be answered in seconds. Seld study is fine, if you have all of the proper
documentation right in front of you and it is all in the proper order.
However, that almost never happens.
> Virtual server is a free download from Microsoft, and you can download
> trail versions of the OS and even Virtual Machines with the OS already
> installed for testing purposes also for free.
>
> Having said that, setting up a virtual lab and working with it is very
> cost effective.
Agreed
> The best thing to do is go to Microsoft.com and then follow the link to
> the download page. From the download page, do a searcg for the word
> "cluster" and start downloading the white papers and howto papers the
> search will produce.
In any case, good luck.
Edwin vMierlo [MVP]
>
> > Formal training is expensive,
compared to what ?
you are already buying: server hardware, storage hardware, enterprise
licensing OS, enterprise licensing App (if applicable).... training is
actually the cheapest of all of those.
I agree with Russ !