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Mario Ferloni
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Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:03 pm Post subject:
Cluster shutdown sequence |
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Hi all,
environment: Windows 2003 enterprise, Exchange 2003 enterprise, a 4 nodes
cluster (a/a/a/p).
If I'd need to power down the entire cluster, what is the correct sequence
to follow?
I am going to write a script to take offline the cluster groups first, and
then to shutdown the four machines. I only would like to know if this is the
correct approach, or if there is something that someone has already done on
this subject.
The same applies to powering up the nodes: is there any caveat I should be
aware of?
TIA,
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Mario Ferloni
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Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]
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Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Cluster shutdown sequence |
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I like to take the passive node down first. Then the application group(s).
Then finally the cluster group. Not sure how to script it.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
"Mario Ferloni" <MarioFerloni@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C7019AD-F27C-430A-99DB-75AC3EE6F926@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Hi all,
environment: Windows 2003 enterprise, Exchange 2003 enterprise, a 4 nodes
cluster (a/a/a/p).
If I'd need to power down the entire cluster, what is the correct sequence
to follow?
I am going to write a script to take offline the cluster groups first, and
then to shutdown the four machines. I only would like to know if this is
the
correct approach, or if there is something that someone has already done
on
this subject.
The same applies to powering up the nodes: is there any caveat I should be
aware of?
TIA,
--
Mario Ferloni |
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John Toner [MVP]
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Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:01 pm Post subject:
Re: Cluster shutdown sequence |
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I wouldn't take the cluster group offline...no need to worry about this
group failing over.
you could script it with cluster.exe commands. This would follow Rod's
recommendation:
cluster node "Node 4" /stop /wait:1
cluster group "Service Group 1" /off /wait:1
cluster group "Service Group 2" /off /wait:1
cluster group "Service Group 3" /off /wait:1
cluster node "Node 3" /stop /wait:1
cluster node "Node 2" /stop /wait:1
cluster node "Node 1" /stop /wait:1
You can adjust the wait values so that it doesn't try stopping the cluster
service while the groups are moving or other nodes are stopping. I'd also
make sure that Node 1 is the owner of the Cluster Group.
Regards,
John
"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" <rod@die.spam.die.nw-america.com> wrote in
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| Quote: | I like to take the passive node down first. Then the application group(s).
Then finally the cluster group. Not sure how to script it.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
"Mario Ferloni" <MarioFerloni@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C7019AD-F27C-430A-99DB-75AC3EE6F926@microsoft.com...
Hi all,
environment: Windows 2003 enterprise, Exchange 2003 enterprise, a 4
nodes
cluster (a/a/a/p).
If I'd need to power down the entire cluster, what is the correct
sequence
to follow?
I am going to write a script to take offline the cluster groups first,
and
then to shutdown the four machines. I only would like to know if this is
the
correct approach, or if there is something that someone has already done
on
this subject.
The same applies to powering up the nodes: is there any caveat I should
be
aware of?
TIA,
--
Mario Ferloni
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Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]
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Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:38 pm Post subject:
Re: Cluster shutdown sequence |
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I take the cluster group offline, cause I am anal :)
The script is cool, but what I think he needs is a WMI script to check which
node is Active or Passive before the shutdown? And who owns the Cluster
Group.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
"John Toner [MVP]" <jtoner@DIE.SPAM.DIE.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:ehyVR5DvEHA.2536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | I wouldn't take the cluster group offline...no need to worry about this
group failing over.
you could script it with cluster.exe commands. This would follow Rod's
recommendation:
cluster node "Node 4" /stop /wait:1
cluster group "Service Group 1" /off /wait:1
cluster group "Service Group 2" /off /wait:1
cluster group "Service Group 3" /off /wait:1
cluster node "Node 3" /stop /wait:1
cluster node "Node 2" /stop /wait:1
cluster node "Node 1" /stop /wait:1
You can adjust the wait values so that it doesn't try stopping the cluster
service while the groups are moving or other nodes are stopping. I'd also
make sure that Node 1 is the owner of the Cluster Group.
Regards,
John
"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" <rod@die.spam.die.nw-america.com> wrote in
message news:%23BhOZdDvEHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
I like to take the passive node down first. Then the application
group(s).
Then finally the cluster group. Not sure how to script it.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
"Mario Ferloni" <MarioFerloni@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C7019AD-F27C-430A-99DB-75AC3EE6F926@microsoft.com...
Hi all,
environment: Windows 2003 enterprise, Exchange 2003 enterprise, a 4
nodes
cluster (a/a/a/p).
If I'd need to power down the entire cluster, what is the correct
sequence
to follow?
I am going to write a script to take offline the cluster groups first,
and
then to shutdown the four machines. I only would like to know if this
is
the
correct approach, or if there is something that someone has already
done
on
this subject.
The same applies to powering up the nodes: is there any caveat I should
be
aware of?
TIA,
--
Mario Ferloni
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Mario Ferloni
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:15 pm Post subject:
Re: Cluster shutdown sequence |
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Hi,
| Quote: | The script is cool, but what I think he needs is a WMI script to check which
node is Active or Passive before the shutdown? And who owns the Cluster
Group.
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This script already helps me a lot and, you centered the point, what I am
going to do now is to write that wmi script, perhaps in vbscript. When it
will be ready I'll post it here for the benefit of the community.
Thank you very much for you help! Best regards,
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Mario Ferloni |
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