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FullText Search fails to start on Windows 2008 Cluster
07 January 2009 09:36

I’d recently built a two-node failover cluster for a customer using Windows Server 2008 and it’s working really well. The customer wanted to extend the cluster by adding a third node and I came across a problem with the Full Text Search service following the SQL Server installation. The new node was introduced to the failover cluster – no problem. I’d re-run... Read More...

by JustinL | with no comments

Filed under: Cluster, Windows Server 2008, fulltext search, sql server 2005

Windows 2008 Cluster - Validation Failure
20 August 2008 18:46

I’m a big fan of the changes to clustering in Windows 2008, especially the new cluster support policy which is a big improvement over the HCL used for cluster validation in Windows 2000 and 2003. The HCL has been replaced by a Validation Test and a supported solution requires a Windows 2008 cluster to pass a Cluster Validation Test. I was recently building a... Read More...

by JustinL | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: SQL cluster, Windows Server 2008, Cluster validation