We do have a cross-over cable for heart beat. Both of our public NIC is connected to the same switch. When the switch is taken down for whatever reason for more than 30 minutes, Exchange services will be stucked in the lala-land. Both Ed and Brian's response resulted in a bunch of Q articles to follow-up. Thanks!!!
BTW: Has anyone replaced a new cluster node? We have a box to replace the passive node... Any pointers? ~justin -----Original Message----- From: Narkinsky, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Monday, June 03, 2002 6:50 PM Posted To: MS Exchange Discussions Conversation: Exchange Cluster Virtual services pending/offline Subject: RE: Exchange Cluster Virtual services pending/offline I'm not 100% sure but, I don't think teamed adapters are supported in a cluster. I'd have two unteamed adapters (+ an additional 1 for the heartbeat) going to different switches. Or just don't cluster I firmly believe that this will increase your availability or at least your saneness. Also make sure there is a DC as close as possible on the network. Brian -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange Cluster Virtual services pending/offline Seems to be a waste of money having a cluster when your network isn't redundant. Each node ought to have two "teamed" (to use HP ProLiant terminology) NICs, each of which is connected to as separate a network as possible. (Clustering seems a waste of money in most cases anyway.) Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of MS Exchange Discussions Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange Cluster Virtual services pending/offline Hi, When network connection become unavailable for an extend period of time (like working on switches, etc...) our clustered Exchanges services goes offline and have a hard time coming back to reality. Manual procedure does bring it back online, however, this defeats the purpose of cluster. In a non-cluster Exchange environment, it is not as dependent on the networking and all Exchange services does not go offline... Does anyone know how to set up the virtual services to not depend on connection state as much? Vitals: Exchange 2K Cluster (Active/Passive), Win 2K, all patched. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
