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date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:25:40 -0700 (PDT),
group: microsoft.public.exchange.clustering
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Re: After using forcequorum in CCR
On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:53:15 -0400, "John Toner [MVP]"
wrote:
>Assuming that you are talking about Windows 2003, unfortunately you will
>need to shut down the entire cluster in order to recover. When the cluster
>is started using the /forcequorum flag, the other nodes will not be allowed
>to join back into the cluster until the cluster service is restarted using
>no flags.
Assuming the switch to forcequorum wasnt already removed before and
the active node was rebooted.
>
>This nonsense has been changed in Windows 2008 clustering, thankfully.
>
>Regards,
>John
>
>Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
>
>"Andy David {MVP}" wrote in message
>news:nevu6411g44bodovkkkkqt0vn4jp8an9b0@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:25:40 -0700 (PDT), sirajc@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >We had a situation where we had to use /forcequorum switch to bring up
>> >the cluster on our active node. Passive node is currently offline at
>> >the moment. We want to bring passive node back online. I'm assuming
>> >that it will not join the cluster without some steps. Do we have to
>> >bring the entire cluster down again to bring passive node oline ?
>> >Thanks.
>>
>>
>> You should be able to just boot the server.
>> If you made any registry changes on the active node to force quorum,
>> be sure to remove those.
>>
>
date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:05:38 -0400
author: Andy David {MVP}
Re: After using forcequorum in CCR
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:05:38 -0400, Andy David {MVP}
wrote:
>On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:53:15 -0400, "John Toner [MVP]"
> wrote:
>
>>Assuming that you are talking about Windows 2003, unfortunately you will
>>need to shut down the entire cluster in order to recover. When the cluster
>>is started using the /forcequorum flag, the other nodes will not be allowed
>>to join back into the cluster until the cluster service is restarted using
>>no flags.
>
>Assuming the switch to forcequorum wasnt already removed before and
>the active node was rebooted.
I should add that your point is well-taken.
Thanks for the correction!
>
>
>>
>>This nonsense has been changed in Windows 2008 clustering, thankfully.
>>
>>Regards,
>>John
>>
>>Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
>>
>>"Andy David {MVP}" wrote in message
>>news:nevu6411g44bodovkkkkqt0vn4jp8an9b0@4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:25:40 -0700 (PDT), sirajc@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> >Hello,
>>> >
>>> >We had a situation where we had to use /forcequorum switch to bring up
>>> >the cluster on our active node. Passive node is currently offline at
>>> >the moment. We want to bring passive node back online. I'm assuming
>>> >that it will not join the cluster without some steps. Do we have to
>>> >bring the entire cluster down again to bring passive node oline ?
>>> >Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> You should be able to just boot the server.
>>> If you made any registry changes on the active node to force quorum,
>>> be sure to remove those.
>>>
>>
date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:21:10 -0400
author: Andy David {MVP}
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