Drive share names and clustering

[Phil]

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I have 2 servers with wwindows 2000 clustering and a
shared disk array. In most cases (see other question
on "inconsistent clustering") the active node of the
cluster sees the drives on the shared disks and the
passive node does not. We have set up share names (on
each server) for the drives on the shared disk array so
that we can always access files on the drives by
referencing the \\<cluste_name>\<share_name>. This works
fine when we have testit out and even when the cluster
fails over.

However, a couple of times now we have found that the
share name for the drives has disapeared and so the files
on the drive can not be accessed as above.
My suspicion is that this is as a result of a failover
having taken place, but this seems OK when I test it out.

Should I expect the share name to still exist after a
cluster failover ?

 

[ME]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server (More info?)

the sharename should still exist assuming the resource is online after a
failover

"Phil" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:007e01c491d9$0a886c20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I have 2 servers with wwindows 2000 clustering and a
> shared disk array. In most cases (see other question
> on "inconsistent clustering") the active node of the
> cluster sees the drives on the shared disks and the
> passive node does not. We have set up share names (on
> each server) for the drives on the shared disk array so
> that we can always access files on the drives by
> referencing the \\<cluste_name>\<share_name>. This works
> fine when we have testit out and even when the cluster
> fails over.
>
> However, a couple of times now we have found that the
> share name for the drives has disapeared and so the files
> on the drive can not be accessed as above.
> My suspicion is that this is as a result of a failover
> having taken place, but this seems OK when I test it out.
>
> Should I expect the share name to still exist after a
> cluster failover ?
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server (More info?)

Hi Phil,

Do you think you are experiencing some of the behaviors outlined in the
articles below?

257389 Microsoft Cluster Server May Not Share Folders Automatically
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257389

269137 Some Cluster Server File Share Resources Are Not Available
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=269137

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Hope this helps,
Mike Rosado
Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies

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"Phil" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:007e01c491d9$0a886c20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I have 2 servers with wwindows 2000 clustering and a
> shared disk array. In most cases (see other question
> on "inconsistent clustering") the active node of the
> cluster sees the drives on the shared disks and the
> passive node does not. We have set up share names (on
> each server) for the drives on the shared disk array so
> that we can always access files on the drives by
> referencing the \\<cluste_name>\<share_name>. This works
> fine when we have testit out and even when the cluster
> fails over.
>
> However, a couple of times now we have found that the
> share name for the drives has disapeared and so the files
> on the drive can not be accessed as above.
> My suspicion is that this is as a result of a failover
> having taken place, but this seems OK when I test it out.
>
> Should I expect the share name to still exist after a
> cluster failover ?
>