failback from cluster do not work

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Hi,

here my problem,

We have a two node cluster with 4 virtual Servers.
2 virtual servers per default on each server.
since some weeks i recocnized that the failback do not appear.
When I switch over in the Clusteradministration the switching work fine.
The failback properties are not changed since creating the virtual servers.
They are set to 1 between 3 so i think the failback should apper in the
night between 1 and 3 o´clock. in the night.
The eventlog brings no messages at this time.
So i do not know how to solve th e problem.

Thanks Axel

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

Hi

My problem is :
When i reboot for example server1 all resources move to server2.
This behavior is ok but in the night i want that the resources (which have
the prefered server1 ) failback to server1. This do not happen

br
Axel

"John Toner [MVP]" wrote:

> Axel,
>
> First, make sure that you have a preferred owner specified for each group
> that you want to failback. Next, you should be aware that failback does not
> work unless the node somehow stops its cluster service and then restarts its
> cluster service. If you failover/move a group, failback will not kick in
> unless the service stops and restarts (or reboots) on the preferred owner.
>
> Personnal, I would never use the failback feature of MSCS as I would always
> want to investigate why the failover occurred before blindly sending an
> application to a potentially unstable server, causing unnecessary downtime
> for the application.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
> "Axel" <Axel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:25D04CD6-931D-41E7-B392-EB340091FA7F@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > here my problem,
> >
> > We have a two node cluster with 4 virtual Servers.
> > 2 virtual servers per default on each server.
> > since some weeks i recocnized that the failback do not appear.
> > When I switch over in the Clusteradministration the switching work fine.
> > The failback properties are not changed since creating the virtual
> servers.
> > They are set to 1 between 3 so i think the failback should apper in the
> > night between 1 and 3 o´clock. in the night.
> > The eventlog brings no messages at this time.
> > So i do not know how to solve th e problem.
> >
> > Thanks Axel
>
>
>