InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comFri, 24 May 2013 16:12:01 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1423318-1549-1.aspxMichael had the answer. Put the SQL Cluster offline using the cluster administrator. This will stop the SQL services.You can then close down the cluster. Shut down the passive nodes first to prevent the Windows part of the cluster from doing a failover. Then shut down the active node.Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:49:11 GMTEdVassiehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1423318-1549-1.aspx[quote][b]BuntyBoy (3/5/2013)[/b][hr]you need to freeze the cluster to do this task[/quote]Only if using veritas cluster server, wsfc does not have a freeze actionWed, 06 Mar 2013 08:10:00 GMTPerry Whittlehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1423318-1549-1.aspxyou need to freeze the cluster to do this taskTue, 05 Mar 2013 12:38:58 GMTBuntyBoyhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1423318-1549-1.aspxStop the services using the Cluster Administrator application to set them to offline.Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:08:48 GMTMichael Valentine Joneshttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1423318-1549-1.aspxI need to clean stop SQL services and dependent services on Cluster both node without failover for adding new SAN drive,pls help me and suggest the steps for sameFri, 22 Feb 2013 22:15:15 GMTShivrudra