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How do I go about building a clustered SQL Server 2008 running on Windows Server 2008?]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/66163/</guid><pubDate>2009/03/10</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/66163/</link></item><item><title>Auto notification for failover of a server and restart of SQL Server services</title><description><![CDATA[Learn how you can monitor the SQL Server instances for failover of a cluster or a restart.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/65552/</guid><pubDate>2009/01/26</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/65552/</link></item><item><title>Identifying Windows Volumes on a Clustered SQL Server Instance with the DMVs</title><description><![CDATA[I am trying to determine which of the logical volumes on the shared disk are associated with each SQL Server instance. Is there a simple method in T-SQL to determine this without having to fire up Cluster Administrator?]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/65471/</guid><pubDate>2009/01/14</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/65471/</link></item><item><title>SQL Server Browser</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/questions/Administration/64987/</guid><pubDate>2008/11/28</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/questions/Administration/64987/</link></item><item><title>Setting up a Two-NODE SQL Server 2008 Cluster from the Command Prompt - Integrated Installation </title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 of this series discussed how to prepare for SQL Server cluster installation on a two-node Windows Server 2003 cluster. This installment explains how to install SQL Server Database Engine on the cluster using the Integrated Installation option.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/64653/</guid><pubDate>2008/10/17</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/64653/</link></item><item><title>Setting up a Two-node SQL Server 2008 Cluster from the Command Prompt - Preparation</title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 of this series discusses the prerequisites for SQL Server cluster installation. Subsequent installments will provide step-by-step examples of SQL Server 2008 cluster installation.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/64401/</guid><pubDate>2008/09/17</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/64401/</link></item><item><title>Invalid SKU Error when Adding a Node to a SQL 2008 Cluster</title><description><![CDATA[When trying to add a node to an existing SQL Server 2008 cluster you get an Invalid SKU Error]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Installation/64290/</guid><pubDate>2008/09/07</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Installation/64290/</link></item><item><title>Inside SQL Server Cluster Setup and Troubleshooting Techniques - Part I </title><description><![CDATA[This article describes the SQL Cluster Setup process and how to troubleshoot it if something goes wrong]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63907/</guid><pubDate>2008/08/15</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63907/</link></item><item><title>Upgrading live applications to SQL Server 2005</title><description><![CDATA[Part 4 in this series on upgrading an Active/Active cluster to SQL Server 2005 details how to push live data from one cluster to another using a conversion DB and replication.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63699/</guid><pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63699/</link></item><item><title>Upgrade Active/Active cluster to SQL Server 2005</title><description><![CDATA[This case study describes upgrading to SQL Server 2005 and Windows 2003 Active/Active cluster from and provides upgrade option pros and cons for SQL Server high availability.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63389/</guid><pubDate>2008/06/18</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63389/</link></item><item><title>How SQL Cluster Resource DLLs work with Cluster Components</title><description><![CDATA[In this article Nirmal Sharma explains the SQL Server internal clustering process]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63390/</guid><pubDate>2008/06/17</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63390/</link></item><item><title>Configuring SQL Server 2005 Failover Settings in Windows Server 2003</title><description><![CDATA[This article is to discuss a number of important cluster Group and Resource properties that have significant impact on failover behaviors.<!-- Free “SQL Server Tacklebox” eBook -->
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