• Sean cavanagh (1/23/2013)


    Perry,

    Thanks for your response. I will definitely look into your guide for creating a virtual sandpit.

    Do, you'll find it extremely useful 😉

    The help states the following as you are aware;

    Failover cluster manager snap in help


    If restart is unsuccessful, fail over all resources in this service or application

    Use this box to control the way the Cluster service responds if the maximum restarts fail:

    • Select this box if you want the Cluster service to respond by failing the clustered service or application over to another node.
    • Clear this box if you want the Cluster service to respond by leaving this clustered service or application running on this node (even if this resource is in a failed state).

    If all the restart attempts fail, begin restarting again after the specified period (hh:mm)

    Select this box if you want the Cluster service to go into an extended waiting period after attempting the maximum number of restarts on the resource. Note that this extended waiting period is measured in hours and minutes. After the waiting period, the Cluster service will begin another series of restarts. This is true regardless of which node owns the clustered service or application at that time.

    Sean cavanagh (1/23/2013)


    From these descriptions, these two options appear to be mutually exclusive, yet they are presented as check boxes such that both can be selected. I would have expected radio buttons such that only one could be selected. Would you know how these work together?

    Thanks, Sean

    Not mutually exclusive at all, you are specifying the actions that the cluster service should take if a restart of the failed resource is unsuccessful.

    If all the attempted restarts fail too (i.e. the 3 retrys within 15 minutes) then specify what should happen here.

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