Hello,

Yes, I thought so and this is the road I have gone down, I just spoke to someone who told me otherwise and and they were so confident I actually...

Hello,

Just to be clear, if I have 5 SQL instances on a cluster, I'd need 5 separate drives, each with their own drive letter? 5 SQL instances cannot put their...

Hello,

Thank you very much, yep, will let you know how I get on for sure. I have tried the suggestion above, but it does not work out. I get to...

Hello Halcyon,

I have my 2GB drive ready, do you think I should create two groups in the drive for each node, or do you think I should just have a...

Hello Thank you for getting back as I know time is precious. GH, thank you for the link, this is the one that I am following, I'm fine with the...

Hi Perry,

I have tried that, but I receive a dialogue box explaining that there were no drives found that are suitable for clustering.

Regards,

D.

Hello,

Thank you both for taking the time to get back. Perry, yes the disk is formatted as a basic disk and online.

GH, I have looked up adding a resource since...

Hello Perry,

I am trying to put your suggestion into action but I am having some trouble adding a disk for the DTC groups. I have created the cluster, the quorum...

Hi Perry,

Thank you for getting back. That sounds like a great plan, when you say I can create them in the SQL server groups they will service so they will...

Hello,

I am just currently sorting out my MSDTC drives as well, I have decided to have 2 separate physical disks for 2 MSDTC groups, I was wondering whether to leave...

Hi Perry,

I am using Windows 2008 R2, with SQL 2008.

Regards,

D.

Hello,

Well, we have finally got round to sorting out the LUNs and a thought has occured. Originally, we were going to assign a separate LUN for every instance and both...

Hello,

Thanks for getting back everyone, most appreciated. I'm defo going for the cross over cable, thanks for the host entry tip, I was just going to leave off any DNS...

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for getting back, I think you are right and a heartbeat network is required. I was thinking of going with the Crossover cable solution (the servers are...

Hello,

Thanks for the reply, I'd certainly configure them properly, no doubt about that, but funnily enough I'll be putting on IS for the same reasons that you have.

Regards,

D.