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Hi,

 

I have a 2 Server Cluster(Win2003Server Ent SP1), Whose Cluster Name is

XXXREP01-CL. The 2 phsyical Servers that comprise the Cluster are REP1a and

REP1b respectively.The contain a reports Directory on the D:\ Drive which is

pointed to 1 physical location in the SAN.

MY UNC Maping is as follows: \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

My 1st Question is...Do I need to supply the volume name

\\XXXREP01-CL\D$\ShareName?

The application I am Mapping has 2 Sets of Services that access that UNC

Share via the Cluster Name..XXXREP01-CL (one service is active and the other

is passive(application level Fault Tolerance)....

 

My Second Question is:

Can I or Do I need to map via UNC one / both of my Services to a Physical

Server in the Cluster (say REP1a) and the Other Applciation Service to

(REP1b)?

 

Is there a prefered method in this scenario from the Microsoft side?

In this env. it must be UNC Mapping....

Thanks In advance for yur inputand opinions

 

Regards,

 

Drew

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Guest Mathieu CHATEAU
Posted

Re: UNC Maping to a Cluster

 

Hello,

 

You must create the share as a cluster resource. So it would be:

\\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

 

Where does the application run ? on the cluster node ? that would change the

way to make it.

 

Create a cluster-managed file share

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/e59d826b-c1c7-4022-ad3a-cfc5656202c91033.mspx?mfr=true

 

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1BD8C5A4-00B1-4046-87BF-FD984C41463D@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> I have a 2 Server Cluster(Win2003Server Ent SP1), Whose Cluster Name is

> XXXREP01-CL. The 2 phsyical Servers that comprise the Cluster are REP1a

> and

> REP1b respectively.The contain a reports Directory on the D:\ Drive which

> is

> pointed to 1 physical location in the SAN.

> MY UNC Maping is as follows: \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

> My 1st Question is...Do I need to supply the volume name

> \\XXXREP01-CL\D$\ShareName?

> The application I am Mapping has 2 Sets of Services that access that UNC

> Share via the Cluster Name..XXXREP01-CL (one service is active and the

> other

> is passive(application level Fault Tolerance)....

>

> My Second Question is:

> Can I or Do I need to map via UNC one / both of my Services to a Physical

> Server in the Cluster (say REP1a) and the Other Applciation Service to

> (REP1b)?

>

> Is there a prefered method in this scenario from the Microsoft side?

> In this env. it must be UNC Mapping....

> Thanks In advance for yur inputand opinions

>

> Regards,

>

> Drew

>

Posted

Re: UNC Maping to a Cluster

 

Mathieu,

 

Thank you for your response....

The application runs on 10 other servers in an "Applciation CLuster" but all

of the other Servers/Sevices run iin a diferent subnet (the account that runs

thse services is a Domain Admin Acct. and has full acces /Effective Rights to

the Share and it's subfolders).

Origianlly the Services (some), were running in the Windows Cluster...but

Security Rules prevented us from accessing the WEB Interface (which was is in

a DMZ) so we moved those services to the "Application Subnet" .xx and

referenced the File Stores (where the reports are kept) to the .yy subnet via

UNC Mapping (configurable in the applications admin panel). This allows us

to administer the Services via the web admin interface.

Thanks again,

Drew

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> Hello,

>

> You must create the share as a cluster resource. So it would be:

> \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

>

> Where does the application run ? on the cluster node ? that would change the

> way to make it.

>

> Create a cluster-managed file share

> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/e59d826b-c1c7-4022-ad3a-cfc5656202c91033.mspx?mfr=true

>

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>

>

> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:1BD8C5A4-00B1-4046-87BF-FD984C41463D@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,

> >

> > I have a 2 Server Cluster(Win2003Server Ent SP1), Whose Cluster Name is

> > XXXREP01-CL. The 2 phsyical Servers that comprise the Cluster are REP1a

> > and

> > REP1b respectively.The contain a reports Directory on the D:\ Drive which

> > is

> > pointed to 1 physical location in the SAN.

> > MY UNC Maping is as follows: \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

> > My 1st Question is...Do I need to supply the volume name

> > \\XXXREP01-CL\D$\ShareName?

> > The application I am Mapping has 2 Sets of Services that access that UNC

> > Share via the Cluster Name..XXXREP01-CL (one service is active and the

> > other

> > is passive(application level Fault Tolerance)....

> >

> > My Second Question is:

> > Can I or Do I need to map via UNC one / both of my Services to a Physical

> > Server in the Cluster (say REP1a) and the Other Applciation Service to

> > (REP1b)?

> >

> > Is there a prefered method in this scenario from the Microsoft side?

> > In this env. it must be UNC Mapping....

> > Thanks In advance for yur inputand opinions

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > Drew

> >

>

>

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU
Posted

Re: UNC Maping to a Cluster

 

hope you are out of the wood

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:61C45FE1-BC1C-4EA8-9CDA-593387819F38@microsoft.com...

> Mathieu,

>

> Thank you for your response....

> The application runs on 10 other servers in an "Applciation CLuster" but

> all

> of the other Servers/Sevices run iin a diferent subnet (the account that

> runs

> thse services is a Domain Admin Acct. and has full acces /Effective Rights

> to

> the Share and it's subfolders).

> Origianlly the Services (some), were running in the Windows Cluster...but

> Security Rules prevented us from accessing the WEB Interface (which was is

> in

> a DMZ) so we moved those services to the "Application Subnet" .xx and

> referenced the File Stores (where the reports are kept) to the .yy subnet

> via

> UNC Mapping (configurable in the applications admin panel). This allows

> us

> to administer the Services via the web admin interface.

> Thanks again,

> Drew

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

>> Hello,

>>

>> You must create the share as a cluster resource. So it would be:

>> \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

>>

>> Where does the application run ? on the cluster node ? that would change

>> the

>> way to make it.

>>

>> Create a cluster-managed file share

>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/e59d826b-c1c7-4022-ad3a-cfc5656202c91033.mspx?mfr=true

>>

>>

>> --

>> Cordialement,

>> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>>

>>

>> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:1BD8C5A4-00B1-4046-87BF-FD984C41463D@microsoft.com...

>> > Hi,

>> >

>> > I have a 2 Server Cluster(Win2003Server Ent SP1), Whose Cluster Name is

>> > XXXREP01-CL. The 2 phsyical Servers that comprise the Cluster are REP1a

>> > and

>> > REP1b respectively.The contain a reports Directory on the D:\ Drive

>> > which

>> > is

>> > pointed to 1 physical location in the SAN.

>> > MY UNC Maping is as follows: \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

>> > My 1st Question is...Do I need to supply the volume name

>> > \\XXXREP01-CL\D$\ShareName?

>> > The application I am Mapping has 2 Sets of Services that access that

>> > UNC

>> > Share via the Cluster Name..XXXREP01-CL (one service is active and the

>> > other

>> > is passive(application level Fault Tolerance)....

>> >

>> > My Second Question is:

>> > Can I or Do I need to map via UNC one / both of my Services to a

>> > Physical

>> > Server in the Cluster (say REP1a) and the Other Applciation Service to

>> > (REP1b)?

>> >

>> > Is there a prefered method in this scenario from the Microsoft side?

>> > In this env. it must be UNC Mapping....

>> > Thanks In advance for yur inputand opinions

>> >

>> > Regards,

>> >

>> > Drew

>> >

>>

>>

Posted

Re: UNC Maping to a Cluster

 

Mathieu,

 

Thak you again. The article led me to discver that the "resource" was

created vis Windows Explorer (by supoprt Engineer), and not via CLuster

Administrator!...So the I have submitted the changes in to implement the

Share through Cluster administrator so that it has a dependency on the

Physical Disk resource as well as the Network Name resource.....Much

Appreciated

 

Je vous remercie,

 

Drew

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> hope you are out of the wood

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>

>

> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:61C45FE1-BC1C-4EA8-9CDA-593387819F38@microsoft.com...

> > Mathieu,

> >

> > Thank you for your response....

> > The application runs on 10 other servers in an "Applciation CLuster" but

> > all

> > of the other Servers/Sevices run iin a diferent subnet (the account that

> > runs

> > thse services is a Domain Admin Acct. and has full acces /Effective Rights

> > to

> > the Share and it's subfolders).

> > Origianlly the Services (some), were running in the Windows Cluster...but

> > Security Rules prevented us from accessing the WEB Interface (which was is

> > in

> > a DMZ) so we moved those services to the "Application Subnet" .xx and

> > referenced the File Stores (where the reports are kept) to the .yy subnet

> > via

> > UNC Mapping (configurable in the applications admin panel). This allows

> > us

> > to administer the Services via the web admin interface.

> > Thanks again,

> > Drew

> >

> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> >

> >> Hello,

> >>

> >> You must create the share as a cluster resource. So it would be:

> >> \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

> >>

> >> Where does the application run ? on the cluster node ? that would change

> >> the

> >> way to make it.

> >>

> >> Create a cluster-managed file share

> >> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/e59d826b-c1c7-4022-ad3a-cfc5656202c91033.mspx?mfr=true

> >>

> >>

> >> --

> >> Cordialement,

> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> >>

> >>

> >> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:1BD8C5A4-00B1-4046-87BF-FD984C41463D@microsoft.com...

> >> > Hi,

> >> >

> >> > I have a 2 Server Cluster(Win2003Server Ent SP1), Whose Cluster Name is

> >> > XXXREP01-CL. The 2 phsyical Servers that comprise the Cluster are REP1a

> >> > and

> >> > REP1b respectively.The contain a reports Directory on the D:\ Drive

> >> > which

> >> > is

> >> > pointed to 1 physical location in the SAN.

> >> > MY UNC Maping is as follows: \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

> >> > My 1st Question is...Do I need to supply the volume name

> >> > \\XXXREP01-CL\D$\ShareName?

> >> > The application I am Mapping has 2 Sets of Services that access that

> >> > UNC

> >> > Share via the Cluster Name..XXXREP01-CL (one service is active and the

> >> > other

> >> > is passive(application level Fault Tolerance)....

> >> >

> >> > My Second Question is:

> >> > Can I or Do I need to map via UNC one / both of my Services to a

> >> > Physical

> >> > Server in the Cluster (say REP1a) and the Other Applciation Service to

> >> > (REP1b)?

> >> >

> >> > Is there a prefered method in this scenario from the Microsoft side?

> >> > In this env. it must be UNC Mapping....

> >> > Thanks In advance for yur inputand opinions

> >> >

> >> > Regards,

> >> >

> >> > Drew

> >> >

> >>

> >>

>

>

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU
Posted

Re: UNC Maping to a Cluster

 

great :)

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:80A002EA-AB08-40D8-B101-7992DC29575D@microsoft.com...

> Mathieu,

>

> Thak you again. The article led me to discver that the "resource" was

> created vis Windows Explorer (by supoprt Engineer), and not via CLuster

> Administrator!...So the I have submitted the changes in to implement the

> Share through Cluster administrator so that it has a dependency on the

> Physical Disk resource as well as the Network Name resource.....Much

> Appreciated

>

> Je vous remercie,

>

> Drew

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

>> hope you are out of the wood

>>

>> --

>> Cordialement,

>> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>>

>>

>> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:61C45FE1-BC1C-4EA8-9CDA-593387819F38@microsoft.com...

>> > Mathieu,

>> >

>> > Thank you for your response....

>> > The application runs on 10 other servers in an "Applciation CLuster"

>> > but

>> > all

>> > of the other Servers/Sevices run iin a diferent subnet (the account

>> > that

>> > runs

>> > thse services is a Domain Admin Acct. and has full acces /Effective

>> > Rights

>> > to

>> > the Share and it's subfolders).

>> > Origianlly the Services (some), were running in the Windows

>> > Cluster...but

>> > Security Rules prevented us from accessing the WEB Interface (which was

>> > is

>> > in

>> > a DMZ) so we moved those services to the "Application Subnet" .xx and

>> > referenced the File Stores (where the reports are kept) to the .yy

>> > subnet

>> > via

>> > UNC Mapping (configurable in the applications admin panel). This

>> > allows

>> > us

>> > to administer the Services via the web admin interface.

>> > Thanks again,

>> > Drew

>> >

>> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Hello,

>> >>

>> >> You must create the share as a cluster resource. So it would be:

>> >> \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

>> >>

>> >> Where does the application run ? on the cluster node ? that would

>> >> change

>> >> the

>> >> way to make it.

>> >>

>> >> Create a cluster-managed file share

>> >> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/e59d826b-c1c7-4022-ad3a-cfc5656202c91033.mspx?mfr=true

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Cordialement,

>> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> "Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:1BD8C5A4-00B1-4046-87BF-FD984C41463D@microsoft.com...

>> >> > Hi,

>> >> >

>> >> > I have a 2 Server Cluster(Win2003Server Ent SP1), Whose Cluster Name

>> >> > is

>> >> > XXXREP01-CL. The 2 phsyical Servers that comprise the Cluster are

>> >> > REP1a

>> >> > and

>> >> > REP1b respectively.The contain a reports Directory on the D:\ Drive

>> >> > which

>> >> > is

>> >> > pointed to 1 physical location in the SAN.

>> >> > MY UNC Maping is as follows: \\XXXREP01-CL\ShareName

>> >> > My 1st Question is...Do I need to supply the volume name

>> >> > \\XXXREP01-CL\D$\ShareName?

>> >> > The application I am Mapping has 2 Sets of Services that access that

>> >> > UNC

>> >> > Share via the Cluster Name..XXXREP01-CL (one service is active and

>> >> > the

>> >> > other

>> >> > is passive(application level Fault Tolerance)....

>> >> >

>> >> > My Second Question is:

>> >> > Can I or Do I need to map via UNC one / both of my Services to a

>> >> > Physical

>> >> > Server in the Cluster (say REP1a) and the Other Applciation Service

>> >> > to

>> >> > (REP1b)?

>> >> >

>> >> > Is there a prefered method in this scenario from the Microsoft side?

>> >> > In this env. it must be UNC Mapping....

>> >> > Thanks In advance for yur inputand opinions

>> >> >

>> >> > Regards,

>> >> >

>> >> > Drew

>> >> >

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>


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