Is it possible to set up a windows 2000 cluster without a shared disk (SCSI of Fibre channel)? When I set up my Windows 2000 Server as a cluster node with the cluscfg.exe -localqorum program, I can install the first node without a shared disk, but when I try to join my second node I get an error message: Unexpected setup error The system cannot find file specified Error ID: 2 (000000002) Can you pls give me advice
No, you must have a shared array with either a SCSI or fiber connection. The only exception to this is if you use Virtual Server 2005, but that is for testing only, not for production. ----------------------------- Brad M. McGehee, MVP Webmaster SQL-Server-Performance.Com
Thank you very much for this info. My plan is to set up a test environment to check if our application is working within a cluster and so don't want to spend a lot of money for this test. What is the easiest/cheapest way I set up a scared disk. Is a normal SCSI disk enough?
Officially, only SCSI devices on Microsoft's Hardware Compatability list can be used. Unofficially, a simple SCSI disk will probably work for a test (but not guaranteed.) ----------------------------- Brad M. McGehee, MVP Webmaster SQL-Server-Performance.Com
If you have an MSDN license you could set up clustering with Virtual Server 2005 for testing purposes.
