Clustering

Join me on Oct 21st for a Clustering with iSCSI Presentation

All,

On October 21st, 2009 at 11am (Pacific) / 2pm (Eastern) I’m going to be presenting a free Webcast on how to setup a Windows 2008 Cluster when using iSCSI.  Additionally I’ll be going over some tuning tricks you can use to improve the performance of your iSCSI network. Continued »

HA and DR require the same techniques right?

While many of the technologies used for HA and DR are similar (or even the same) HA and DR are two different types of events which should be handled differently. Continued »

SQL Server 2008 Clustering Article in SQL Server Magazine

For those of you who haven’t check out this months SQL Server Magazine, the cover article was written by yours truly about Clustering SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008.  This is an updated version of the article I did last December on Clustering SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2003.

I hope that you find it handy.  (Subscription is required.)

Denny

Join me on Sept 15, 2009 as we talk about Clustering SQL Server without a SAN

On September 15, 2009 I’ll be hosting a webcast entitled “How to Set Up a Cost-Effective Windows Server 2008 Cluster with SQL Server 2008 and Tune The Performance“.  During this webcast I’ll be showing how to use Starwind Software’s iSCSI Server software to replace to need for a SAN when creating your Windows 2008 and SQL Server 2008 server.

The presentation will start at 2PM EST, 11AM PST.  Pre-registration is required using the above link.

Do note that this presentation will be done a little bit backwards as we’ll dive into the technical content write away, then hit the slide show with the SQL Installation is running in the background.

See you there.

Denny

When clustering SQL 2008, SQL Server may reject the Key

When installing SQL Server 2008 Enterprise onto my new SQL Cluster I downloaded the media from Microsoft and dropped it onto a network share and installed it.  The first node went perfectly, the second node, not so much.  When I went to install on the second node I would get to the screen which asked for the Key (it is a volume license install so the key was already there) and when I clicked next it told me that the key was invalid and the installer exited. Continued »

Use caution when using an image to setup servers which will be clustered.

A lesson that I learned while setting up our new data center for work, is to be careful when setting up your clustered servers.

Most of our servers are VMs, including a Windows 2008 Cluster (yeah I know not supported, I’m a rebel damn it and I want a Windows 2008 cluster installed under VMware ESX). Continued »

SQL Clustering Article in SQL Server Magazine

For those of you who are SQL Server Magazine Subscribers you should be getting your copies right about now (if you haven’t already).  When you do be sure to check out the article which I have in the magazine about clustering your SQL Server.

For those without a subscription you can sign up for a digital subscription at SQLMag.com and read the article on the web.

Denny

Thank you Orange County SQL Server Users Group

I’d like to thank the Orange County SQL Server Users Group for having me come and speak at their meeting last week.  I had a great time speaking with everyone, and there were a lot of good questions.

If you didn’t have a chance to download the slide deck you can download it here.  If any new questions come up, feel free to post them here, or email them to me directly.

Denny