Migrating cluster resources to new cluster
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Migrating cluster resources to new cluster

 
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Paul
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:50 pm    Post subject: Migrating cluster resources to new cluster Reply with quote
Old cluster running on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Old Kit.
New cluster running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. New Kit.
All connected to same SAN and members of the same 2000 native domain.

I would like to migrate all resources from the Old Cluster to the new Cluster.
I created a test cluster group along with a test disk resource. Ensured it
was working properly on both nodes of Old cluster. Deleted it as a resource
of the old cluster. Unpresented the disk from the Old cluster and presented
it to one node of the New cluster. Node detects the disk but sees it as
Unknown and Unreadable.

If rolling upgrades work where disks (and other resources) are assigned to
one 2000 node, while the other is upgraded, and then the disks (and other
resources) are flipped to the upgraded 2003 node while the other 2000 node
is upgraded, it suggests to me that it can't be a 'moving 2000 disk to 2003
problem'.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to achieve the migration? Would
prefer not to upgrade the existing cluster to 2003 first if at all possible.

Thanks.

Paul
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Paul
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:50 am    Post subject: RE: Migrating cluster resources to new cluster Reply with quote
Additional Note:
If I present the disk back to one of the cluster nodes (without even adding
it as a cluster resource), the disk is readable.

"Paul" wrote:

Quote:
Old cluster running on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Old Kit.
New cluster running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. New Kit.
All connected to same SAN and members of the same 2000 native domain.

I would like to migrate all resources from the Old Cluster to the new Cluster.
I created a test cluster group along with a test disk resource. Ensured it
was working properly on both nodes of Old cluster. Deleted it as a resource
of the old cluster. Unpresented the disk from the Old cluster and presented
it to one node of the New cluster. Node detects the disk but sees it as
Unknown and Unreadable.

If rolling upgrades work where disks (and other resources) are assigned to
one 2000 node, while the other is upgraded, and then the disks (and other
resources) are flipped to the upgraded 2003 node while the other 2000 node
is upgraded, it suggests to me that it can't be a 'moving 2000 disk to 2003
problem'.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to achieve the migration? Would
prefer not to upgrade the existing cluster to 2003 first if at all possible.

Thanks.

Paul
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John Toner [MVP]
Guest
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Migrating cluster resources to new cluster Reply with quote
You should be able to move the disks from your old cluster to the new
one...you just need to add the disks to your 2003 cluster properly. You can
try the following articles to see if these help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175278

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312

Regards,
John


"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Old cluster running on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Old Kit.
New cluster running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. New Kit.
All connected to same SAN and members of the same 2000 native domain.

I would like to migrate all resources from the Old Cluster to the new
Cluster.
I created a test cluster group along with a test disk resource. Ensured
it
was working properly on both nodes of Old cluster. Deleted it as a
resource
of the old cluster. Unpresented the disk from the Old cluster and
presented
it to one node of the New cluster. Node detects the disk but sees it as
Unknown and Unreadable.

If rolling upgrades work where disks (and other resources) are assigned to
one 2000 node, while the other is upgraded, and then the disks (and other
resources) are flipped to the upgraded 2003 node while the other 2000
node
is upgraded, it suggests to me that it can't be a 'moving 2000 disk to
2003
problem'.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to achieve the migration? Would
prefer not to upgrade the existing cluster to 2003 first if at all
possible.

Thanks.

Paul
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