Single node cluster physical disk issue

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Hi All

I am experiancing an issue with "Bring Online" a physical disk resource. Any
help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have the following
configuration:

IBM xServer
Mirrored 36GB C: on the internal array controller
Mirrored 36GB J: on the internal array controller
2003 Ent.
Single node cluster
Local quarum on C:

I have set up a group and assigned it an IP address and machine name. I can
successfully create a physical disk but it fails when I attemp to "Bring
Online". The Event log shows the following events:

Source: ClusSvc
Category: Physical Disk Resource
Event ID: 1120
Description:
The DLL associated with cluster disk resource 'Disk_J:' is attempting to
change the drive letter parameters from '' to 'J ' in the server cluster
database. If your restore database operation failed, this could be caused by
the replacement of a quorum drive with a different partition layout from the
original quorum drive at the time the database backup was made. If this is
the case and you would like to use the new disk as the quorum drive, we
suggest that you stop the Cluster disk service, change the drive letter(s) of
this drive to '', start the Cluster disk service and retry the restore
database procedure.

I get 4 of the following

Source: ClusSvc
Category: Failover Mgr
Event ID: 1069
Description:
Cluster resource 'a' in Resource Group 'MFP5 Group' failed.

Thanks for any help

single node cluster??
that's a bit of an oxymoron


"AGDGuy" <AGDGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB84D658-BBE5-440B-BB96-827C0F39B189@microsoft.com...
> Hi All
>
> I am experiancing an issue with "Bring Online" a physical disk resource.
> Any
> help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have the following
> configuration:
>
> IBM xServer
> Mirrored 36GB C: on the internal array controller
> Mirrored 36GB J: on the internal array controller
> 2003 Ent.
> Single node cluster
> Local quarum on C:
>
> I have set up a group and assigned it an IP address and machine name. I
> can
> successfully create a physical disk but it fails when I attemp to "Bring
> Online". The Event log shows the following events:
>
> Source: ClusSvc
> Category: Physical Disk Resource
> Event ID: 1120
> Description:
> The DLL associated with cluster disk resource 'Disk_J:' is attempting to
> change the drive letter parameters from '' to 'J ' in the server cluster
> database. If your restore database operation failed, this could be caused
> by
> the replacement of a quorum drive with a different partition layout from
> the
> original quorum drive at the time the database backup was made. If this is
> the case and you would like to use the new disk as the quorum drive, we
> suggest that you stop the Cluster disk service, change the drive letter(s)
> of
> this drive to '', start the Cluster disk service and retry the restore
> database procedure.
>
> I get 4 of the following
>
> Source: ClusSvc
> Category: Failover Mgr
> Event ID: 1069
> Description:
> Cluster resource 'a' in Resource Group 'MFP5 Group' failed.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>
>

It's like clapping with one hand!

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner


"seth" <seth@myhouse.net> wrote in message
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> single node cluster??
> that's a bit of an oxymoron
>
>
> "AGDGuy" <AGDGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FB84D658-BBE5-440B-BB96-827C0F39B189@microsoft.com...
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am experiancing an issue with "Bring Online" a physical disk resource.
>> Any
>> help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have the following
>> configuration:
>>
>> IBM xServer
>> Mirrored 36GB C: on the internal array controller
>> Mirrored 36GB J: on the internal array controller
>> 2003 Ent.
>> Single node cluster
>> Local quarum on C:
>>
>> I have set up a group and assigned it an IP address and machine name. I
>> can
>> successfully create a physical disk but it fails when I attemp to "Bring
>> Online". The Event log shows the following events:
>>
>> Source: ClusSvc
>> Category: Physical Disk Resource
>> Event ID: 1120
>> Description:
>> The DLL associated with cluster disk resource 'Disk_J:' is attempting to
>> change the drive letter parameters from '' to 'J ' in the server cluster
>> database. If your restore database operation failed, this could be caused
>> by
>> the replacement of a quorum drive with a different partition layout from
>> the
>> original quorum drive at the time the database backup was made. If this
>> is
>> the case and you would like to use the new disk as the quorum drive, we
>> suggest that you stop the Cluster disk service, change the drive
>> letter(s) of
>> this drive to '', start the Cluster disk service and retry the restore
>> database procedure.
>>
>> I get 4 of the following
>>
>> Source: ClusSvc
>> Category: Failover Mgr
>> Event ID: 1069
>> Description:
>> Cluster resource 'a' in Resource Group 'MFP5 Group' failed.
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>>
>>
>>
>
>

You configuration will not work. Clustering requires an external resource.
It can not be attached to the same controller as anything internal.

What exactly are you trying to test.

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner


"AGDGuy" <AGDGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB84D658-BBE5-440B-BB96-827C0F39B189@microsoft.com...
> Hi All
>
> I am experiancing an issue with "Bring Online" a physical disk resource.
> Any
> help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have the following
> configuration:
>
> IBM xServer
> Mirrored 36GB C: on the internal array controller
> Mirrored 36GB J: on the internal array controller
> 2003 Ent.
> Single node cluster
> Local quarum on C:
>
> I have set up a group and assigned it an IP address and machine name. I
> can
> successfully create a physical disk but it fails when I attemp to "Bring
> Online". The Event log shows the following events:
>
> Source: ClusSvc
> Category: Physical Disk Resource
> Event ID: 1120
> Description:
> The DLL associated with cluster disk resource 'Disk_J:' is attempting to
> change the drive letter parameters from '' to 'J ' in the server cluster
> database. If your restore database operation failed, this could be caused
> by
> the replacement of a quorum drive with a different partition layout from
> the
> original quorum drive at the time the database backup was made. If this is
> the case and you would like to use the new disk as the quorum drive, we
> suggest that you stop the Cluster disk service, change the drive letter(s)
> of
> this drive to '', start the Cluster disk service and retry the restore
> database procedure.
>
> I get 4 of the following
>
> Source: ClusSvc
> Category: Failover Mgr
> Event ID: 1069
> Description:
> Cluster resource 'a' in Resource Group 'MFP5 Group' failed.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>
>

Hi Rodney

There is a reg key in 2k3 Ent. which will allow you to use a single bus for
all cluster disk resources (system, quarum, cluster etc.).

I have been asked to implement this configuration as a form of virtualisation.

"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:

> You configuration will not work. Clustering requires an external resource.
> It can not be attached to the same controller as anything internal.
>
> What exactly are you trying to test.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rodney R. Fournier
>
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>
>
> "AGDGuy" <AGDGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FB84D658-BBE5-440B-BB96-827C0F39B189@microsoft.com...
> > Hi All
> >
> > I am experiancing an issue with "Bring Online" a physical disk resource.
> > Any
> > help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have the following
> > configuration:
> >
> > IBM xServer
> > Mirrored 36GB C: on the internal array controller
> > Mirrored 36GB J: on the internal array controller
> > 2003 Ent.
> > Single node cluster
> > Local quarum on C:
> >
> > I have set up a group and assigned it an IP address and machine name. I
> > can
> > successfully create a physical disk but it fails when I attemp to "Bring
> > Online". The Event log shows the following events:
> >
> > Source: ClusSvc
> > Category: Physical Disk Resource
> > Event ID: 1120
> > Description:
> > The DLL associated with cluster disk resource 'Disk_J:' is attempting to
> > change the drive letter parameters from '' to 'J ' in the server cluster
> > database. If your restore database operation failed, this could be caused
> > by
> > the replacement of a quorum drive with a different partition layout from
> > the
> > original quorum drive at the time the database backup was made. If this is
> > the case and you would like to use the new disk as the quorum drive, we
> > suggest that you stop the Cluster disk service, change the drive letter(s)
> > of
> > this drive to '', start the Cluster disk service and retry the restore
> > database procedure.
> >
> > I get 4 of the following
> >
> > Source: ClusSvc
> > Category: Failover Mgr
> > Event ID: 1069
> > Description:
> > Cluster resource 'a' in Resource Group 'MFP5 Group' failed.
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Have you tried deleting and recreating the disk resource?

Regards,
John

"AGDGuy" <AGDGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8FA5883D-B2BE-4B21-B488-0BB554688E74@microsoft.com...
> Hi Rodney
>
> There is a reg key in 2k3 Ent. which will allow you to use a single bus
for
> all cluster disk resources (system, quarum, cluster etc.).
>
> I have been asked to implement this configuration as a form of
virtualisation.
>
> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > You configuration will not work. Clustering requires an external
resource.
> > It can not be attached to the same controller as anything internal.
> >
> > What exactly are you trying to test.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rodney R. Fournier
> >
> > MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> > http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> > http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> > http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> > ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
> >
> >
> > "AGDGuy" <AGDGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FB84D658-BBE5-440B-BB96-827C0F39B189@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > I am experiancing an issue with "Bring Online" a physical disk
resource.
> > > Any
> > > help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have the following
> > > configuration:
> > >
> > > IBM xServer
> > > Mirrored 36GB C: on the internal array controller
> > > Mirrored 36GB J: on the internal array controller
> > > 2003 Ent.
> > > Single node cluster
> > > Local quarum on C:
> > >
> > > I have set up a group and assigned it an IP address and machine name.
I
> > > can
> > > successfully create a physical disk but it fails when I attemp to
"Bring
> > > Online". The Event log shows the following events:
> > >
> > > Source: ClusSvc
> > > Category: Physical Disk Resource
> > > Event ID: 1120
> > > Description:
> > > The DLL associated with cluster disk resource 'Disk_J:' is attempting
to
> > > change the drive letter parameters from '' to 'J ' in the server
cluster
> > > database. If your restore database operation failed, this could be
caused
> > > by
> > > the replacement of a quorum drive with a different partition layout
from
> > > the
> > > original quorum drive at the time the database backup was made. If
this is
> > > the case and you would like to use the new disk as the quorum drive,
we
> > > suggest that you stop the Cluster disk service, change the drive
letter(s)
> > > of
> > > this drive to '', start the Cluster disk service and retry the restore
> > > database procedure.
> > >
> > > I get 4 of the following
> > >
> > > Source: ClusSvc
> > > Category: Failover Mgr
> > > Event ID: 1069
> > > Description:
> > > Cluster resource 'a' in Resource Group 'MFP5 Group' failed.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >

Sure, but will that provide true HA? Will you get the best performance?

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner


"AGDGuy" <AGDGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8FA5883D-B2BE-4B21-B488-0BB554688E74@microsoft.com...
> Hi Rodney
>
> There is a reg key in 2k3 Ent. which will allow you to use a single bus
> for
> all cluster disk resources (system, quarum, cluster etc.).
>
> I have been asked to implement this configuration as a form of
> virtualisation.
>
> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You configuration will not work. Clustering requires an external
>> resource.
>> It can not be attached to the same controller as anything internal.
>>
>> What exactly are you trying to test.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rodney R. Fournier
>>
>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
>> http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
>> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>>
>>
>> "AGDGuy" <AGDGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FB84D658-BBE5-440B-BB96-827C0F39B189@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi All
>> >
>> > I am experiancing an issue with "Bring Online" a physical disk
>> > resource.
>> > Any
>> > help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have the following
>> > configuration:
>> >
>> > IBM xServer
>> > Mirrored 36GB C: on the internal array controller
>> > Mirrored 36GB J: on the internal array controller
>> > 2003 Ent.
>> > Single node cluster
>> > Local quarum on C:
>> >
>> > I have set up a group and assigned it an IP address and machine name. I
>> > can
>> > successfully create a physical disk but it fails when I attemp to
>> > "Bring
>> > Online". The Event log shows the following events:
>> >
>> > Source: ClusSvc
>> > Category: Physical Disk Resource
>> > Event ID: 1120
>> > Description:
>> > The DLL associated with cluster disk resource 'Disk_J:' is attempting
>> > to
>> > change the drive letter parameters from '' to 'J ' in the server
>> > cluster
>> > database. If your restore database operation failed, this could be
>> > caused
>> > by
>> > the replacement of a quorum drive with a different partition layout
>> > from
>> > the
>> > original quorum drive at the time the database backup was made. If this
>> > is
>> > the case and you would like to use the new disk as the quorum drive, we
>> > suggest that you stop the Cluster disk service, change the drive
>> > letter(s)
>> > of
>> > this drive to '', start the Cluster disk service and retry the restore
>> > database procedure.
>> >
>> > I get 4 of the following
>> >
>> > Source: ClusSvc
>> > Category: Failover Mgr
>> > Event ID: 1069
>> > Description:
>> > Cluster resource 'a' in Resource Group 'MFP5 Group' failed.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

[davidhomer]

Single node clusters are very useful for development.

The issue you have is because you are trying to bring a disk online that is on the same bus as the System disk and causes an Event Source: ClusSvc Category Failover Mgr, Event ID: 1069.

If you are looking for the Registry entry that AGDGuy mentioned its documented in this Technet Article

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886569


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