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Hello everyone, I have a few more questions regarding DHCP clustering that I hope someone can help me with. 1. Is IIS required for clustering? During the configuration of the first node on my cluster, I was prompted for the Windows 2003 CD. 2. Should the machine that is going to be used as the second node be completely turned off during the intial Cluster configuration? When I did that, I observed a messages referring the private NIC on the secondary not being detected. In the documentation that I've read, the instructions are to turn off all machine that will be used as nodes on the cluster off to prevent corrupting the DataBase. Are they referring to the Cluster DataBase or the resource DataBase(DHCP). At this point, there is no DHCP DataBase to corrupt, am I correct? Should I be leaving the secondary machine on duing the creation of the Cluster? 3. After the configuration of the first node on my cluster, a new drive appeared ("F:") on the first node, but not on the second. Is this expected? Is this the drive that will be used for my FailOver? I noticed that the DHCP DataBase is on this drive. 4. Is the creation of a Virtual Server required for a DHCP cluster, or is it recreated automatically? When I try to create on, and select the DHCP Service as a resource, I get a error message referring to "Physical Disk". What should I do? 5. When I do a "Initiate Fail Over", the resources do not move to my secondary node. Although, when I launch DHCP on my second node, all of the scope options and lease information are present. 6. Fail Over test: In the documentation that I've read, it is recommended that the "Private Network" NIC be configured for "Node-Node" communication only. And the "Public Network" be configured for ALL communication. How can I test if the primary node is going to be detected on the "Public Network" NIC? I want to be able to test the complete transfer of rolls to the secondary Node. How do I do this this? Which NIC is used to transfer the DHCP DataBase to the secondary? 7. Can someone point me to some solid (informative) reference material on clustering with DHCP on Windows 2003? Any book or website would be GREATLY appriciated

. IIS Common Files are needed to install cluster services 2. Yes shut down the node so both nodes do not attempt to access the shared stoage. Once a node has cluster services install it will clusdsk.sys will protect the cluster disks. The message is normal because you are probably using a crossover cable for the heartbeat NIC. Just make sure you configure the Heartbeat network once both nodes are installed via KB 258750. 3. Resources in a cluster are only available to one node at any one time. Your Disk is seen by the first node because you installed Cluster SErvices there first. If you fail over the disk resource group NODE 2 would then see the disk. 4. DHCP resource requires IP, Physical Disk and Network Name resource dependencies. You should not use the default Cluster Name or Quorum Disk for this purpose. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=226796 5. By defaul a resource has to fail more than 3 times in 15 minutes in order for failover to occurr. If you initiate failover 4 times in a row you will see the resource group failover. You are able to see the DHCP scope on either node because your are connecting to the Virtual Server name. The Vitrual Server name is online so through AD and WMI you are able to connect to any DHCP server in AD via the DHCP snap in. 6. If you want to see which network is being used for Heartbeat communication you can use Network Monitor and look for UDP packets on port 3343. Only one network will send the heartbeat traffic at a time. 7. DHCP Link for w2k is provided above the process is the same for w2k3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Is IIS required for clustering? During the configuration of the first > node on my cluster, I was prompted for the Windows 2003 CD. > 2. Should the machine that is going to be used as the second node be > completely turned off during the intial Cluster configuration? When I did > that, I observed a messages referring the private NIC on the secondary not > being detected. In the > documentation that I've read, the instructions are to turn off all machine > that will be used as nodes on the cluster off to prevent corrupting the > DataBase. Are they referring to the > Cluster DataBase or the resource DataBase(DHCP). At this point, there is > no DHCP DataBase to corrupt, am I correct? Should I be leaving the > secondary machine on > duing the creation of the Cluster? > 3. After the configuration of the first node on my cluster, a new drive > appeared ("F:") on the first node, but not on the second. Is this expected? > Is this the > drive that will be used for my FailOver? I noticed that the DHCP DataBase > is on this drive. > 4. Is the creation of a Virtual Server required for a DHCP cluster, or > is it recreated automatically? When I try to create on, and select the DHCP > Service as a > resource, I get a error message referring to "Physical Disk". What should I > do? > 5. When I do a "Initiate Fail Over", the resources do not move to my > secondary node. Although, when I launch DHCP on my second node, all of the > scope options and lease information are present. > 6. Fail Over test: In the documentation that I've read, it is > recommended that the "Private Network" NIC be configured for "Node-Node" > communication only. And the "Public Network" be configured for ALL > communication. How can I test if the primary node is going to be detected > on the "Public Network" NIC? I > want to be able to test the complete transfer of rolls to the secondary > Node. How do I do this this? Which NIC is used to transfer the DHCP > DataBase to the secondary? > 7. Can someone point me to some solid (informative) reference material > on clustering with DHCP on Windows 2003? Any book or website would be > GREATLY appriciated