VLAN Simulation between VMs for SQL Stretch CLuster

Greetings. I want to have a test SQL Server cluster to play with , but don't have the required hardware/ software to do it.

Does anyone know of any simulation software that I could do this with?

Supposedly veritas has a product, but downloading it requires running a software scan/ etc.

Thanks!

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TIA, ChrisRDBA

Hello all,I developed an application in Direct2D and referred Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.DirectX.Controls.dll and Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.DirectX.dll DLLs. Development has been done in VS2008. Everything works fine on the development servers. But when I move the DLLs to the Integration (non developement cluster) it fails with following error: [COMException (0x800736b1): The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)] [FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.DirectX.Controls, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B1)] System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection) +0 System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean th

I recently built a SQL Server 2005 cluster on the o/s Windows Server 2008 R2.  I have been attempting to connect to the cluster from my Windows 7 dekstop with my SQL Server 2008 Tool set.  I have been unable to attach to this cluster since its creation. The firewall is temp off, remote connections in the surface area configuration is set to pipes and tcp/ip and the Browser surface is up and running. I ran Wireshark against the cluster and I could see that there was UDP conversations for ms-sql-m (SQL Port) but that was as far as it would get.  I am using a named instance so not using 1433, but I do see the cluster offering up high RPC ports but the client never responds after the initial UDP response. When I noticed that there was a two way conversation taking place, I went to a seperate machine and fired up SQL Server 2005 Tools and I was easily able to attach to the cluster.  So my question is - Are there any known incompatibilities between SQL Server 2005 cluster services and SQL Server 2008 Tool set?  I can use my 2008 tools to attach to a non-clustered SQL Server 2005 w/o issue.   Error when attempting to connect: A network-related or instance-specific error occured while establishing a connection to sql server.  The server was not found or was not accessible.  Verify that the instance name is correct and the SQL Server is con

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 32-bit All updates and patches installed Two-node cluster environment configured. Cluster functions perfectly. Trying to install SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) as a clustered application. Installation proceeds fine until it begins to install the SQL Server Database Services product. Status window says "Starting Services. Service: SQL Server Browser". Error message is presented: "Service 'SQL Server Browser' (SQLBrowser) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services". SQL Server Service Account is in the Administrators group on both local systems, and is a domain account. Account used for the installation is in the Administrators group on both local systems, and is a domain account. Have cancelled out of the install and rebooted both servers numerous times. Exact same error continues to occur. Cluster is active and all resources are owned by node #1 - the node where SQL Server Installation is being run. In the event viewer, I see: Event ID: 10 Description: The SQLBrowser service was unable to establish SQL instance and connectivity discovery". I am also seeing errors like: Source: SQLBrowser. The SQL configuration for SQL is inaccessible or invalid. Source: SQLBrowser. The Configuration of the AdminConnection\TCP protocol in the SQL instance xxxxxx i

OS: Windows Server 2003 32-bit. Cluster: 2-node Active/Passive We're working on upgrading from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008, and we're using this cluster to test the cluster upgrade/install procedures. So, updated the existing SQL 2005 instance to SQL 2008. This went fine. Added an additional SQL 2008 instance. This went fine. Uninstalled SQL 2008 (both instances) from both nodes. This went fine. Installed SQL 2005 (clustered setup). At the end of the install process, received a message about unable to do (something). However, the install reported successful. In the SQL0001_<computername>_Core(local) are these messages: Running: OpenPipeAction at: 2010/7/24 10:20:31 Complete: OpenPipeAction at: 2010/7/24 10:20:31, returned false Error: Action "OpenPipeAction" failed during execution. and much later: Error: Action "UninstallForRS2000Action" failed during execution.  Error information reported during run: Action: "UninstallForRS2000Action" will be marked as failed due to the following condition: In the SQL0001_<computername>_Core.log: Running: LaunchLocalBootstrapAction at: 2010/7/24 10:11:30 Error: Action "LaunchLocalBootstrapAction" threw an exception during execution.  Error information reported during run: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\setup.exe" finished and returned: 0 Aborting que

Win 2003, SQL 2005/SQL2008 64 bit enterprise failover cluster with 3 nodes and 6 instances. The mount points configured as cluster resources for the data/backup/logs. The entire cluster mount points are SAN replicated to a DR Site. But backup drives/LUNs are excluded from the replication. All the disk resources including backup LUNs are set to dependencies on the SQL Server server. The SQL Server is not coming on-line in the DR Site due to unavailability of the backup LUNs (failed resources). As per the documentation all the disk resources must be set to dependencies (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835185). Thought it did not specifically mentions only Data/Log mount points and/or the backup LUNs as well. "The SQL Server 2005 resource depends on the SQL network name resource and the physical disk resources that hold its data. When mount points are being used together with the physical disks, each mount point must appear as a cluster resource. Additionally, each mount point must also be added as a SQL Server dependency. If only the root physical disks dependency is added and the mount points are not added, database corruption will occur on failover. Database corruption may also occur when SQL Server is restarted without failing over. "     What if I remove the backup LUNs from dependencies list. This will allow me to recover the SQL Server

Hi all I have Stand alone server(SQL Server 2000) on Win2k3(SP2). Now I want make as Cluster server. way I am thinking 1.I have create fresh Cluster Environment and move the Databases 2.Arrange SAN drive and move all Databases(Data files/Log files) to SAN drive and Add one more Node and Create Cluster. I am realy new cluster some body help me the Direction to move Standalone to Clusteer.   Thanks in AdvanceSNIVAS

Hi, I have this problem, i have sql server on Cluster with two nodes, the nodes are machine vmware, i was exs 3.5 and in december the esx was upgrade to version 4.  Of January the nodes present this problem:The node lost communication with cluster node 'SVRSQLN02' on network 'Servidores'.The node lost communication with cluster node 'SVRSQLN02' on network 'HeartBeat'.What can i do?

Hi We have an active-passive cluster setup in our environment for the SQL application. Both the servers are windows 2000 SP4. In the last 24 hours the SQL cluster resources have failed twice. I am not sure of the correct tme nor the correct log location of where the resources failed.Please find below the cluster logs of the day on which the failure happened. Please find the logs in the below link: http://rapidshare.com/files/414371495/New_Text_Document__2_.txt

I have set up many of the same clusters in the last few months, but this cluster specifically has been having lots of problems lately.  OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 latest patches SQL: SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU5 (version: 10.0.2746) Disks: VMAX SAN In the very beginning when I set up the cluster, the cluster validation kept failing when I tried to add a node.  Turned out that we had to unjoin the servers from the domain and rejoin.  Right after that the cluster validation succeeded, the second node joined the cluster, and quorum was changed to "Node and Disk Majority".  SQL was installed and set up as active/active (one sql instance on each node).  No issues then until SQL server was actually in use.  Symptoms: SQL server has heavy ETL processing plus being a subscriber of a sql replication.  The following errors first started on 4/24 when I set up sql replication (these servers are replication subscribers): EventID: 1127, Source: FailoverCluster, Task Category: Network Manager Cluster network interface 'man1fscl01a - Hartbeat to man1fscl91b' for cluster node 'man1fscl01a' on network 'ClusterHeartBeat' failed. Run the Validate a Configuration wizard to check your network configuration. If the condition persists, check for hardware or software errors related to the network adapter. Also check for failures in any other network comp

Hi All I have problem with cluster Environment that is there is network failure in Cluster Environment,will it stop SQL Server Instances Event viewrer Information 6:22:09 The MSSQLSERVER service entered the stopped state. 6:22:05 The MSSQLSERVER service was successfully sent a stop control. 6:22:04 The SQLSERVERAGENT service entered the stopped state. 6:21:43 The node lost communication with cluster node 'MSSQL0002' on network 'LAN'. 6:22:02 The SQLSERVERAGENT service was successfully sent a stop control. 6:22:02 Cluster resource 'SQL IP Address1(SQLCLUSTER)' in Resource Group 'SQL' failed. 6:22:02 The TCP/IP interface for Cluster IP Address 'Cluster IP Address' has failed. 6:22:02 The TCP/IP interface for Cluster IP Address 'Cluster IP Address' has failed. 6:22:02 The TCP/IP interface for Cluster IP Address 'MSDTC IP address' has failed. 6:22:02 The TCP/IP interface for Cluster IP Address 'MSDTC IP address' has failed. 6:22:02 The TCP/IP interface for Cluster IP Address 'SQL IP Address1(SQLCLUSTER)' has failed. 6:21:58 The TCP/IP interface for Cluster IP Address 'SQL IP Address1(SQLCLUSTER)' has failed. 6:21:58 Cluster network 'LAN' is operational (up). All available server cluster nodes attached to the network can communicate using it. 6:21:58 The interface for cluster node 'MSSQL0002' on network 'LAN' failed. If the condition persist

I've built a 2008 R2 Cluster running sql 2008 as a clustered application.  We do full backups with arcserve.  I'm trying to come up with a process to get the cluster back online for disaster recovery.  I can get the Windows cluster back online but when it comes to sql I get stuck.  Would I basically get the cluster back online than use the command - setup /action=rebuilddatabase /instancename=MSSQLServer /sqlsysadminaccounts=domain\username?  Than start the database in single user mode, install the arcserve sql agent and restore all the db's? When I try this I get the error element does not exist error.  Right, now I'm starting from scratch to see if I get the same result.  I just want to make sure I'm on the right track and not spinning my wheels trying something that won't work in a clustered application.   Thanks,   Matt

Hello, I want to install SQL Server 2008 R2 on a machine which is in a cluster. Is there any issue in doing this? Regards

When I try to bring SQLAGENT Online, I get the following errors: EventID:53 [sqagtres] StartResourceService: Failed to start SQLSERVERAGENT service.  CurrentState: 1 [sqagtres] OnlineThread: ResUtilsStartResourceService failed (status 435) [sqagtres] OnlineThread: Error 435 bringing resource online.   I just did a fresh SQL Cluster install as well.  When I installed the cluster, the service account was good to go.  I cant figure out what is going on.  SQL Server Engine starts fine.  Any ideas?

System Info 2 node active passive cluster running sql server 2005 standard edition OS:   Windows 2008 Server Enterprise SP1 Hardware:  Dell 2950 dual quad core processors 32gb ram both server are identical in hardware configuration Database drives are iscsi connections to and emc celera san The last set of windows updates were done on 8/1/2010 to bring it current on updates   Every day right around 6am the cluster will fail over, every time it starts with errors about corruption on 1 of the san drives, takes the drive offline to run chkdsk, and then immediately has errors that the private connection between the 2 boxes is down.    it then fails over and runs fine until the next day at 6am, this has been occuring for the past 4 days.  No other jobs or anything are running at the time of the failover. Any ideas.  Thanks in advance.