Problem with 70-293 Clustering exercise

[jrbarnett]

I'm currently having problems doing the practise from the 70-293 book chapter 7 lesson 3 exercise 1 (page 7-42 in the MOC book).

When I click "Finish" in the wizard (step 11) it runs through the creating the cluster process. I get ticks against "Reanalysing Cluster", "Configure cluster services" and "Configure resource types" but have a yellow exclamation mark against Configure resources.

Expanding this, I have yellow exclamation marks against:
"Resource: Cluster IP address failed. Check event log. Dependent resources may fail too" and "Resource: Cluster Name went offline. Dependent resources may fail too"

I've looked in the event log and apart from those messages from the cluster services saying that it failed to bring those services online or offline, the only error message is
"Cluster network 'Local Area Connection' is down. None of the available nodes can communicate using this network. If the condition persists, check for failures in any network components to which the nodes are connected such as hubs, switches, or bridges. Next, check the cables connecting the nodes to the network. Finally, check for hardware or software errors in the adapters that attach the nodes to the network." -this is because the real network card in my PC is not connected to anything at the moment (it has an APIPA ip address); I've got two connections using the loopback adapter "LAN Connection" on 192.168.0.1 and "WAN Connection" on 10.0.0.1.

After this I can connect to it via cluster manager using the name "." but not "cluster" In cluster manager. Under Active Resources it shows Cluster IP address as failed and Cluster name as offline but if I try and start either of these manually neither work.
The Local Quorum is online and working.

Has anybody any ideas what I need to do to get this working? I'm running the supplied 180 day trial of Win2003 Server Enterprise edition.

John

 

[Wishdiak]

jrbarnett,

You don't mention whether you have more than one computer as part of this cluster. I don't have the book in front of me, but I believe that the exercise calls for two computers to create a cluster.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I just don't see it in your post.

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[jrbarnett]

Its true I only have one PC in the cluster. I'll check the instructions carefully this evening to clarify whether 2 PC's are required, as I don't have the book in front of me.

To the best of my memory it only calls for installing one PC (although I have yet to see the point of a single server cluster).

John

 

[jrbarnett]

I've got the book in front of me at the moment.

Nowhere in the exercise or around that chapter does it say that 2 PC's are required for it to work properly.

It is basically creating a cluster with 1 PC in it (it says that if other Win2K3 servers are on the network, they could be added to the cluster).

John

 

[Wishdiak]

jrbarnett,

Admittedly, I don't have the book in front of me either, but I don't see the point of clustering a single computer.

If I have the time later, I could try the exercise with my Server 2003 machine.

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[aftertaf]

I'm running the supplied 180 day trial"...
hence the urgency to get it to work before it expires!!

John, it might be due to the NIC not being connected...
You know, like DcPromo that can't work unless active NIC connection!

how did you do this?--> " I've got two connections using the loopback adapter "LAN Connection" on 192.168.0.1 and "WAN Connection" on 10.0.0.1. "

when you type IPCONFIG do you actually have IP addresses?

Get a 2nd PC and connect up with a direct cable, get them both with valid IP addresses....
se what happens after that, mate.


Aftertaf
We shall prevail, and they shall not

 

[jrbarnett]

Well, I never did get this working, but it doesn't matter as I passed the exam yesterday with a score of 800.

John

 

[aftertaf]

couldn't resist mate (well done ;-))

on your Em Sea Dee [buzz] Alpha

Aftertaf
We shall prevail, and they shall not