clustering differences windows 2003

I found several great step by step articles on clustering in windows 2000.
What do I need to change in order to work with windows 2003? I read the
previous posts and it seems the setup is almost identical.
Thanks for your help
Andrew
Here is an articles on what's new:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...lustering.mspx
If you understand Windows 2000 clustering, you should be good to go.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
"Andrew" <Andrew@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I found several great step by step articles on clustering in windows 2000.
> What do I need to change in order to work with windows 2003? I read the
> previous posts and it seems the setup is almost identical.
> Thanks for your help
> Andrew
|||Hi Andrew,
Although most of the things are same for SQL Server 2000 Failover clustering on Win2K3, here are some things that are different/unsupported:
Installation of a Named Instance of SQL Server 2000 Virtual Server on a Windows 2003-Based Cluster Fails
http://support.microssoft.com/?id=815431
SQL Server 2000 Cluster Does Not Install on Windows Server 2003-Based Computers Where Terminal Services Is Installed
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301520
Virtual SQL Server 2000 Installation Fails on Cluster That Has Eight Nodes
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811054
SQL Server 2000 support for mounted volumes
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=819546
How to Configure Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator on a Windows Server 2003 Cluster
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301600
How to enable Network DTC access in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=817064
HTH,
Best Regards,
Uttam Parui
Microsoft Corporation
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