Chapter 6: Microsoft Cluster Disaster Recovery (Windows NT 4.0)

This chapter describes how to recover one or more computers in a Windows NT 4.0 cluster.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•“Recovering One Node in a Cluster” on page 111

•“Recovering a Cluster Shared Disk” on page 113

•“Replacing the Quorum Disk and Recovering Its Data” on page 116

•“Recovering the MSCS Cluster Configuration” on page 117

•“Performing a Cluster-Wide Recovery” on page 119

Important: To ensure proper termination, never power off any node in the cluster unless it is connected with a Y cable.

Recovering One Node in a Cluster

Note: In the example used for the following tasks, Node_A is still working and Node_B has failed.

To recover a failed node within a cluster, perform the following tasks:

•“Task 1: Evict Node_B from the Cluster” on page 112

•“Task 2: Reinstall Windows NT 4.0 and MSCS on Node_B” on page 112

•“Task 3: Reinstall the NetWorker Software” on page 113

•“Task 4: Recover the Data on Node_B” on page 113

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