Cluster Resources Can Be Configured to Restart Automatically

ID: Q228923

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

SUMMARY

In Windows 2000, you can configure the Cluster service to restart stopped resources automatically.

MORE INFORMATION

With the Windows 2000 Plug and Play capabilities, for some resources, the problem occurs because of transient conditions in the environment (such as the unplugging of a network cable).

To correct this problem, the Cluster service attempts to restart a resource when there is a problem with the resource. The restart attempt occurs after a period of time specified by the resource's RetryPeriodOnFailure property.

This property can be configured only by using the Cluster.exe command-line tool.

On one of the nodes of the server cluster, start a command prompt and run the following command to view this property (and others associated with a cluster resource)

cluster res "resource" /prop

where resource is the name of the resource.

To modify the RetryPeriodOnFailure value, run the following command

cluster res "resource" /prop RetryPeriodOnFailure=xxx

where xxx is the time in milliseconds.

To maintain compatibility with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and earlier versions, the default value of this property is set to the maximum possible DWORD value, which equates to over 11,930 hours or 497 days. With the property set to this default value, the Cluster service does not attempt to restart the resource and the behavior is same as in Windows NT 4.0 and earlier. The RetryPeriodOnFailure value should be greater than or equal to the resource's "RestartPeriod" value. This ensures that the Cluster service still honors the policy of not restarting a resource more than the number of times specified in the "RestartThreshold" value during the RestartPeriod.

Additional query words: mscs

Keywords : kbenv
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo