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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Raymond</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have no idea what the correct terminology is for this,
being a Unix admin myself, but we are trying to keep tabs on a Microsoft Cluster
running MS-SQL.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The problem is, the disk devices appear to be dynamic on
the component servers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Imagine a database server WINDB01, consisting of servers
WINDB02, WINDB03 and WINDB04.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We are seeing disk m: for an example in WINDB02, then the
graph disappears, and the disk m: suddenly appears on WINDB04, and then later
vanishes again only to appear back on WINDB02. It's a bit of a pain, because you
have no continuity.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We are looking for a way to monitor the static drives on
WINDB02,03 and 04 as normal disks, and then have the shared or pooled resources
(whatever the term is I don't know) listed on Hobbit under WINDB01, no matter
where they really reside.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>This will give us continuous graphs for local and
shared/pooled resources.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365270207-12112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Any ideas?</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Storer, Raymond [mailto:storerr@nibco.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 11 November 2008 10:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Cc:</B> Everett, Vernon<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: MS
Cluster<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Hello,
Vernon!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I
do not have a MS DB cluster, but my Exchange 07 cluster monitoring works just
fine. What is it you are trying to accomplish
exactly?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Ray<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Everett, Vernon
[mailto:Vernon.Everett@woodside.com.au] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 11,
2008 1:35 AM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] MS
Cluster<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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all<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Has anybody had any
success monitoring Microsoft Database cluster using
Xymon/Hobbit?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Cheers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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