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Conference decwet::winnt-clusters

Title:	WinNT-Clusters
Notice:	Info directories moved to DECWET::SHARE1$:[NT_CLSTR]
Moderator:	DECWET::CAPPELLOF

Created:	Thu Oct 19 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	863
Total number of notes:	3478

586.0. "NT-cluster support for Internet softwares" by HGOVC::CHRISTSANG () Thu Jan 30 1997 00:12

    Hello,
    
    We have a prospect who is interested in the NT Cluster product on
    two units of Alphaserver 1000A.
    
    They are trying to establish Internet services on the NT machines
    running TCP/IP. 
    
    I would like to inquire on the followings :
    
    1. They are considering to use MS IIS as the Web server. Does Digital
    NT-Cluster support failover of the IIS server ?
    
    2. Does Digital NT-Cluster support failover of Internet mail server and
    mail gateway product, in particular the Ten Fours cc:Mail gateway
    product ?
    
    3. Does Digital NT-Cluster support failover of the AV Mail Server on NT
    and the AV cc:Mail gateway ?
    
    Please advise.
    
    
    
    Best regards
    Chris

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
586.1	Partial answer...	MBSVAX::SLOAN		`Thu Jan 30 1997 08:15`	10
	Re .-1 >1. They are considering to use MS IIS as the Web server. Does Digital NT-Cluster support failover of the IIS server ? IIS failover is supported under V1.1, I have IIS failover running on my Alpha NT Cluster. Hth, /Shaun
586.2	IIS supported by Cluster 1.1	AEOENG::16.40.240.154::annecy::lehy		`Thu Jan 30 1997 09:35`	15
	MS IIS Server supported ? I think the support of IIS Server by NT Cluster V1.1 is explicitely stated in this notesfile somewhere. And it works for me. Chris
586.3	Problem w/ stopping FTP if directory is gone	CIVPR1::SIMMONS	Mike Simmons (301) 918-5597	`Fri Mar 14 1997 03:43`	8
	I failover the FTP Publishing Service by including NET START and NET STOP comamnds in the failover scripts and make the FTP Service start manually. This is because if the home directory for FTP (on a cluster drive) is not available when the FTP service starts, the service needs to be stopped and restarted. I also found that if you try to stop the FTP service while one of the specified directories is not available or does not exist, services.exe will lock up for about 5 minutes. I've seen this even cause an unwanted cluster failover.