Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Moving a SQL Server 2005 Cluster from one Domain to another

First, Can you move a SQL Server 2005 Cluster from one active directory domain to another? If so, what are the steps in moving a SQL Server 2005 Cluster from one domain to another?

Are there any concerns in attempting that move? I know that the domain groups are a hard dependency and that you cannot change them without doing a full reinstall. Does this have any bearing to moving a cluster between domains?

Thank you in advance for you assistance.

David P

Hey David...did you review the following 2 kb articles, they lay the process and possible pitfalls out pretty well:

How to move a Windows Cluster Server from one domain to another

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269196/

How to change domains for a SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 failover cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/319016/en-us#appliesto

If you review and have further questions, just post back.

HTH

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