Microsoft KB Archive/279802

= The Default Behavior When You Do a Move Group Operation on a Cluster with More Than Two Nodes =

PSS ID Number: 279802

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2002

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q279802





SUMMARY
This article discusses the default behavior when you use Cluster Administrator to do a Move Group operation on a cluster with more than two nodes.



MORE INFORMATION
When you use Cluster Administrator to do a Move Group operation on a cluster with more than two nodes, you get a list of options, including a default option. If the General page of the Group's properties does not display a Preferred Owner list, the order of the move operation depends on the order in which each node joins the cluster.

You can view the order in which each cluster node joined the cluster by examining the registry under the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Cluster\Nodes key. For every cluster node, there are sequential numbers that start with number one. If you click the numbers, you can view a value of NodeName which lists the name of the nodes in the cluster. The first installed node is listed under one, followed by the second node which is listed under two, and so on.

NOTE: This behavior can also occur when a failed node contains an active group and the Preferred Owner list is not defined.

To control the behavior, set the Preferred Owner field on the group. For more information about Preferred Owner, search Online Help with the words &quot;Preferred Owner&quot;.

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