Microsoft KB Archive/330018

= Limitations When You Run Windows System Resource Management (WSRM) on Server Clusters =

PSS ID Number: 330018

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q330018



SUMMARY
This article describes a limitation of running the Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) on a server cluster. The new WSRM feature is available with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition. WSRM manages individual computers and is not cluster-aware. Therefore, cluster members are managed separately. If a failover from one cluster node to another occurs, any resource management policies that you have configured on the failed node are not available on the receiving node unless you perform additional administrative steps.



MORE INFORMATION
WSRM provides command-line functionality that you can use to make sure that rules implemented on the failing node will continue to apply to processes that are moved to a receiving cluster node in a failover scenario. However, you do not have to apply the same resource management constraints on each of the cluster nodes. In some cases, you may want to configure different resource management policies on each cluster node, depending on your failover scenario.

You can use the steps in the following procedure to back up (dump) and restore WSRM data on a local or remote cluster node, or even on a member computer on the network that is not part of the cluster. Because the WSRM service has remote computer connection capabilities, you can use computers that are not running the WSRM service to manage parameters between computers in an enterprise. To take advantage of these remote capabilities, create mapped network drives to computers where WSRM files are stored. Note that these computers can be used by the WSRM service for backup and restore functionality.

To import or export process-matching criteria, resource-allocation policies, calendar events, and schedules, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start the Windows System Resource Manager utility. To do this, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Windows System Resource Manager.
 * 2) In the left pane, right-click Windows System Resource Manager (Local), and then do one of the following:
 * 3) * To import information, click Import WSRM Information. In the Location box, type the location that you want to import the appropriate XML file from, or click Browse to locate the file, and then click OK. Click Yes when prompted to overwrite existing Windows System Resource Manager information.

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 * 1) * To export information, click Export WSRM Information. In the Location box, type the path where you want to export the XML file, or click Browse to locate the folder, and then click OK.

Keywords: kbinfo KB330018

Technology: kbWinServ2003Data kbWinServ2003DataSearch kbWinServ2003Ent kbWinServ2003EntSearch kbWinServ2003Search

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