Article ID: 332105
Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.01
- Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
This article was previously published under Q332105
SYMPTOMS
When you run the IIS_switch.bat file during the upgrade of a Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) cluster that contains Internet Information Services (IIS) from Microsoft Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
This problem occurs because the IIS resource is defined in the default cluster group.
MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft does not recommend that you put other resources in the default cluster group. This configuration might affect the availability of the whole cluster. If IIS fails, it causes the group to fail.
The default cluster group typically contains the quorum disk. During failover of the quorum disk, the whole cluster is in a transition state and other failovers cannot occur because they are queued waiting for quorum disk to come back online.
Having other applications writing to the quorum disk can potentially fill the quorum disk and will make the cluster unavailable.
RESOLUTION
To resolve the error and continue the upgrade, follow these steps:
- Delete the IIS resource from the default cluster group.
For more information about how to delete the resource, see the documentation (also included with Windows Server 2003) at the following Microsoft Web site:To Delete a Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/cluad_pr_8.htm?id=542 - Create a new cluster group for the IIS resource.
For more information about how to create a new cluster, see the documentation (also included with Windows Server 2003) at the following Microsoft Web site:To Create a New Cluster
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/cluad_pr_6.htm - Add the IIS resource to the new group.
For more information about how to add a resource, see the documentation (also included with Windows Server 2003) at the following Microsoft Web site:Checklist: Creating a New Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_mscs4managing_15.htm?id=519 - Run IIS_switch .bat
For more information about running the IIS_switch.bat file and about upgrading a cluster, see the documentation (also included with Windows Server 2003) at the following TechNet Web site:To Upgrade from Windows 2000 on a Cluster Containing IIS Using the Provided Script
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/windowsnetserver/proddocs/entserver/howto_upgrade_w2k_IIS_with_script.asp
REFERENCES
For more information about clusters, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168948 Information About the Cluster Group
171277 Information About Microsoft Cluster Server Cluster Resource Failover Time
251284 Cluster Server Cannot Start If the Quorum Disk Space Is Full
283715 The Features of the Local Quorum Resource on Windows Server 2003 Clusters
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