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Break File cluster - keep the data and shares

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Hi All,

there is a request to un-cluster a 2 node file cluster not just by degrading it 1 node cluster but remove the cluster feature completely while keeping the data and shares, in other words make it a single file server host.

Operating system is Windows 2003 R2 x86.

The high level plan is to :

1. Backup file shares/registry on the 1st node.

2. Evict 2nd node from the cluster and shut it down. This will be used as a spare hardware.

3. Un-present SAN disks from evicted 2nd node.

4. Evict 1st node from the cluster + uninstall/remove clustering.

5. Restore file shares+permissions to 2nd node

My question is how to effectively do the step 1 and 5?

What tool/command to use? Is there any official KB for this? Should this be done by some part of registry export/import? If yes how exactly and are shares stored in registry in different place in comparision to non-clustered server?

Thank you.



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