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.