Can anyone tell me if disabling cluster replication for a database (through the admin client, right-click - Cluster … etc) sets a flag on the database which will replicate around the domain, or does it just update the Cluster Directory?
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I am administering a small sub-set of servers in a larger domain
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I have one cluster configured for the local servers fo disaster recovery purposes
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I would like immediate updates only for mail files and high priority databases - the others can be updated by the scheduled replication task
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I do not want any changes I make to replicate elsewhere and impact other servers/clusters in other parts of the company.
TIA
Subject: Cluster Replication: question regarding disabling cluster replication
If you look at the Cluster Directory you will see a list of all the Databases throughout you cluster. This is where the change is made to restrict cluster replication. The cluster replicas will use this to know what DB’s and Replica ID’s to cluster.
By default all databases on the servers will be replicated (if they are on another server in the cluster). By marking them Cluster Replica Disabled should do what you are after. As this will only change the settings on your server. So the databases throughout your Domain that are replicated to others clusters will not be effected by this change because they will hold a different cluster directory.
I hope this makes sense.