Hi,
I am unable to find this documented anywhere or confirmed. Can anyone tell me if the IsAlive and looksAlive checks for the resource type "File Share Witness" is the same as it is for "File server" or "File Share resource". If not can you tell me exactly what the node attempts to do to confirm the witness resource is available as part of the RHS monitoring. Particularly for Server 2008 R2.
The below is all I could find and it relates to file share resources on windows server 2003:
File Share resource (ClusRes.DLL)
- LooksAlive
The LooksAlive test for a File Share resource retrieves the properties of the share from the Server service as a basic test that the share exists. - IsAlive
The IsAlive test for a File Share resource does the same thing as a LooksAlive test. If the MaxUsers property is set to -1 (unlimited), the IsAlive function opens the first file on the share by using the share name. Otherwise, the IsAlive function tests that the directory path that is associated with the share is still valid