Hi,
I have some Windows 2008 R2 clusters with SQL Server running on them. Each node in the cluster(s) is hooked up to an HSM. When a server is rebooted, the first thing we have to do is login to the HSM, which is currently a manual operation done via a DOS prompt. Once the login's been verified (we get a message returned to screen), we know we can then start using the box and fail over our SQL resources to it.
Ideally, I'd like to take the human element out of it, just in case someone rebooted a server and forgot to log in to the HSM before failing over to it. I would like to automate the process of logging into the HSM, but I also want to make sure that the node doesn't present itself as available to the cluster until it's logged in. I was thinking along the lines of creating a new cluster resource, e.g. Generic Script, or Generic Service based off the current manual process, and setting SQL to be dependent on it. However, what I really want is for the node to not be available until it's done the HSM login.
Any idea how I can accomplish this?
Thanks
Andrew
Thanks, Andrew
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