Thanks! A great start to my morning.

AU

> On Monday, July 14, 2008 8:10 AM JJP wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a 2 node Windows 2003 cluster, running SP1.
> This is just a file share cluster (no applications).
> The I was updating some drivers on the inactive node and the node blew 
> up....it will not boot into Windows.  The active node is still running.
> 
> My plan is to evict the broken node,  rebuild the node and add it back into 
> the cluster.
> Is this the best way to do it?
> 
> Most of the articles I find about evicting nodes refer the the node you want 
> to evict still running without problems...which is not my situation.
> 
> Anyone have any other steps or advice to offer, or any gotcha's to be aware 
> of?
> 
> Thanks.
> Jeff


>> On Monday, July 14, 2008 11:56 AM Russ Kaufmann wrote:

>> "JJP"  wrote in message 
>> news:eHG1tqa5IHA.3768_at_TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> 
>> Yes. Right-click the failed node in Cluster Administrator and then select 
>> Evict from the context menu.
>> 
>> Rebuild the server and then add it back to the cluster.
>> 
>> 
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