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<title>Problems hot sparing between servers</title>
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<h3 id="rzahqprobhotspare">Problems hot sparing between servers</h3>
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<p>The main reason that hot sparing between integrated servers might fail
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is hardware compatibility. Windows Server 2003 activation may also cause
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problems. See the following sections for details.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Hot spare hardware compatibility</span></p>
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<p>Switching a Windows server from one set of integrated server hardware to
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another is like migrating the Windows system drive from one PC to a second
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PC. Differences in the required hardware abstraction layer (HAL), the basic
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input/output system (BIOS) level, or the devices that are installed on the
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two PCs can cause problems with the migration. During the initial boot of
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Windows on the second PC, hardware differences are detected and are handled
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in one of several ways:</p>
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<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Some hardware differences can be automatically handled via plug and play.</li>
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<li>Some hardware differences may require manual intervention. For example
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a new device driver may need to be installed.</li>
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<li>If the hardware differences are great enough, they can prevent the second
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PC from booting. For example, the two PCs may require incompatible versions
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of the HAL.</li></ul>
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<p>These same hardware compatibility considerations apply when hot sparing
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between IXS servers, between IXA attached xSeries® servers and between iSCSI attached IBM® xSeries or BladeCenter™ servers. In order for the hot spare migration
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to work successfully, the hardware configurations of the two servers should
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be closely matched.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Integrated xSeries Server (IXS) hot spare</span></p>
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<p>In order to use hot spare between IXS servers, they should be compatible
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types and they should have a comparable configuration of LAN adapters, etc.
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The Integrated xSeries server configurations table on the following web
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page gives the specific IXS hot spare configurations that are supported: <a href="http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/integratedxseries/ixs_system_config.html">http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/integratedxseries/ixs_system_config.html</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">xSeries or IBM BladeCenter server hot spare</span></p>
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<p>In order to use hot spare between IXA attached xSeries servers
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or between iSCSI attached xSeries or IBM BladeCenter servers, it is strongly recommended
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that you use the same type of xSeries or IBM BladeCenter blade servers. For example, an xSeries model 236 can be a hot spare for another xSeries model 236.
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In addition, the xSeries servers should have a similar configuration of
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PCI adapters, and so on.</p>
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<a name="wq426"></a>
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<div class="notetitle" id="wq426">Note:</div>
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<div class="notebody">It may be possible to hot spare between two xSeries or blade
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server models that are not the same type. However, there are often significant
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hardware differences between xSeries or blade models. Therefore, you should
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test the specific combination of xSeries or blade server models that you plan
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to use for hot spare in this case. You should test to verify that the xSeries or blade server models have compatible hardware configurations
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and can be migrated seamlessly between each other before you use them for
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hot spare server backup in a production environment.</div>
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<p><span class="bold">Windows Server 2003 activation</span></p>
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<p>Each time a Windows Server 2003 server's storage spaces are switched to
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another hot spare integrated server, Windows Activation may be triggered.
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There are a limited number of free activations per license key. If activation
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is triggered enough times, this may require a phone call to Microsoft in order
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to re-activate. This can limit the speed that a server can be re-activated.
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Volume licenses of Windows Server 2003 can help in this case, since activation
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