Can 2005 and 2000 have use same shared network drive as resource

Can 2005 and 2000 have use same shared network drive as resource?
Example: If 2000 uses I,J,K Network drives can 2005 use I:\2005,j:\2005 and
k:\2005 .
We have A/A cluster, Can i upgrade one instance to 2005 and keep another as
2000 for some time.
Thanks
IT
"IT" <IT@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can 2005 and 2000 have use same shared network drive as resource?
Not if they are configured correctly. Since each instance will have its own
cluster group and thus its own virtual server, then the resources from one
cluster group can not be used by another cluster group at the same time.
Russ Kaufmann
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
ClusterHelp.com, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
Web http://www.clusterhelp.com
Blog http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp
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> Example: If 2000 uses I,J,K Network drives can 2005 use I:\2005,j:\2005
> and
> k:\2005 .
> We have A/A cluster, Can i upgrade one instance to 2005 and keep another
> as
> 2000 for some time.
> Thanks
> IT
>
|||Thank you for the reply. I have one more question on A/A cluster(right now
its sql 2000 A/A cluster), Can i upgrade one instance to 2005 and keep
another as 2000 for some time.
Thanks in advance.
"Russ Kaufmann" wrote:

> "IT" <IT@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2B430FAC-5A0E-4F65-B28F-6C51D1AD31EA@.microsoft.com...
> Not if they are configured correctly. Since each instance will have its own
> cluster group and thus its own virtual server, then the resources from one
> cluster group can not be used by another cluster group at the same time.
>
> --
> Russ Kaufmann
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> ClusterHelp.com, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
> Web http://www.clusterhelp.com
> Blog http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp
> The next ClusterHelp classes are:
> Denver starting Feb 12th
> NYC starting Feb 19th
>
>
|||"IT" <IT@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you for the reply. I have one more question on A/A cluster(right now
> its sql 2000 A/A cluster), Can i upgrade one instance to 2005 and keep
> another as 2000 for some time.
Sure. You can have different versions of SQL running in different instances.
Russ Kaufmann
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
ClusterHelp.com, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
Web http://www.clusterhelp.com
Blog http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp
The next ClusterHelp classes are:
Denver starting Feb 12th
NYC starting Feb 19th