We have a clustered node of 960c. During the failover, when we issue cf takeover, all ORACLE DB's became unresponsive, you can not attach yourself to DB at all until the giveback. During the failover, you can browse the mount points, create file on shares etc. I am sure we have tested this out before on other clustered nodes. Completely puzzled why these nodes are not working properly. Can anyone suggest anything please Ilya --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (including its group companies) shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (or its group companies) does not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------