connection string to a SQL Server cluster

Question

Could anyone point me or tell me how to write connection string to a SQL Server cluster instance?

I want to establish trusted connection to a database (initial cata

Answer 1

The server name is the virtual server name.

Example:

• You have Physical pserver1, pserver2
• These together make cluster cserver -This hosts virtual servers vserv1 (and perhaps, see below) vserv2

So, it's vserv1\instancename or vserv1. you don't use physical server names

Edit, based on number of possible names for virtual servers:

The cluster may be active/passive /A/P) or active/active (A/A)

• In A/P, only one virtual server is hosted and the standby node is not actively used.
• In A/A, there are 2 virtual servers and normally each node hosts one. Each node is standby for the other.