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Installing and Configuring MSCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Verifying Cluster Readiness
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Creating the Quorum Resource
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring Cluster Networks Running Windows 2000
. . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring Cluster Networks Running Windows Server 2003
. . . . . . . 50
Installing and Configuring Microsoft Windows 2000
Cluster Service (MSCS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Cluster Service (MSCS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adding Cluster Nodes Using the Advanced Configuration Option
. . . . . 52
Verifying Cluster Functionality
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Verifying MSCS Operation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Verifying Cluster Resource Availability
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing Applications in the Cluster Group
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Troubleshooting Failed Resources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4 Installing Your Cluster Management Software
Microsoft Cluster Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Launching Cluster Administrator on a Cluster Node
. . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Running Cluster Administrator on a Remote Console
. . . . . . . . . . . 55
Launching Cluster Administrator on a Remote Console
. . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing Cluster Administrator for Windows Clusters
on a Remote Console
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5 Using MSCS
Cluster Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cluster Networks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Preventing Network Failure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Node-to-Node Communication
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Network Interfaces
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Forming a New Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Joining an Existing Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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