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52 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
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Adding Cluster Nodes Using the Advanced Configuration Option
If you are adding additional nodes to the cluster using the Add Nodes Wizard and the nodes are
not configured with identical internal storage devices, the wizard may generate one or more
errors while checking cluster feasibility in the Analyzing Configuration menu. If this situation
occurs, select Advanced Configuration Option in the Add Nodes Wizard to add the nodes
to the cluster.
To add the nodes using the Advanced Configuration Option:
1
From the
File
menu in Cluster Administrator, select
Open Connection
.
2
In the
Action
box of the
Open Connection to Cluster
, select
Add nodes to cluster
, and
click
OK
.
The
Add Nodes Wizard
window appears.
3
Click
Next
.
4
In the
Select Computers
menu, click
Browse
.
5
In the
Enter the object names to select (examples)
, type the names of one to seven systems
to add to the cluster, with each system name separated by a semicolon.
6
Click
Check Names
.
The Add Nodes Wizard verifies and underlines each valid system name.
7
Click
OK
.
8
In the
Select Computer
s menu, click
Add
.
9
In the
Advanced Configuration Options
window, click
Advanced (minimum) configuration
,
and then click
OK
.
10
In the
Add Nodes
window, click
Next
.
11
In the
Analyzing Configuration
menu, Cluster Administrator analyzes the
cluster configuration.
If Cluster Administrator discovers a problem with the cluster configuration, a warning icon
appears in
Checking cluster feasibility
. Click the plus sign (
+
) to review any warnings,
if needed.
12
Click
Next
to continue.
13
In the
Password
field of the
Cluster Service Account
menu, type the password for the account
used to run the Cluster Service, and click
Next
.
The
Proposed Cluster Configuration
menu appears with a summary with the configuration
settings for your cluster.
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