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Click
Next
to continue.
The new systems (hosts) are added to the cluster. When completed,
Tasks completed
appears
in the
Adding Nodes to the Cluster
menu.
NOTE: This process may take several minutes to complete.
15
Click
Next
to continue.
16
In the
Completing the Add Nodes Wizard
, click
Finish
.
Verifying Cluster Functionality
To verify cluster functionality, monitor the cluster network communications to ensure that your
cluster components are communicating properly with each other. Also, verify that MSCS is
running on the cluster nodes.
Verifying MSCS Operation
After you install MSCS, verify that the service is operating properly.
1
Click the
Start
button and select
Programs
→
Administrative Tools
, and then select
Services
.
2
In the
Services
window, verify the following:
•In the
Name
column,
Cluster Service
appears.
•In the
Status
column, Cluster Service is set to
Started
.
•In the
Startup Type
column, Cluster Service is set to
Automatic
.
Verifying Cluster Resource Availability
In the context of clustering, a resource is a basic unit of failover management. Application
programs are made up of resources that are grouped together for recovery purposes. All recovery
groups, and therefore the resources that comprise the recovery groups, must be online (or in a
ready state) for the cluster to function properly.
To verify that the cluster resources are online:
1
Start
Cluster Administrator
on the monitoring node.
2
Click the
Start
button and select
Programs
→
Administrative Tools (Common)
→
Cluster
Administrator
.
3
Open a connection to the cluster and observe the running state of each resource group. If a
group has failed, one or more of its resources might be offline.
Installing Applications in the Cluster Group
The Cluster Group contains a network name and IP address resource, which is used to manage
the cluster. Because the Cluster Group is dedicated to cluster management and for best cluster
performance, Dell recommends that you do not install applications in this group.
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