Dell SE500W Server User Manual


 
6 Contents
Cluster Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dependent Resources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Setting Resource Properties
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Configuring Resource Dependencies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting Advanced Resource Properties
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Resource Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Quorum Disk (Quorum Resource)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Resource Failure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Creating a New Resource
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Deleting a Resource
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
File Share Resource Type
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Configuring Active and Passive Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Failover and Failback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Failover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Failback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6 Upgrading Your System to a Cluster Configuration
Certification Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configurations Using Non-Dell Products
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Completing the Upgrade
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Upgrading Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Performing a Rolling Upgrade
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7 Maintaining Your Cluster
Adding a Network Adapter to a Cluster Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Changing the IP Address of a Cluster Node on the Same IP Subnet
. . . . . . 77
Uninstalling MSCS From Clusters Running
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing Nodes From Clusters Running Windows Server 2003
. . . . . . . . 78
Running chkdsk /f on a Quorum Disk
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Recovering From a Corrupt Quorum Disk
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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