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• Configuring User N am e Mapping on a server cluster
For further details, see the online help for Microsoft Services for Network File System.
Best practices
forrunningServerforNFSinaservercluster
• Stop Server for NFS before stopping the ser ver cluster.
• Ensure share a
vailability when a node fails.
• UsetheappropriatetooltomanageNetworkFileSystem(NFS)shareclusterresources.
• Avoid conflicting share names.
• Ensure the av
ailability of audit logs.
• Move file shares or take them offlinebeforestoppingServerforNFS.
• Take resources offl ine before modifying.
• Administer S
erver for NFS only from computers in a trusted domain.
• Restart the Server for NFS service after the cluster service restarts.
• Choose the appropriate sharing mode.
• Use the comm
and line properly when creating or modifying NFS share cluster resources.
• Use hard mounts.
• Use the correct virtual server name.
Print services in a cluster
The Windows Server 2003 Cluster service implementation increases availability of critical print servers.
A print spooler service on a clustered print server may be hosted on any of the nodes (individual servers)
on the cluster server, and may be moved between nodes without affecting the a bility of the client to print.
The client does not know which physical server it is connecting to, because connections are made to a
virtual server. The failover between nodes is automatic in hardware or software failure cases; however,
administrators can initiate a manual failover for maintenance purposes (such as during an operating
system upgrade) .
Creatin
gaclusterprinterspooler
Printer
spoolers should be created in a separate group dedicated to this purpose for ease of management.
For each printer spo oler, a physical resource i s required to instantiate the print spooler resource. In some
cases, dedicated physical resources are not available a nd hence sharing of the physical resource among
other members of the g roup is acceptable, remembering that all members of a group are managed as a
unit. Hence, the group will failover and failback as a group.
To crea
te a printer spo oler:
1. Create a dedicated group (if desired).
2. Create a physical resource (disk) (if required, see note).
3. Create an IP address resource for the Virtual Server to be created (if required, see note).
4. Creat
e a Virtual Server Resource (Network Name) (if required, see note).
NOTE:
If the
printer spool resource is added to an existing group with a physical resource, IP
address, a nd virtual server resource, steps 1-4 are not required.
5. Create a Print Spool resource.
6. To connect to the Virtual Server Name or IP a ddress created in the steps above:
Select Start > Run, a nd then type:
\\"virtual_server_name or ip address" from the local menu
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