Checklist: Setting Up a Clustered Service or Application in a Multi-Site Failover Cluster
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
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Review the hardware and infrastructure requirements for a failover cluster. |
Failover Cluster Requirements (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129108) |
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Review the documentation for your multi-site cluster hardware and firmware, including networking documentation and documentation for the replication solution that you will use. |
Documentation for your multi-site cluster hardware and firmware |
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Review the requirements and recommendations for a multi-site failover cluster. |
Requirements and Recommendations for a Multi-Site Failover Cluster (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129109) |
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Review the documentation for the role, service, or application you want to use in the cluster, and install that role, service, or application on every server that will be in the cluster, or as instructed in the application documentation.
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Documentation for your server role, service, or application |
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Install the failover clustering feature on every server that will be in the cluster. |
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Connect the networks and storage that the cluster will use. |
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Run the Validate a Configuration wizard to confirm that the hardware and hardware settings of the servers, network, and storage are compatible with failover clustering. If necessary, adjust hardware or hardware settings and rerun the wizard. |
Validate the Nodes, Networks, and Storage for a Failover Cluster |
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Create the failover cluster. |
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If the clustered servers are connected to a network that is not to be used for network communication in the cluster (for example, a network intended only for iSCSI or only for backup), then configure that network so that it does not allow cluster communication. |
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Configure the heartbeat and DNS settings for the multi-site cluster. |
Configure Heartbeat and DNS Settings in a Multi-Site Failover Cluster Requirements and Recommendations for a Multi-Site Failover Cluster (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129109) |
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Configure the quorum options for the multi-site cluster. In many cases, the design for a multi-site failover cluster uses the Node and File Share Majority option. |
Configure Quorum in a Single-Site or Multi-Site Failover Cluster Requirements and Recommendations for a Multi-Site Failover Cluster (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129109) |
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If your application provides specific instructions for installation in a cluster, follow those instructions. Otherwise, run the High Availability Wizard to specify configuration information for a service or application that you want the cluster to provide. |
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Configure the failback settings and a sequence of preferred owners for each clustered service or application according to your design. In other words, specify servers at the main site as being more preferred than servers at the secondary site, so that services and applications will fail over to the secondary site only when servers at the main site are unavailable. |
Configure Failover and Failback Settings for a Clustered Service or Application |
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For a clustered file server, add shared folders. For a clustered print server, configure print settings such as the setting that specifies the printer. For a clustered application, check the length of time that the Cluster service allows for starting the application when it is brought online. |
Create a Shared Folder in a Clustered File Server Configure Print Settings for a Clustered Print Server Configure the Pending Timeout for a Clustered Service or Application |
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Test failover of the clustered service or application, including failover between sites. |
Verify the Configuration and Failover of a Clustered Service or Application |
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ImportantAdditional references
Design for a Clustered Service or Application in a Multi-Site Failover Cluster (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129120)