Windows 2000 Clustering Basics

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Windows 2000 Clustering Basics
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Windows 2000 Clustering Basics

• What We Will Cover
• Step-by-step Installation
• Requirements of a Cluster
• Configuration of Resources
• Network Failure Detection

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• A Cluster Server must be a member of a domain
• The server can be a DC or a member server

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• A Shared SCSI Disk must be
• Formatted with NTFS
• Basic Disk type (not Dynamic)

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Private Network Used only for Cluster
communications Public Network Used by clients to
access Cluster resources Mixed Network Combines
the functionality of both a Private and a Public
Network
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• Review
• When using shared SCSI drives, boot only a
  single node into Windows 2000 until Clustering is
  installed
• Clustering may be installed during initial
  installation or it can be installed via
  Add/Remove Programs
• Cluster Servers must be members of a domain

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• Review (continued)
• Shared disks must be Basic disks not Dynamic
  disks
• A mixed Network may be used in addition to
  Private Network to prevent a single point of
  failure for Cluster communications
• In addition to each nodes IP address, a
  Cluster shares a common Cluster IP address

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Setup on the next nodes begins just as with the
first node
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• Review
• The Cluster Wizard prompts for all the
  information needed to setup Clustering
• Setup of additional nodes require only minimal
  information
• The Cluster Administrator is the tool used to
  configure and manipulate the Cluster
• After installation, test the Cluster by moving
  resources between nodes

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Configuration of Cluster Resources

• In This Exercise We Will Configure a File Share
  for Use With Clustering

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• Review
• Configuration of Cluster resources is
  performed through the Cluster Administrator
• Dependencies are other resources that must
  first be functional in order for another resource
  to work
• After creating a resource it must be brought
  online manually

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Network Failure Detection
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• Review
• Windows 2000 now has the ability to detect
  network failures
• Remember to examine both the Cluster
  Administrator as well as the System Tray for
  network status information

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