Product specifications

Before You Begin the Server Failover Installation

For more details about Microsoft clustering technology, see the Windows Server 2008 R2

Failover Clustering resource site:

www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/failover-clustering-technical.aspx

Before You Begin the Server Failover Installation

Before you begin the installation process, you need to do the following:

• Make sure all cluster hardware connections are correct. See

“Installing the Failover

Hardware Components” on page 20

• Make sure that the site has a network that is qualified to run Active Directory and DNS

services.

• Make sure the network includes an Active Directory domain before you install or configure

the cluster.

• Determine the subnet mask, the gateway, DNS, and WINS server addresses on the network.

• Reserve static IP addresses for all network interfaces and host names. See

“List of IP

Addresses and Network Names” on page 31

• Make sure the time settings for both nodes are in sync. If not, you must synchronize the

times or you will not be able to add both nodes to the cluster.

• Make sure the Remote Registry service is started and is enabled for Automatic startup. Open

Server Management and select Configuration > Services > Remote Registry.

• Create or select domain user accounts for creating and administering the cluster. See

“Requirements for Domain User Accounts” on page 29.

• Create an Avid shared-storage user account with read and write privileges. This account is

not needed for the installation of the Interplay Engine, but is required for the operation of the

Interplay Engine (for example, media deletion from shared-storage). The user name and

password must exactly match the user name and password of the Server Execution User.

• Be prepared to install and set up an Avid shared-storage client on both servers after the

failover cluster configuration and Interplay Engine installation is complete. See the Avid

ISIS System Setup Guide.

Requirements for Domain User Accounts

Before beginning the cluster installation process, you need to select or create the following user

accounts in the domain that includes the cluster:

• Server Execution User: Create or select an account that is used by the Interplay Engine

services (listed as the Avid Workgroup Engine Monitor and the Avid Workgroup TCP COM

Bridge in the list of Windows services). This account must be a domain user and it must be a

unique name that will not be used for any other purpose. The procedures in this document