Product specifications

Before You Begin the Server Failover Installation
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Active Directory and DNS Requirements
Use the following table to help you add Active Directory accounts for the cluster components to
your site’s DNS. If you are familiar with installing a Windows Server 2003 cluster, use the
second table as a reference.
Interplay Engine
service
• 1 Network Name
(virtual host name)
______________________
• 2 ISIS IP addresses - public
(virtual IP addresses)
(left) __________________
(right) _________________
SEENGINE See “Specifying the
Interplay Engine Details”
on page 80
and
“Specifying the Interplay
Engine Service Name”
on page 82
.
IP Addresses and Node Names: ISIS Dual-Connected Configuration (Continued)
Node or Service Item Required Example Name Where Used
Windows Server 2008: DNS Entries
Component
Computer Account in
Active Directory
DNS Dynamic
Entry
a
a. Entries are dynamically added to the DNS when the node logs on to Active Directory.
DNS Static
Entry
Cluster node 1 node_1_name Yes No
Cluster node 2 node_2_name Yes No
MSDTC Not used Not used Not used
Microsoft cluster service cluster_name
b
b. If you manually created Active Directory entries for the Microsoft cluster service and Interplay Engine service,
make sure to disable the entries in Active Directory in order to build the Microsoft cluster (see “Requirements
for Domain User Accounts” on page 29).
Yes Yes
c
c. Add reverse static entries only. Forward entries are dynamically added by the failover cluster. Static entries
must be exempted from scavenging rules.
Interplay Engine service (virtual) ie_name
b
Yes Yes
c