Reference Guide

32 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering

In the

Password

field of the

Cluster Service Account

menu, type the

password for the account used to run the Cluster Service, and click

The

Proposed Cluster Configuration

menu appears with a summary with

the configuration settings for your cluster.

Click

to continue.

The new systems (hosts) are added to the cluster. When completed,

Tasks completed

appears in the

Adding Nodes to the Cluster

menu.

NOTE: This process may take several minutes to complete.

Click

to continue.

In the

Completing the Add Nodes Wizard

window, click

Finish

Verifying Cluster Readiness

To ensure that your server and storage systems are ready for MSCS

installation, ensure that these systems are functioning correctly and verify the

following:

• All cluster servers are able to log on to the same domain.

• The shared disks are partitioned and formatted, and the same drive letters that

reference logical drives on the shared storage system are used on each node.

All IP addresses and network names for each cluster node are communicating

with each other and the public network

Installing Applications in the Cluster Group

The Cluster Group contains a network name and IP address resource, which

is used to manage the cluster. Because the Cluster Group is dedicated to

cluster management and for best cluster performance, it is recommended

that you do not install applications in this group.

Installing the Quorum Resource

When you install a Windows Server 2003 cluster, the installation wizard

automatically selects an NTFS disk as the quorum resource for you, which

you can modify later. When you complete the procedures in the wizard, you

can select another disk for the quorum using Cluster Administrator.

To prevent quorum resource corruption, it is recommended that you do not

place applications or data on the disk.