Reference Guide

Contents 5
4 Understanding Your Failover Cluster . . . 37
Cluster Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cluster Networks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Preventing Network Failure
. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Node-to-Node Communication
. . . . . . . . . . . 38
Network Interfaces
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Forming a New Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Joining an Existing Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cluster Resources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting Resource Properties
. . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Resource Dependencies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting Advanced Resource Properties
. . . . . . 41
Resource Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Quorum Resource
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Resource Failure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Resource Dependencies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Creating a New Resource
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Deleting a Resource
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
File Share Resource Type
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring Active and Passive Cluster Nodes
. . . . . 46
Failover Policies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Windows Server 2003 Cluster Configurations
. . . 48
Failover and Failback Capabilities
. . . . . . . . . 53
5 Maintaining Your Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Adding a Network Adapter to a Cluster Node . . . . . 55
Changing the IP Address of a Cluster Node on the
Same IP Subnet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56