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8. Click Create to create the file share and the View results screen is displayed with the status as Completed which indicates that the

file share witness is created without any errors.

9. Click Close to exit.

Configure cluster quorum settings

The cluster configuration database, also called the quorum, contains details as to which server should be active at any given time in a

cluster set-up.

About this task

To configure the cluster quorum settings, do the following:

Steps

1. In Microsoft Windows Server 2012, click Start to open the Start screen and then click Server Manager to launch the Server

Manager dashboard.

2. Click the Server Manager icon to access the server manager and then click Failover Cluster Manager to launch the cluster

manager.

3. Right-click the cluster node, and go to More ActionsConfigure Cluster Quorum Settings to display the Configure Cluster

Quorum Wizard screen.

4. Click Next. Select Select the quorum witness from the Select Quorum Configuration Option screen.

Figure 12. Quorum cluster wizard

5. Click Next. Select All Nodes from the Select Voting Configuration screen.

Achieve high availability on Windows Server 2012 R2/2016/2019