Reference Guide

Achieve high availability on Windows Server 2012
The following are the steps to achieve high availability on Windows Server 2012:
1 Add failover cluster feature on Windows Server 2012—see Adding failover cluster feature on Windows Server 2012.
2 Create le share witness—see Create le share witness.
3 Congure cluster Quorum—see Congure cluster Quorum.
4 Create clustered roles—see Create cluster roles.
Add failover cluster feature on Windows Server 2012
To add the failover clustering feature on the Windows server 2012, do the following:
1 In Microsoft Windows Server 2012, click Start to open the Start screen and then click Server Manager to launch the Server
Manager dashboard.
NOTE: Server Manager is a management console in Windows Server 2012 that enables you to add server roles/features,
manage, and deploy servers.
2 Click Add roles and features and select an option to congure the server based on your requirement from the Add Roles and Feature
Wizard screen.
Figure 6. Role based selection
3 Click Installation Type and select Role-based or Feature-based installation and then click Next to view the list of servers in the
Select destination server screen.
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