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Figure 11. Test summary details
12 Click View Report to check the report. If the status is Passed, you can proceed with the next step. If the status is Failed, you must x
the errors before you proceed with the next step.
NOTE
: The Create Cluster Wizard screen is displayed if there are no validation errors.
13 Click Next and type a name for the cluster in the Cluster Name eld and then select the IP address of the system.
14 Click Next and the Conrmation screen is displayed.
15 Click Next to create the cluster on all the selected clustered nodes and then click View Report to view the warning messages.
16 Click Finish to create the failover cluster.
Create le share witness
A le share witness is a basic le share that the cluster computer has read/write access. The le share must be on a separate Windows
Server 2012 in the same domain where the cluster resides.
To create a le share witness, do the following:
1 In Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Right-click the Start Menu and then select Server Manager to launch the Server Manager
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2 Click the Server Manager icon to access the server manager.
3 Go to Files and Storage ServicesShares and then click Tasks.
4 Click New Share. The New Share Wizard is displayed.
5 Click Select Prole to create a le share and then click Next.
6 On the Share location screen, select the server and share location for the le share and then click Next.
7 On the Share Name screen, type a name in the Share name eld and then click Next until the Conrmation screen is displayed.
8 Click Create to create the le share and the View results screen is displayed with the status as Completed which indicates that the
le share witness is created without any errors.
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