Reference Guide

High availability on Windows Server 2012/2016
A failover cluster is a group of independent systems that increases the availability and scalability of clustered roles. This feature supports
multiple workloads running clusters on hardware or on virtual machines.
A failover cluster is a group of systems that are independent and increases the availability and scalability of clustered roles. The clustered
servers are the nodes that are connected to one another as a network. If one or more of the cluster nodes fail, other nodes become active
and prevents failover of the systems in the network. The clustered roles that are created during cluster setup monitor to verify that the
systems are working in the clustered network. If any of the systems are not working, they are restarted or moved to another node.
The failover cluster network for high availability on Windows Server 2012/2016 contains two nodes, Node 1 and Node 2 that are congured
on systems running Windows Server 2012/2016. In the failover cluster network, if Node 1 that is working as the primary node fails, Node 2
starts working automatically as the primary node. After Node 1 becomes active, it automatically becomes the secondary node. The systems
have a shared storage space that is connected in a network.
NOTE: The IP address of the systems in the image is an example and varies for each system at your work place.
Figure 2. Failover cluster setup
Creating clustered roles
Prerequisite
After you create the failover cluster, you can create clustered roles to host cluster workloads. Ensure that Wyse Management Suite is
installed on the servers and point to the remote database before you create clustered roles.
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To create a clustered role, do the following:
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