HP 3PAR Cluster Extension Software Administrator Guide for Windows (5697-1821, April 2012)

Setting Microsoft cluster-specific resource and service or application
properties
Microsoft allows you to set specific failover parameter and threshold values for a service or
application, and for a resource. Some of these values must be changed for HP 3PAR Cluster
Extension to enable manual recovery actions in case of a disaster.
To set Microsoft cluster-specific resource properties:
• For Windows Server 2003, use the Cluster Administrator GUI or cluster commands in the CLI.
• For Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, use the Failover Cluster Management GUI or cluster
commands in the CLI.
• For Server Core or Hyper-V Server, use cluster commands in the CLI.
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You can use the GUI option for Server Core or Hyper-V Server by using the MMC to manage a
cluster remotely. For more information about using the MMC, see your Microsoft documentation.
HP 3PAR Cluster Extension requirements for Cluster Administrator and Failover Cluster Management
resource properties are described in Table 1 (page 30). If there is no required value for a property,
the valid and/or default values are specified. Set these properties in the resource properties window
or the CLI. If you use the CLI, use the following command:
cluster.exe resource<ResourceName> /prop PropertyName="PropertyValue".
For more information about setting resource properties, see your Microsoft documentation.
Table 1 Setting resource properties and values in the GUI
ValueDescriptionFormatProperty
Windows Server
2008/2008 R2 GUI:
01:00 mm:ss (Default)
Windows Server 2003 GUI:
60000 milliseconds (Default)
Used to poll “Alive” state for
the resource. Also used by
HP 3PAR Cluster Extension
to perform HP 3PAR Remote
Copy start operations if
auto_recover policy is set
IntegerThorough Resource Health
Check Interval (Windows
Server 2008/2008 R2)
“Is Alive” poll interval
(Windows Server 2003)
IsAlivePollInterval (CLI)
CLI: 60000 milliseconds
(Default)
for a particular Remote
Copy volume
group.Decreasing this value
allows faster resource failure
detection but also consumes
more system resources.
Set this value in the
Advanced Policies tab of the
resource properties window
in Failover Cluster
Management, or in the
Advanced tab of the
resource properties window
in Cluster Administrator.
Windows Server
2008/2008 R2 GUI:
00:05 mm:ss (Default)
Used to poll “Alive” state for
the resource. Decreasing this
value allows for faster
resource failure detection but
IntegerBasic Resource Health Check
Interval (Windows Server
2008/2008 R2)
“Looks Alive” poll interval
(Windows Server 2003)
Windows Server
2008/2008 R2 CLI: 5000
milliseconds (Default)
also consumes more system
resources.
Set this value in the
Advanced Policies tab of the
LooksAlivePollInterval (CLI)
Windows Server 2003 GUI:
60000 milliseconds (Default)
resource properties window
in Failover Cluster
Windows Server 2003 CLI:
60000 milliseconds (Default)
Management, or in the
30 Configuring HP 3PAR Cluster Extension for Windows