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

2 Configuring HP 3PAR Cluster Extension for Windows....................................21
Integrating HP 3PAR Cluster Extension with MSCS.......................................................................21
Configuring HP 3PAR Cluster Extension.....................................................................................21
Starting the HP 3PAR Configuration Tool...............................................................................22
Defining the HP 3PAR configuration information using the GUI.................................................23
Defining the HP 3PAR configuration information using the CLI..................................................26
Importing and exporting configuration information.................................................................26
Exporting configuration settings using the GUI..................................................................26
Exporting configuration settings using the CLI....................................................................26
Importing configuration settings using the GUI..................................................................27
Importing configuration settings using the CLI....................................................................27
Adding a HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource............................................................................27
Adding a resource using the Cluster Administrator GUI (Windows Server 2003)........................27
Adding HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource using the Failover Cluster Management GUI (Windows
Server 2008/2008 R2)......................................................................................................28
Adding HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource using the Microsoft CLI cluster commands................28
Example......................................................................................................................28
Configuring more than one resource in a service or application...............................................28
Changing a HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource name................................................................28
Changing a HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource name (Windows Server 2003)........................29
Changing a HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource name (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2).........29
Configuring HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resources........................................................................29
Setting Microsoft cluster-specific resource and service or application properties...............................30
Setting HP 3PAR Cluster Extension-specific resource properties......................................................32
Setting HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource properties using the GUI........................................33
Using Cluster Administrator to set resource properties (Windows Server 2003)......................33
Using Failover Cluster Management to set resource properties (Windows Server 2008/2008
R2)..............................................................................................................................33
Using the resource configuration tool to set resource properties (Server Core and Hyper-V
Server).........................................................................................................................34
Configuring cluster node data center assignments..............................................................35
Configuring HP 3PAR storage system...............................................................................36
Selecting a volume group...............................................................................................36
Changing Remote Copy volume group settings..................................................................36
Configuring takeover actions..........................................................................................37
Setting HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource properties using the MMC ....................................38
Setting HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource properties using the CLI.........................................38
Setting HP 3PAR Cluster Extension properties using a UCF......................................................39
Adding dependencies on a HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resource...................................................39
Adding dependencies using Cluster Administrator (Windows Server 2003)...............................39
Adding dependencies using Failover Cluster Management (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2).....40
Adding dependencies using the CLI.....................................................................................40
Disaster-tolerant configuration example using a file share.............................................................41
Managing HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resources.........................................................................43
Bringing a resource online..................................................................................................43
Taking a resource offline.....................................................................................................43
Deleting a resource............................................................................................................43
Using Hyper-V Live Migration with HP 3PAR Cluster Extension.......................................................44
Timing considerations for Windows Clustering............................................................................44
Bouncing service or application................................................................................................45
Creating array password file....................................................................................................45
Administration........................................................................................................................46
Remote management of HP 3PAR Cluster Extension resources in a cluster.......................................46
System resources....................................................................................................................46
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