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• Use Windows Disk Manager to change the assignments.

If you are using Windows 2000 Terminal Services to make the change,

you will need to log out and then log back in before you can use the

reassigned drive letters. The log out/log in step is not necessary for

Windows 2003 Terminal Services or for Windows 2000/2003 local

console use.

NOTE: For improved performance, the PolyServe Management Console

caches hostname lookups. If your DNS changes, you may need to

restart the console so that it will reflect the new hostname.

Modify Server Properties

To modify the properties for a server in the matrix, select that server on

the Servers window, right-click, and select Properties. Then make your

changes on the Server Properties window.

Server: Enter the name or IP address of the server.

Server Severity: When a server fails completely because of a power

failure or other serious event, Matrix Server attempts to move any virtual

hosts from the network interfaces on the failed server to backup network

interfaces on healthy servers in the matrix.

When the original server is restored to normal operation (for example, the

power is restored and the server is rebooted), ClusterPulse uses the

Server Severity to determine whether it is possible to fail back virtual

hosts to that server automatically. ClusterPulse also considers each virtual

host’s failback policy, which specifies whether it should fail back or