Installation guide

Section 5.6.1, “Adding a Failover Domain”
Section 5.6.2, “Removing a Failover Domain”
Section 5.6.3, “Removing a Member from a Failover Domain”
5.6.1. Adding a Failover Domain
To add a failover domain, follow these steps:
1. At the left frame of the the Cluster Configurat ion T ool, click Failover Domains.
2. At the bottom of the right frame (labeled Propert ies), click the Create a Failover Dom ain
button. Clicking the Create a Failover Domain button causes the Add Failover
Domain dialog box to be displayed.
3. At the Add Failover Dom ain dialog box, specify a failover domain name at the Name for new
Failover Domain text box and click OK. Clicking OK causes the Failover Domain
Configuration dialog box to be displayed (Figure 5.10, “Failover Domain Configuration:
Configuring a Failover Domain”).
Note
The name should be descriptive enough to distinguish its purpose relative to other names
used in your cluster.
Figure 5.10. Failover Domain Configuration: Configuring a Failover Domain
4. Click the Available Cluster Nodes drop-down box and select the members for this failover
domain.
5. T o restrict failover to members in this failover domain, click (check) the Restrict Failover T o
This Domains Members checkbox. (With Restrict Failover T o This Domains Members
checked, services assigned to this failover domain fail over only to nodes in this failover domain.)
6. T o prioritize the order in which the members in the failover domain assume control of a failed
cluster service, follow these steps:
a. Click (check) the Prioritized List checkbox (Figure 5.11, “Failover Domain Configuration:
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