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Table Of Contents
- Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service
- Contents
- About Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service
- Getting Started with MSCS
- Clustering Configuration Overview
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Clustering
- Supported Shared Storage Configurations
- PSP_RR Support for MSCS
- iSCSI Support for MSCS
- FCoE Support for MSCS
- vMotion support for MSCS
- VVol Support for MSCS
- vSphere MSCS Setup Limitations
- MSCS and Booting from a SAN
- Set up CCR and DAG Groups
- Setting up AlwaysOn Availability Groups with SQL Server 2012
- Cluster Virtual Machines on One Physical Host
- Cluster Virtual Machines Across Physical Hosts
- Create the First Node for MSCS Clusters Across Physical Hosts
- Create Additional Nodes for Clusters Across Physical Hosts
- Add Hard Disks to the First Node for Clusters Across Physical Hosts
- Add Hard Disks to the First Node for Clusters Across Physical Hosts with VVol
- Add Hard Disks to Additional Nodes for Clusters Across Physical Hosts
- Cluster Physical and Virtual Machines
- Use MSCS in an vSphere HA and vSphere DRS Environment
- vSphere MSCS Setup Checklist
Cluster Physical and Virtual
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You can create an MSCS cluster in which each physical machine has a corresponding virtual machine.
This type of configuration is known as a standby host cluster.
A standby host cluster has specific hardware and software requirements.
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Use ESXi hosts that have the following:
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Two physical network adapters dedicated to the MSCS cluster and to the public and private
networks.
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One physical network adapter dedicated to the VMkernel.
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Use RDMs in physical compatibility mode (pass-through RDM). You cannot use virtual disks or RDMs
in virtual compatibility mode (non-pass-through RDM) for shared storage.
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Use the STORport Miniport driver for the Fibre Channel (FC) HBA (QLogic or Emulex) in the physical
Windows machine.
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Do not run multipathing software in the physical or virtual machines.
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Use only a single physical path from the host to the storage arrays in standby host configurations.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Create the First Node for a Cluster of Physical and Virtual Machines
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Create the Second Node for a Cluster of Physical and Virtual Machines
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Add Hard Disks to the Second Node for a Cluster of Physical and Virtual Machines
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Install Microsoft Cluster Service
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Create Additional Physical-Virtual Pairs
Create the First Node for a Cluster of Physical and Virtual
Machines
The first node in a standby host setup is a physical machine.
For information about setting up a physical machine that participates in an MSCS cluster, see the
Microsoft Cluster Service documentation.
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