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About Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service 5
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Getting Started with MSCS 6
Clustering Configuration Overview 6
Hardware and Software Requirements for Clustering 10
Supported Shared Storage Configurations 10
PSP_RR Support for MSCS 11
iSCSI Support for MSCS 11
FCoE Support for MSCS 12
vMotion support for MSCS 12
VVol Support for MSCS 13
vSphere MSCS Setup Limitations 14
MSCS and Booting from a SAN 14
Setting up Clustered Continuous Replication or Database Availability Groups with Exchange 15
Setting up AlwaysOn Availability Groups with SQL Server 2012 15
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Cluster Virtual Machines on One Physical Host 16
Create the First Node for Clusters on One Physical Host 16
Create Additional Nodes for Clusters on One Physical Host 17
Add Hard Disks to the First Node for Clusters on One Physical Host 18
Add Hard Disks to Additional Nodes for Clusters on One Physical Host 19
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Cluster Virtual Machines Across Physical Hosts 21
Create the First Node for MSCS Clusters Across Physical Hosts 21
Create Additional Nodes for Clusters Across Physical Hosts 23
Add Hard Disks to the First Node for Clusters Across Physical Hosts 24
Add Hard Disks to the First Node for Clusters Across Physical Hosts with VVol 25
Add Hard Disks to Additional Nodes for Clusters Across Physical Hosts 26
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Cluster Physical and Virtual Machines 28
Create the First Node for a Cluster of Physical and Virtual Machines 28
Create the Second Node for a Cluster of Physical and Virtual Machines 29
Add Hard Disks to the Second Node for a Cluster of Physical and Virtual Machines 30
Install Microsoft Cluster Service 31
Create Additional Physical-Virtual Pairs 31
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Use MSCS in an vSphere HA and vSphere DRS Environment 32
Enable vSphere HA and vSphere DRS in a Cluster (MSCS) 32
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