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Creating Highly Avai Linfrastructure

This lab shows how easy it is to create clusters using Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. The cluster is created using the Microsoft ISCSI Software Target and initiator that is included with Windows Server 2008. The command line tools that can be used to automate a cluster are shown.

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Creating Highly Avai Linfrastructure

This lab shows how easy it is to create clusters using Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. The cluster is created using the Microsoft ISCSI Software Target and initiator that is included with Windows Server 2008. The command line tools that can be used to automate a cluster are shown.

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Microsoft Virtual Labs

Creating a Highly Available


Infrastructure
Creating a Highly Available Infrastructure

Table of Contents
Creating a Highly Available Infrastructure ............................................................................... 1
Exercise 1 Windows Failover Clustering ......................................................................................................................2
Creating a Highly Available Infrastructure

Creating a Highly Available Infrastructure


After completing this lab, you will be better able to:
Objectives  Create clusters easily.
 Use the Windows Failover Clustering.

This lab shows how easy it is to create clusters using Windows Server 2008
Scenario Failover Clustering. For added value, the cluster is created using the Microsoft
ISCSI Software Target and initiator that is included with Windows Server 2008.
The cluster nodes are running on Server Core, and are configured from a remote
computer using WinRM. Cluster validation reports are demonstrated, as well as
the process of actually creating the cluster and performing some basic tasks.
Finally, the command line tools that can be used to automate a cluster are shown.

Estimated Time to 30 Minutes


Complete This Lab

Computers used in this


Lab SFO-DC-01

SFO-CORE-02

The password for the Administrator account on all computers in this lab is:
Passw0rd!

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Creating a Highly Available Infrastructure

Exercise 1
Windows Failover Clustering

Scenario
In this exercise, you will see how various components of Windows Server 2008 contribute to create high
availability. Windows Failover Clustering has seen a lot of improvements, and as you will see, perhaps the biggest
is the ease by which it can be configured.

Tasks Detailed Steps


Complete the following a. From the Start menu, open iSCSI Initiator.
tasks on: b. Click the Discovery tab.
c. Click the Volumes and Devices tab.
SFO-DC-01
d. Click Start, then Command Prompt.
1. Show the ISCSI
Initiator e. Type ISCSICLI and press ENTER.
f. Press ENTER again to list help.
g. Close the command prompt.
2. Show configuration a. From the desktop, open Demos and then navigate to the Creating a Highly
scripts Available Infrastructure.
b. Right-click ConfigureNode1.bat and select Edit.
c. Point out the series of three ISCSICLI commands.
d. Close Notepad.
3. Configure Node 1 a. Double click DiskPart on SFO-CORE-01.bat.
b. In DiskPart type List Disk and then press ENTER.
c. Double click ConfigureNode1.bat and when completed, press a key.
d. Switch to DiskPart, type List Disk and then press ENTER.
Note: SFO-CORE-02 may be locked, unlock the node.
Complete the following a. Type OCSETUP FailoverCluster-Core
task on: b. Note: Case is sensitive.
c. After one minute, type OCLIST.
SFO-CORE-02
Note: You will need to scroll to the top of the output to find the role.
4. Install Failover
Clustering
Complete the following a. Double click ConfigureNode2.bat.
tasks on: b. Double click DiskPart on SFO-CORE-02.bat.
c. In DiskPart type List Disk and press ENTER.
SFO-DC-01
5. Configure Node 2
6. Configure the a. Open Failover Cluster Management.
cluster b. Click Create a Cluster to launch wizard.
c. Click Next.
d. Click Browse…
e. Add servers SFO-CORE-01 and SFO-CORE-02 and click OK.
f. Click Next.

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Creating a Highly Available Infrastructure
Tasks Detailed Steps
g. Select No, click Next.
h. In the Cluster Name Cluster1
i. Deselect the Networks 11.0.0.0/8 and 10.0.0.0/8.
Next to 192 address, type 100 to complete the address and click Next.
j. Click Next..
Note: Do not close the Create Cluster Wizard at this point.
7. Show validation a. In the Creating a Highly Available Infrastructure window, double-click Failover
report Cluster Validation Report.mht.
b. Scroll through the contents of the report.
8. Show cluster a. Switch to the Create Cluster Wizard.
configuration b. Click Finish to close the wizard.
c. Expand Cluster1.woodgrovebank.com
d. Click Nodes.
e. Click Storage.
f. Click Networks.
g. Click Cluster Events.
h. Click Query, then OK.
9. Create a File Server a. Click Services and Applications, then in the Actions pane, click Configure a
Cluster Service or Application.
b. Click Next.
c. Select File Server.
d. Click Next.
e. Accept the default name, set IP address of .101.
f. Click Next.
g. Check Cluster Disk 2.
h. Click Next twice.
i. Click Finish.
10. Move the file server a. Expand Services and Applications, and then click Cluster1FS.
resource b. In the Actions pane, click Move this service..., Move to node SFO-Core-01.
c. In the warning dialog box, click Move Cluster1FS to SFO-CORE-01.
11. Show a. Click Start and open a command prompt.
CLUSTER.EXE b. Type cluster /?
c. Type cluster node /?
d. Type cluster group /?

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