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Lesson 3
Designing a Server Cluster
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Exam Tip Be sure to understand the differences between the various quorum
models sup-
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ported by Windows Server 2003.
Creating a Server Cluster
Before you actually create the cluster, you must select, evaluate, and
install a shared
storage resource and install the critical applications on the computers
running
Windows Server 2003. All the computers that are to become cluster nodes must
have
access to the shared storage solution you have selected; you should know
your
applications’ capabilities with regard to partitioning; and you should have
decided how
to deploy them. Once you have completed these tasks, you will use the
Cluster
Administrator tool to create and manage server clusters (see Figure 7-15).
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Figure 7-15
Cluster Administrator
To create a new cluster, you must have the following information available:
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The name of the domain in which the cluster will be located
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The host name to assign to the cluster
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The static IP address to assign to the cluster
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The name and password for a cluster service account
With this information in hand, you can proceed to deploy the cluster, taking
the fol-
lowing basic steps:
1. Start up the computer running Windows Server 2003 that will be the first
node in
the cluster.
At this time, the other servers that you will later add to the cluster
should not be
running.
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