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Table of Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4
Configuring.......................................................................................................
Domain Controller 6
Network
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Adapter 6
Active
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Directory 7
DNS................................................................................................................ 19
User
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Accounts 32
Configuring .......................................................................................................
StarWind Server 42
Network
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Adapter 42
Preparing
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Quorum Volume 43
Preparing
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Generic Volume 51
Preparing .......................................................................................................
Cluster Nodes 59
Node
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1 59
Node
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2 96
Configuring.......................................................................................................
Microsoft Cluster Service 122
Validate
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a Configuration 122
Create
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a Cluster 129
Adding New .......................................................................................................
Shared Disk Resource 136
StarWind
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Target 136
Node
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Node
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Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 165
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Introduction
Software clustering technology enables you to make several servers to work
as a unit. Various cluster configurations can be implemented. One of the most
frequently used configurations is the failover cluster. This configuration
assumes that if one of the cluster nodes fails, the reserved node automatically
brings online, serving the applications. With that the workflow remains
uninterrupted and secured.
Failover cluster configuration includes two (or more) server nodes that share
an external storage. Based on the iSCSI technology, StarWind Softwafe Inc.
StarWind enables to create an external storage in Windows environment
without implementation of expensive FC or external SCSI solutions. With
StarWind you can create a shared disk array on a host running Microsoft
Windows.
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Active Directory
Select Start->Run and type in dcpromo.
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As we are creating a new domain, select Create a new domain in a new forest
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Select the forest functional level. In this example, we are going to use only
Windows Server 2008 machines so select Windows Server 2008 functional
level.
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Customize the directories where the AD database, log files and SYSVOL data
will be stored or leave the values at their defaults.
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Check that all of the parameters are correct. Press the Back button should any
change be required.
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If successful, the wizard should look like the example image provided below.
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DNS
Log on to the Domain controller using an account with administrative
privileges. Launch the DNS Manager and configure the Reverse Lookup Zone.
Press the right mouse button over the Reverse Lookup Zone node and select
New Zone... popup menu item.
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On the Zone Type page, select Primary Zone option and check the Store the
zone in the Active Directory checkbox.
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Check that all of the parameters are correct. Press the Back button should any
change be required.
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Press the right mouse button over rds.local forward lookup zone and select
New Host (A or AAAA)... pop-up menu item.
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New Host dialog appears. Type in the hostname of the Cluster Node 1 Server
and its IP address. Also please check the Create associated pointer (PTR)
record checkbox.
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Type in the hostname of the Cluster Node 2 Server and its IP address. Also
please check the Create associated pointer (PTR) record checkbox.
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If successful, the DNS Manager console should look like the example images
provided below.
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Administrator accounts must now be created to manage first and the second
cluster node servers. Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers
management console.
Press the right mouse button over the Users node. Select New->User.
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In the dialog that appears, enter the required fields as shown in the example
image.
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Check that all of the parameters are correct. Press the Back button should any
change be required.
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Once again press the right mouse button over the Users node.
Select New->User.
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In the dialog that appears, enter the required fields as shown in the example
image.
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Check that all of the parameters are correct. Press the Back button should any
change be required.
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The two users, node1adm and node2adm, must be made members of both
the Administrators and Domain Admins groups. Select both of the accounts
and press the right mouse button over the selection as shown in the example
image.
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After you have successfully connected to the StarWind Service, please click
the right mouse button over the desired host (computer) and select Add
Target pop-up menu item.
In the wizard that appears, select a target name. The name must be a unique
name by which the device will be declared to the iSCSI initiators connecting to
StarWind over an IP network.
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Select Create new virtual disk to create a new virtual hard disk or Mount
existing virtual disk to mount an existing virtual disk that you’ve prepared
before.
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If you have decided to create a new virtual disk please specify the location and
the name of the virtual disk you wish to be created. Also you have to provide
the virtual disk size in megabytes. Check any additional parameters of the
virtual disk you wish to create. Please refer to the online help for details
regarding those additional parameters (Compressed and Encrypted).
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Image File device has some extra parameters. Check Allow multiple
concurrent iSCSI connections (clustering) checkbox. Please refer to the online
help for details regarding those additional parameters (Asynchronous mode,
Allow multiple connections (clustering), Read-only mode and Specify
advanced options).
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Check the device parameters are correct. Press the Back button should any
changes be required.
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A summary of the created device is displayed on the last wizard page (see
image below).
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Select Create new virtual disk to create a new virtual hard disk or Mount
existing virtual disk to mount an existing virtual disk that you’ve prepared
before.
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If you have decided to create a new virtual disk please specify the location and
the name of the virtual disk you wish to be created. Also you have to provide
the virtual disk size in megabytes. Check any additional parameters of the
virtual disk you wish to create. Please refer to the online help for details
regarding those additional parameters (Compressed and Encrypted).
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Image File device has some extra parameters. Check Allow multiple
concurrent iSCSI connections (clustering) checkbox. Please refer to the online
help for details regarding those additional parameters (Asynchronous mode,
Allow multiple connections (clustering), Read-only mode and Specify
advanced options).
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Check the device parameters are correct. Press the Back button should any
changes be required.
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A summary of the created device is displayed on the last wizard page (see
image below).
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If successful, the StarWind Console should look like the sample image
provided below.
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Each adapter will be assigned a static IP address. Select the Use the following
IP address option and type in the IP address you wish to use. The Subnet mask
and DNS server address must also be provided. All the values must be
correctly chosen given the networking configuration of the Corporate LAN that
the cluster will be a part of. As this interface is for the public network, a default
gateway will need to be assigned.
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Just as was done for the first network adapter, assign appropriate values to
the TCP/IP configuration of the second network adapter using the following
example image as guidance. This interface is used for iSCSI target storage
communications and a default gateway need not be specified.
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Enter the name and password of an account with permission to join to the
domain (node1adm).
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If successful, the notification dialog like the one on the image shown below
should appear.
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You must restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
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In the Add Target Portal dialog enter IP address or DNS name of the StarWind
target server.
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Click on the Targets tab. Select the IQN of the target just added.
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The Log On to Target dialog now appears. In this dialog click on the checkbox
Automatically restore this connection when the system boots to make this
connection persistent.
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When the StarWind Disks are connected, they show up on the initiator
machine as new disk devices. Before these devices can be used as cluster
disks, they have to be initialized and formatted. Launch the Computer
Management console.
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Bring disks online. Press the right mouse button over the disk and select
Online.
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Initialize the Disks. Press the right mouse button over the Disk and select
Initialize Disk. Follow the wizard to initialize the new disks.
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Right-click over the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. Follow
the instructions in the wizard to create an NTFS partition for use as the
quorum disk.
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Check the settings are correct. Press the Back button should any changes be
required.
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Right-click over the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. Follow
the instructions in the wizard to create an NTFS partition for use as the generic
disk.
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Check the settings are correct. Press the Back button should any changes be
required.
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If successful, both of the disks are now formatted as shown in the example
image below.
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Launch the Computer Management console. Select Features node from the
list.
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Check that the parameters are correct. Press the Previous button should any
changes be required.
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If the feature is successfully installed, the wizard should look similar to the
example image below.
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Node 2
Configuring network interfaces
Each adapter will be assigned a static IP address. Select the Use the following
IP address option and type in the IP address you wish to use. The Subnet mask
and DNS server address must also be provided. All the values must be
correctly chosen given the networking configuration of the Corporate LAN that
the cluster will be a part of. As this interface is for the public network, a default
gateway will need to be assigned.
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Just as was done for the first network adapter, assign appropriate values to
the TCP/IP configuration of the second network adapter using the following
example image as guidance. This interface is used for iSCSI target storage
communications and a default gateway need not be specified.
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Enter the name and password of an account with permission to join to the
domain (node2adm).
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If successful, the notification dialog like the one on the image shown below
should appear.
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You must restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
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In the Add Target Portal dialog enter IP address or DNS name of the StarWind
target server.
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Click on the Targets tab. Select the IQN of the target just added.
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The Log On to Target dialog now appears. In this dialog click on the checkbox
Automatically restore this connection when the system boots to make this
connection persistent.
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When the StarWind Disks are connected, they show up on the initiator
machine as new disk devices. Before these devices can be used as cluster
disks, they have to be mounted. Launch the Computer Management console.
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Bring disks online. Press the right mouse button over the disk and select
Online.
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The picture below shows that Windows has automatically assigned Drive
Letters to the mounted volumes. As these are local drive letters they may not
be the same as we have assigned to these volumes on the first node. However,
as all volumes of a cluster must be assigned the same drive letters, any
differences must be manually changed. Press the right mouse button over the
Quorum volume.
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If successful, the Computer Management console should look like the sample
image provided below.
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Launch the Computer Management console. Select Features node from the
list.
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Check that the parameters are correct. Press the Previous button should any
changes be required.
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If the feature is successfully installed, the wizard should look similar to the
example image below.
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Select Run all tests (recommended) for testing the complete configuration.
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Check the parameters are correct. Press the Previous button should any
changes be required.
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If all of the tests are successful, the wizard should look similar to the example
image below.
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If successful, the wizard should look like the example picture provided below.
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Create a Cluster
It is now time to create the cluster. Click Create a Cluster item from the
Actions panel shown on the right.
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Check the parameters are correct. Press the Previous button should any
changes be required.
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If successful, the wizard should look like the example picture provided below.
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Now that the creation of the cluster is complete it will be shown in the panel on
the left.
Expand the cluster by clicking on the ‘+’ symbol next to the cluster, then click
on Storage. The Failover Cluster Management console should look like the
example picture provided below. Both cluster disk resources will be shown as
online.
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Select Create new virtual disk to create a new virtual hard disk or Mount
existing virtual disk to mount an existing virtual disk that you’ve prepared
before.
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If you have decided to create a new virtual disk please specify the location and
the name of the virtual disk you wish to be created. Also you have to provide
the virtual disk size in megabytes. Check any additional parameters of the
virtual dsik you wish to create. Please refer to the online help for details
regarding those additional parameters (Compressed and Encrypted).
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Image File device has some extra parameters. Check Allow multiple
concurrent iSCSI connections (clustering) checkbox. Please refer to the online
help for details regarding those additional parameters (Asynchronous mode,
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Check the device parameters are correct. Press the Back button should any
changes be required.
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A summary of the created device is displayed on the last wizard page (see
image below).
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Node 1
Launch the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator application Administrative Tools
-> iSCSI Initiator. Click on the Targets tab. Select the IQN of the target just
added.
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The Log On to Target dialog now appears. In this dialog click on the checkbox
Automatically restore this connection when the system boots to make this
connection persistent.
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When the StarWind Disks are connected, they show up on the initiator
machine as new disk devices. Before these devices can be used as cluster
disks, they have to be initialized and formatted. Launch the Computer
Management console. Select Disk Management.
Bring disk online. Press the right mouse button over the disk and select Online
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Initialize the Disk. Press the right mouse button over the Disk and select
Initialize Disk. Follow the wizard to initialize the new disk.
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The disk has now been initialized. Right-click over the unallocated space and
select New Simple Volume. Follow the instructions in the wizard to create an
NTFS partition for use as the spool disk.
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Check the settings are correct. Press the Back button should any changes be
required.
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If successful, the disk is now formatted as shown in the example image below.
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Node 2
Launch the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator application Administrative Tools
-> iSCSI Initiator. Click on the Targets tab. Select the IQN of the target just
added.
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The Log On to Target dialog now appears. In this dialog click on the checkbox
Automatically restore this connection when the system boots to make this
connection persistent.
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When the StarWind Disks are connected, they show up on the initiator
machine as new disk devices. Before these devices can be used as cluster
disks, they have to be mounted. Launch the Computer Management console.
Select Disk Management.
Bring disks online. Press the right mouse button over the disk and select
Online.
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The picture below shows that Windows has automatically assigned Drive
Letters to the mounted volumes. As these are local drive letters they may not
be the same as we have assigned to these volumes on the first node. However,
as all volumes of a cluster must be assigned the same drive letters, any
differences must be manually changed. Press the right mouse button over the
Spool volume.
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If successful, the Computer Management console should look like the sample
image provided below.
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Click Add a Disk item from the Actions panel shown on the right.
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Contacts
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