12StepbyStep Guide for Configuring a TwoNode Print Server Failover Cluster in Windows Server 200.docx

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12StepbyStepGuideforConfiguringaTwoNodePrintServerFailoverClusterinWindowsServer200

Step-by-StepGuideforConfiguringaTwo-NodePrintServerFailoverClusterinWindowsServer2008

MicrosoftCorporation

Published:

September2007

Author:

JanKeller

Editor:

RonaldLoi

Abstract

Afailoverclusterisagroupofindependentcomputersthatworktogethertoincreasetheavailabilityofapplicationsandservices.Theclusteredservers（callednodes）areconnectedbyphysicalcablesandbysoftware.Ifoneoftheclusternodesfails,anothernodebeginstoprovideservice（aprocessknownasfailover）.Thisguidedescribesthestepsforinstallingandconfiguringaprintserverfailoverclusterthathastwonodes.Bycreatingtheconfigurationinthisguide,youcanlearnaboutfailoverclustersandfamiliarizeyourselfwiththeFailoverClusterManagementsnap-in.

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Contents

Step-by-StepGuideforConfiguringaTwo-NodePrintServerFailoverClusterinWindowsServer20085

Inthisguide5

Overviewforatwo-nodeprintservercluster5

Requirementsforatwo-nodefailovercluster7

Hardwarerequirementsforatwo-nodefailovercluster7

Deployingstorageareanetworkswithfailoverclusters9

Softwarerequirementsforatwo-nodefailovercluster9

Networkinfrastructureanddomainaccountrequirementsforatwo-nodefailovercluster10

Stepsforinstallingatwo-nodeprintservercluster11

Step1:

Connecttheclusterserverstothenetworksandstorage11

Step2:

Installthefailoverclusterfeature12

Step3:

Validatetheclusterconfiguration14

Step4:

Createthecluster16

Stepsforconfiguringatwo-nodeprintservercluster18

Additionalreferences21

Step-by-StepGuideforConfiguringaTwo-NodePrintServerFailoverClusterinWindowsServer2008

Afailoverclusterisagroupofindependentcomputersthatworktogethertoincreasetheavailabilityofapplicationsandservices.Theclusteredservers（callednodes）areconnectedbyphysicalcablesandbysoftware.Ifoneoftheclusternodesfails,anothernodebeginstoprovideservice（aprocessknownasfailover）.Usersexperienceaminimumofdisruptionsinservice.

Thisguidedescribesthestepsforinstallingandconfiguringaprintserverfailoverclusterthathastwonodes.Bycreatingtheconfigurationinthisguide,youcanlearnaboutfailoverclustersandfamiliarizeyourselfwiththeFailoverClusterManagementsnap-ininterfaceinWindows Server® 2008EnterpriseorWindows Server® 2008Datacenter.

Note

ThefailoverclusterfeatureisnotavailableinWindowsWebServer 2008orWindowsServer 2008Standard.

InWindowsServer 2008,theimprovementstofailoverclusters（formerlyknownasserverclusters）areaimedatsimplifyingclusters,makingthemmoresecure,andenhancingclusterstability.Clustersetupandmanagementareeasier.Securityandnetworkinginclustershavebeenimproved,ashasthewayafailoverclustercommunicateswithstorage.Formoreinformationaboutimprovementstofailoverclusters,see

Inthisguide

Overviewforatwo-nodeprintservercluster

Requirementsforatwo-nodefailovercluster

Stepsforinstallingatwo-nodeprintservercluster

Stepsforconfiguringatwo-nodeprintservercluster

Additionalresources

Overviewforatwo-nodeprintservercluster

Serversinafailoverclustercanfunctioninavarietyofroles,includingtherolesoffileserver,printserver,mailserver,ordatabaseserver,andtheycanprovidehighavailabilityforavarietyofotherservicesandapplications.Thisguidedescribeshowtoconfigureatwo-nodeprintservercluster.

Afailoverclusterusuallyincludesastorageunitthatisphysicallyconnectedtoalltheserversinthecluster,althoughanygivenvolumeinthestorageisonlyaccessedbyoneserveratatime.Thefollowingdiagramshowsatwo-nodefailoverclusterconnectedtoastorageunit.

Failoverclusterwithtwonodesconnectedtoastorageunit

Storagevolumesorlogicalunitnumbers（LUNs）exposedtothenodesinaclustermustnotbeexposedtootherservers,includingserversinanothercluster.Thefollowingdiagramillustratesthis.

Twofailoverclusters,eachwithitsownLUNs

Notethatforthemaximumavailabilityofanyserver,itisimportanttofollowbestpracticesforservermanagement—forexample,carefullymanagingthephysicalenvironmentoftheservers,testingsoftwarechangesbeforefullyimplementingthem,andcarefullykeepingtrackofsoftwareupdatesandconfigurationchangesonallclusteredservers.

Thefollowingscenariodescribeshowaprintserverfailoverclustercanbeconfigured.

Requirementsforatwo-nodefailovercluster

Tocreateafailoverclusterwithtwonodes（regardlessoftheserviceorapplicationthatthenodesprovide）,youneedthehardware,software,accounts,andnetworkinfrastructuredescribedinthesectionsthatfollow.

Werecommendthatyoufirstusetheinformationprovidedinthisguideinatestlabenvironment.AStep-by-StepguideisnotnecessarilymeanttobeusedtodeployWindowsServerfeatureswithouttheaccompanyingdocumentation（aslistedintheAdditionalreferencessection）,anditshouldbeusedwithdiscretionasastand-alonedocument.

Hardwarerequirementsforatwo-nodefailovercluster

Youwillneedthefollowinghardwareforatwo-nodefailovercluster:

∙Servers:

Werecommendthatyouuseasetofmatchingcomputersthatcontainthesameorsimilarcomponents.

Important

YoushoulduseonlyhardwarecomponentsthatarecompatiblewithWindowsServer 2008.

∙Networkadaptersandcable（fornetworkcommunication）:

Thenetworkhardware,likeothercomponentsinthefailoverclustersolution,mustbecompatiblewithWindowsServer 2008.IfyouuseiSCSI,yournetworkadaptersmustbededicatedtoeithernetworkcommunicationoriSCSI,notboth.

Inthenetworkinfrastructurethatconnectsyourclusternodes,avoidhavingsinglepointsoffailure.Therearemultiplewaysofaccomplishingthis.Youcanconnectyourclusternodesbymultiple,distinctnetworks.Alternatively,youcanconnectyourclusternodeswithonenetworkthatisconstructedwithteamednetworkadapters,redundantswitches,redundantrouters,orsimilarhardwarethatremovessinglepointsoffailure.

Note

Ifyouconnectclusternodeswithasinglenetwork,thenetworkwillpasstheredundancyrequirementintheValidateaConfigurationWizard.However,thereportfromthewizardwillincludeawarningthatthenetworkshouldnothavesinglepointsoffailure.

Formoredetailsaboutthenetworkconfigurationrequiredforafailovercluster,seeNetworkinfrastructureanddomainaccountrequirementsforatwo-nodefailovercluster,laterinthistopic.

∙Devicecontrollersorappropriateadaptersforthestorage:

∙ForSerialAttachedSCSIorFibreChannel:

IfyouareusingSerialAttachedSCSIorFibreChannel,inallclusteredservers,themass-storagedevicecontrollersthatarededicatedtotheclusterstorageshouldbeidentical.Theyshouldalsousethesamefirmwareversion.

Note

WithWindowsServer 2008,youcannotuseparallelSCSItoconnectthestoragetotheclusteredservers.

∙ForiSCSI:

IfyouareusingiSCSI,eachclusteredservermusthaveoneormorenetworkadaptersorhostbusadaptersthatarededicatedtotheclusterstorage.ThenetworkyouuseforiSCSIcannotbeusedfornetworkcommunication.Inallclusteredservers,thenetworkadaptersyouusetoconnecttotheiSCSIstoragetargetshouldbeidentical,andwerecommendthatyouuseGigabitEthernetorhigher.

ForiSCSI,youcannotuseteamednetworkadapters,becausetheyarenotsupportedwithiSCSI.

FormoreinformationaboutiSCSI,seetheiSCSIFAQontheMicrosoftWebsite（

∙Storage:

YoumustusesharedstoragethatiscompatiblewithWindowsServer 2008.

Foratwo-nodefailovercluster,thestorageshouldcontainatleasttwoseparatevolumes（LUNs）,configuredatthehardwarelevel.Onevolumewillfunctionasthew