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Failover Cluster

 A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability and scalability of
clustered roles
 The clustered servers (called nodes) are connected by physical cables and by software. If one or more of the cluster
nodes fail, other nodes begin to provide service.
 Failover clusters also provide Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) functionality that provides a consistent, distributed
namespace that clustered roles can use to access shared storage from all nodes.

Failover Clustering has many practical applications, including:

 Highly available or continuously available file share storage for applications such as Microsoft SQL Server and Hyper-V virtual
machines
 Highly available clustered roles that run on physical servers or on virtual machines that are installed on servers running
Hyper-V

 Failover clusters provide high availability and scalability to many server workloads. These include server applications such
as Microsoft Exchange Server, Hyper-V, Microsoft SQL Server, and file servers. The server applications can run on physical
servers or virtual machines.
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 It has improved scalability . Hyper-V host clusters can now scale up to 64 nodes with up to 4000 virtual machines per
cluster and up to 1024 virtual machines per node .
 Improved CSVs
 Active Directory integration improvements
 Management improvements

Failover Cluster Components


 iSCSI connection
 Service or application
 Nodes
 Cluster storage
 A dedicated network

Process for Clustering Server Roles


 Install the failover clustering feature
 Verify the configuration and create a cluster
 Install the role on all cluster nodes by using Server Manager
 Create a clustered role by using the Failover
 Clustering Manager snap-in
 Test the failover
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What Is High Availability?


 Availability is a level of service expressed as a percentage of time • Highly available services or systems are available more
than 99 percent of the time

Failover occurs when:


 The node that currently hosts the instance becomes inactive for any reason
 One of the resources within the instance fails
 An administrator forces a failover
Cluster service can fail back after the offline node becomes active again

What Is a Quorum?
A quorum is the cluster’s configuration database.
The quorum tells the cluster which node is currently active and which node or nodes are in stand by.
Two types of Quorum
1-Standard 2-majority node set
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Standard quorum
 standard quorum is that it is a configuration database for the cluster and is stored on a shared hard disk, accessible to
all of the cluster’s nodes.
Majority Node Set Quorum (MNS)
 Each node has its own, locally stored copy of the quorum database.
 when the quorum database is updated, each copy of the database needs to be updated. The update isn’t considered
to have actually been made until over half of the databases have been updated ((number of nodes / 2) +1).
 If fewer than the majority of nodes are online, then the cluster is said to “not have quorum”
 Allows the failover cluster to remain online when sufficient votes are available

One of the most important things to know about MNS is that you must have at least three nodes in the cluster.
Remember that a majority of nodes must be running at all times. If a cluster only has two nodes, then the majority is
calculated to be 2 ((2 nodes / 2) +1)-2. Therefore, if one node were to fail, the entire cluster would go down because it
would not have quorum.
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Failover Cluster Storage
 Failover clusters require shared storage to provide consistent data to a virtual server after failover
 Shared storage options include: 1-SAS
2- iSCSI
3- Fibre Channel

The hardware requirements for a failover implementation include the following:


 Server hardware components must be marked with the Certified for Windows Server 2012 logo
 Server nodes should all have the same configuration and contain the same or similar components
 All tests in the Validate a Configuration Wizard must be passed

The infrastructure requirements for a failover implementation include the following:


 The nodes in the cluster must use DNS for name resolution
 All servers in the cluster must be in the same Active Directory domain
 The user account that creates the cluster must have administrator rights and permissions on all servers, and the Create
Computer Objects permission in the domain
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The software requirements for a failover implementation include the following:


 All nodes must run the same edition of Windows Server 2012, which can be any of the following:
 Windows Server 2012 Standard, Full or Server Core installation
 Windows Server 2012 Datacenter, Full or Server Core installation
 All nodes must run the same processor architecture (x64based) • All nodes should have the same service pack and updates
Failover Cluster Practical

We need 3 machines
1-DC ---2GB
2-MEMBER1 ---2GB
3-MEMBER2 ---2GB (Processor,RAM,Hardware same as member1)
 Attached 2 vhd to DC
 Apply Iscsi target to client pc.
 By using Iscsi initiator add vhd to both member servers
 Create two drive named quorum and fileserver on both member server
 Install fail-over cluster on both member server
 Validate the fail-over
 Create a cluster and give a name and IP address
 Automatically two node will be added with volumes
 Install file server on both member server
 On member server-open failover manager-configure a role—select file server—give a name-give aip
address(192.168.1.254)—select the storage—after select –add file share—give a name-give a IP
 From DC access and see

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