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Windows Server Failover Clustering : Configure Cluster2024/12/23

 

Configure Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC).

This example is based on the environment like follows.
Prepare 2 Nodes for clustering and they are in Active Directory domain (AD is not mandatory requirements).
Furthermore, they have shared storages for clustering provided from iSCSI Target Server.

                                   |
+----------------------+           |           +----------------------+
|  [      AD DS     ]  |10.0.0.100 | 10.0.0.110|  [  iSCSI Target  ]  |
|    fd3s.srv.world    +-----------+-----------+    tgt01.srv.world   |
|                      |           |           |                      |
+----------------------+           |           +----------------------+
                                   |
+----------------------+           |           +----------------------+
|  [ Cluster Node#1 ]  |10.0.0.101 | 10.0.0.102|  [ Cluster Node#2 ]  |
|    rx-7.srv.world    +-----------+-----------+    rx-8.srv.world    |
|                      |                       |                      |
+----------------------+                       +----------------------+

 

On CUI Configuration, run PowerShell and Set like follows.

[1] Logon to a Node that has cluster administration tools and Test to create cluster to verify each Nodes settings.
If some errors are shown, improve your System and retry Test Job.
For [WARNING] items, you should care them but they are not essential requisites, so if [ClusterConditionallyApproved] is shown, it's possible to create a Cluster.
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# [-Node] ⇒ specify Nodes
PS C:\Users\Serverworld> Test-Cluster -Node "RX-7", "RX-8" 
WARNING: Network - Validate Network Communication: The test reported some warnings..
WARNING:
Test Result:
HadUnselectedTests, ClusterConditionallyApproved
Testing has completed for the tests you selected. You should review the warnings in the Report.  A cluster solution is
supported by Microsoft only if you run all cluster validation tests, and all tests succeed (with or without warnings).
Test report file path: C:\Users\serverworld\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation Report 2024.12.22 At 17.21.16.htm

Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----        12/22/2024   5:23 PM         771301 Validation Report 2024.12.22 At 17.21.16.htm
[2] Configure Cluster.
# [-Name] ⇒ any Cluster Name
# [-Node] ⇒ specify Nodes for Cluster
# [-AdministrativeAccessPoint] ⇒ Administrative Access Point
# [-StaticAddress] ⇒ IP address for Cluster access
PS C:\Users\Serverworld> New-Cluster -Name Cluster01 -Node "RX-7", "RX-8" `
-AdministrativeAccessPoint ActiveDirectoryAndDns `
-StaticAddress 10.0.0.111 

Name
----
Cluster01

# confirm settings
PS C:\Users\Serverworld> Get-Cluster | Format-List -Property * 

AddEvictDelay                            : 60
AdministrativeAccessPoint                : ActiveDirectoryAndDns
AutoAssignNodeSite                       : 1
AutoBalancerMode                         : 2
AutoBalancerLevel                        : 1
BackupInProgress                         : 0
BlockCacheSize                           : 0
DetectedCloudPlatform                    : None
DetectManagedEvents                      : 1
DetectManagedEventsThreshold             : 60
ClusSvcHangTimeout                       : 135
ClusSvcRegroupStageTimeout               : 15
ClusSvcRegroupTickInMilliseconds         : 300
ClusterEnforcedAntiAffinity              : 0
ClusterFunctionalLevel                   : 12
ClusterUpgradeVersion                    : 6
ClusterGroupWaitDelay                    : 120
ClusterLogLevel                          : 3
ClusterLogSize                           : 1536
CrossSiteDelay                           : 1000
CrossSiteThreshold                       : 20
CrossSubnetDelay                         : 1000
CrossSubnetThreshold                     : 20
CsvBalancer                              : 1
CsvTimeToWait                            : 600000
DatabaseReadWriteMode                    : 0
DefaultNetworkRole                       : 3
Description                              :
Domain                                   : srv.world
DrainOnShutdown                          : 1
DumpPolicy                               : 1375801625
DynamicQuorum                            : 1
EnableSharedVolumes                      : Enabled
FixQuorum                                : 0
GroupDependencyTimeout                   : 600
HangRecoveryAction                       : 6
Id                                       : 0b0867b4-9b39-4c75-83e4-70b49af3b6a0
IgnorePersistentStateOnStartup           : 0
LogResourceControls                      : 0
LowerQuorumPriorityNodeId                : 0
MaximumParallelMigrations                : 1
MessageBufferLength                      : 50
MinimumNeverPreemptPriority              : 3000
MinimumPreemptorPriority                 : 1
Name                                     : Cluster01
NetftIPSecEnabled                        : 1
PlacementOptions                         : 0
PlumbAllCrossSubnetRoutes                : 0
PreferredSite                            :
PreventQuorum                            : 0
QuarantineDuration                       : 7200
QuarantineThreshold                      : 3
QuorumArbitrationTimeMax                 : 20
RecentEventsResetTime                    : 12/23/2024 1:25:34 AM
RequestReplyTimeout                      : 15
ResiliencyDefaultPeriod                  : 240
ResiliencyLevel                          : AlwaysIsolate
RouteHistoryLength                       : 40
S2DBusTypes                              : 0
S2DCacheBehavior                         : Default
S2DCacheDesiredState                     : Enabled
S2DCacheMetadataReserveBytes             : 34359738368
S2DCachePageSizeKBytes                   : 16
S2DEnabled                               : 0
S2DIOLatencyThreshold                    : 10000
S2DOptimizations                         : 0
WprSessionCount                          : 2
WprSessionCoolOffTime                    : 600
RolloutAudience                          : 4
DpcWatchdogProfileSingleDpcThreshold     : 5000
DpcWatchdogProfileCumulativeDpcThreshold : 5000
GlobalWprSessionConfig                   : {}
SameSubnetDelay                          : 1000
SameSubnetThreshold                      : 20
SecurityLevel                            : 1
SecurityLevelForStorage                  : 0
SetSMBBandwidthLimit                     : 1
SMBBandwidthLimitFactor                  : 2500
SharedVolumeCompatibleFilters            : {}
SharedVolumeIncompatibleFilters          : {}
SharedVolumeSecurityDescriptor           : {1, 0, 4, 128...}
SharedVolumesRoot                        : C:\ClusterStorage
SharedVolumeVssWriterOperationTimeout    : 1800
ShutdownTimeoutInMinutes                 : 20
UseClientAccessNetworksForSharedVolumes  : 2
WitnessDatabaseWriteTimeout              : 300
WitnessDynamicWeight                     : 1
WitnessRestartInterval                   : 15
EnabledEventLogs                         : {Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VmSwitch-Diagnostic,4,0xFFFFFFFD,
                                           Microsoft-Windows-SMBServer/Analytic, Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-LiveDump/Analytic}
UseRdmaForStorage                        : 1
RdmaConnectionsPerInterfaceForStorage    : 4
AcceleratedNetworkingNodeReserve         : 0
AcceleratedNetworkingEnabled             : 0
[3] Verify it's possible to access to Cluster IP address from an any Computer in your Network.
# for example, access via SSH to Cluster IP address
PS C:\Users\Serverworld> ssh serverworld@10.0.0.111 
serverworld@10.0.0.111's password:

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fd3s01\serverworld@RX-7 C:\Users\Serverworld> powershell 
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PS C:\Users\Serverworld> Get-ClusterNode 

Name State Type
---- ----- ----
rx-7 Up    Node
rx-8 Up    Node

PS C:\Users\Serverworld> hostname 
rx-7

PS C:\Users\Serverworld> Get-Volume 

DriveLetter FriendlyName FileSystemType DriveType HealthStatus OperationalStatus SizeRemaining      Size
----------- ------------ -------------- --------- ------------ ----------------- -------------      ----
                         NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                    145.48 MB    674 MB
C                        NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                     66.19 GB  79.23 GB
                         FAT32          Fixed     Healthy      OK                     62.81 MB     96 MB
D                        NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                    451.25 MB 495.93 MB

# restart computer to verify failover runs normally
PS C:\Users\Serverworld> Restart-Computer -Force 

# access to Cluster again
PS C:\Users\serverworld> ssh serverworld@10.0.0.111 
serverworld@10.0.0.111's password:

fd3s01\serverworld@RX-8 C:\Users\serverworld> powershell 
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PS C:\Users\serverworld> Get-ClusterNode 

Name State Type
---- ----- ----
rx-7 Up    Node
rx-8 Up    Node


PS C:\Users\Serverworld> hostname 
rx-8
PS C:\Users\Serverworld> Get-Volume 

DriveLetter FriendlyName FileSystemType DriveType HealthStatus OperationalStatus SizeRemaining      Size
----------- ------------ -------------- --------- ------------ ----------------- -------------      ----
                         NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                    145.48 MB    674 MB
C                        NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                     66.23 GB  79.23 GB
                         FAT32          Fixed     Healthy      OK                     62.81 MB     96 MB
D                        NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                    451.11 MB 495.93 MB
Windows Server Failover Clustering : Configure Cluster (GUI)
[4] Logon to a Node that has cluster administration tools and start [Server Manager] - [Tools] - [Failover Cluster Manager].
[5] Right-Click [Failover Cluster Manager] on the left pane and start [Create Cluster].
[6] Click [Nect] button.
[7] Input Hostname in [Enter server name] field and Click [add] button, then it is added in [Selected servers]. After adding all Nodes, Click [Nect] button.
[8] Input any Cluster name in [Cluster Name] field and also set IP address for the Cluster name in [Address] section.
[9] Confirm settings and proceed to next if that's OK.
[10] After finishing creation, Click [Finish] button.
[11] It's possible to manage Cluster on [Failover Cluster Manager].
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