Enabling Microsoft Failover Clustering after InfoScale Storage is already installed

This section describes the steps that are needed to enable Microsoft Failover Clustering support on a server if InfoScale Storage is already installed. You need to do a "rolling install," in which you install the SFW Microsoft Failover Clustering support option on the inactive node or nodes of the cluster first. Then you make the active cluster node inactive by moving the cluster resources to another node and install on that node.

Note:

After completing the steps that are provided below, you must ensure that the Volume Manager Disk Group (VMDg) resource has been registered. If not, then you need to register it manually. For information about registering the resource manually, refer to the Veritas InfoScale Installation and Upgrade Guide.

To enable Microsoft Failover Clustering option when SFW is installed

  1. First, you must have a Microsoft failover cluster setup and have failover clusters running on each server where you want to install the SFW Microsoft Failover Clustering option. SFW also must be running on each server in the cluster.
  2. On the inactive node of the cluster, select Add or Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel.
  3. From the menu that is located on the left side of the Add or Remove Programs window, select Change or Remove Programs.
  4. Highlight the SFW Server Components entry and click Change.
  5. The installer window appears. Select Add or Remove to add or remove features. Click Next to continue.
  6. The Option Selection window appears. Check the Cluster Option for Microsoft Failover Cluster check box.

    If the option is grayed out, add its license key with the following:

    • Click the Add License link that is located at the far right of the window to add a license key for an option.

    • In the pop-up window that appears, enter the license key for the option and click OK. Click the check box to add the option.

    Click Next to continue.

  7. The Validation window appears. The installer checks for prerequisites for the selected systems and displays the results. Review the information and click Next to continue.
  8. The Summary window appears. Review the information and click Update to begin the product update.

    The Update Status window appears. Status messages and the progress of the update are displayed. At the completion of the update, click Next to continue.

  9. A report summarizing the update appears. Review the information and click Next to continue.
  10. The Thank You window appears when the feature has been added or removed. Click Finish to complete the process.
  11. A message box appears. Click Yes to restart your system and complete the update.
  12. Complete the installation by repeating the sequence on any remaining nodes.

    For the active node, use the Move command with Windows Server's Failover Cluster Manager snap-in to move the cluster resources to another node before installing.