Tasks for deploying InfoScale Storage with Microsoft failover clustering


Tasks for deploying InfoScale Storage with Microsoft failover clustering
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This chapter describes how to install and configure InfoScale Storage with Microsoft failover clustering in a new installation, using a two-node active/passive cluster configuration as an example. The example describes a generic database application in order to present general recommendations that apply to multiple applications.

For specific examples of an SFW-Microsoft failover cluster solution, see the following:

Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions Microsoft Clustering Solutions Guide for Microsoft Exchange
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions Microsoft Clustering Solutions Guide for Microsoft SQL

The following table outlines the high-level objectives for implementing the configuration and the tasks for each objective:

Table: Task list for deploying InfoScale Storage with Microsoft failover clustering

Objectives	Tasks
See Reviewing the configuration.	Understanding the configuration for the failover cluster
See Configuring the storage hardware and network.	Install the operating system on both nodes. Make necessary networking settings on both nodes.
See Establishing a Microsoft failover cluster.	Refer to Microsoft documentation for instructions on establishing a cluster under Microsoft failover clustering.
See Tasks for installing InfoScale Foundation or InfoScale Storage for Microsoft failover clustering.	Install InfoScale Storage. Install InfoScale Storage Option for Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS).
See Creating SFW disk groups and volumes.	In SFW on Node A, create at least two dynamic cluster disk groups on the storage - one or more for the application data files and one for the mirrored quorum. The disk group for the quorum can be created later, if desired.
See Creating a group for the application in the failover cluster.	Create a group within the failover cluster for the application. Include the cluster disk group or groups for the application as Volume Manager Disk Group type resources in the group.
See Installing the application on cluster nodes.	Install the application program files on the local drive of the first node. Install files relating to the data and logs on the shared storage. Move the cluster resources to the second node. Make sure that the volumes on the second node have the same drive letters or mount points that they had on the first node. Install the application on the second node.
See Completing the setup of the application group in the failover cluster.	Refer to the application documentation for help on creating its resource. Establish the appropriate dependencies. Test the application group by moving the cluster resources to the other node.
See Implementing a dynamic quorum resource.	Create a dynamic disk group for the quorum with a mirrored volume if this task was not done earlier. Make that disk group a Volume Manager Disk Group type resource in the default Cluster Group. Configure the quorum resource.
See Verifying the cluster configuration.	Move the cluster resources to the second node. Move them back to the first node. Optionally, simulate a failure by turning off the power to the server that has control of the cluster resources.