Creating a group for the application in the failover cluster
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Creating a group for the application in the failover cluster

After you create SFW disk groups and volumes for the application, use the Failover Cluster Management tool to set up a cluster group for the application.

You then add Volume Manager Disk Group resources for the SFW disk groups that you created for the application.

After the application is installed on both nodes and its accompanying files are placed on the shared storage, you will do additional steps to complete the setup of the application group.

See Completing the setup of the application group in the failover cluster.

To set up the application cluster group

  1. Launch Failover Cluster Management by selecting Start > Administrative Tools > Failover Cluster Management. Connect to the appropriate cluster through the console.

    On Windows 2012 operating systems, use the Start screen.

  2. Create a new group by selecting the Services and Applications node from the tree that is displayed in the left hand pane. Right-click and select More Actions > Create Empty Service or Application. An empty group named New service or application is created.
  3. Specify a name for the group by right-clicking it and selecting Rename from the drop down menu.
  4. Type the name of the new group (for example, App_Grp) in the Name field.

    You can now add Volume Manager Disk Group resources to the application group.

To create a Volume Manager Disk Group resource for the application

  1. If Failover Cluster Management is already open, then proceed to the next step.

    To launch Failover Cluster Management, select Start > Administrative Tools > Failover Cluster Management.

    On Windows 2012 operating systems, use the Start screen.

  2. In the left pane of Failover Cluster Management, right-click the application cluster group (for example, App_Grp) and select Add a resource > More resources > Add Volume Manager Disk Group.
  3. In the center panel under Disk Drives, double-click New Volume Manager Disk Group to open its Properties dialog box.
  4. On the General tab of the Properties dialog box, type a name for the resource.

    For example, type APP_DG_RES.

  5. On the Properties tab, in the Disk Group Name field, type the name of the disk group you previously created for the application (for example, DG1), and click OK to close the dialog box.
  6. Right-click the newly named resource and select Bring this resource online.
  7. If you created more than one disk group for the application, repeat this procedure to add another Volume Manager Disk Group resource for another disk group.
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