About this configuration


About this configuration
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This configuration is an upgrade to Server Consolidation Configuration 1, to add Microsoft clustering and DMP. Add a new server and host adapters, NICs, and a new switch.

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

Table: Tasks for server consolidation adding Microsoft clustering and DMP

Objectives	Tasks
See Adding the new hardware.	Add the new server, HBAs, network cards, and fibre switch. Leave the second path for DMP unconnected on the existing server and the new server. It does not get connected until the end of the installation process.
See Establishing the Microsoft failover cluster.	Refer to Microsoft instructions for establishing the cluster under Microsoft clustering.
See Adding SFW support to the cluster.	With Server B as the active cluster node, use Add or Remove Programs to add DMP and the Microsoft clustering option to the first server. With Server A as the active node, install InfoScale Storage with the DMP and Microsoft clustering options to Server B. Change the existing disk groups to cluster disk groups. Prepare a disk group for the dynamic mirrored quorum.
See Setting up Microsoft failover cluster groups for the applications.	If you have applications on the server that you want to cluster, create Microsoft failover cluster groups for them.
See Installing applications on the second computer.	Install the applications' program files on the local drive of Server B.
See Completing the setup of the application group in the Microsoft cluster.	Complete the cluster application group by adding resources and setting dependencies.
See Changing the quorum resource to the 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. Change the quorum resource to the dynamic mirrored quorum resource.
See Verifying the cluster configuration.	Test the cluster by moving the cluster resources to the other node.
See Enabling DMP.	Using DMP, include the main storage array and, optionally, the direct-attached storage devices. Now attach the second path to the configuration and rescan.