Module 6: Creating Cluster Resources. Overview Creating a File Share Resource Creating a Cluster Print Share Configuring Clustered Applications and Services.

Module 6: Creating Cluster Resources

Overview Creating a File Share Resource Creating a Cluster Print Share Configuring Clustered Applications and Services Using Cluster Application Wizard

In this module you will learn how to add resources, such as a file or print shares, and configure generic applications and services. You will be using the Cluster Administrator tool to perform the tasks instead of the Cluster Application Wizard. However, you can perform the same tasks by using the Cluster Application Wizard.

After completing this module, you will be able to: Create a file share resource. Create a cluster print share. Configure generic applications and services. Launch the Cluster Application Wizard. Note: For more information about how to use the Cluster Administrator tool to create cluster resources, see Module 5, “Cluster Administration,” in Course 2087A.

 Creating a File Share Resource Cluster Administrator – [CLUSTER (server1)] FileViewWindowHelp Creates a new cluster group CLUSTER Groups Resources Cluster Co Resour Netwo Clu Pul Netwo SERVER1 Active Network Interfaces SERVER2 Active Groups Active Resources Network Interfaces Delete Rename Bring Online Take Offline Move Group NameStateOwnerResource Type Cluster IP AddressOnlineDC1IP Address er NameOnlineDC1Network Name OnlineDC1Physical Disk New Configure Application Group Resource Properties New Resource Project files share < Back Cancel Next > Name:Project files share Description: Resource type:Physical Disk Group:DHCP Service Distributed Transaction Coordin File Share Generic Application Generic Service IIS Server Instance IP Address Message Queuing Network Name NNTP Server Instance Physical Disk Run this resourc To continue, click N Possible Owners Users < Back Cancel Next > Possible owners are nodes in the cluster on which this resource can be brought online. Specify the possible owners for this resource. Available nodes: Name Possible owners: Name SERVER1 SERVER2 Add -> <- Remove

After creating file shares on a cluster, you can configure them to be fault tolerant. You can use these shares for normal file shares, home folders, and the Distributed File System (DFS) root. There are three major ways that you can use this file share resource type: Use a basic file share for sharing a single folder. Use share subdirectories to have Cluster service create large numbers of related shares automatically. Create a DFS root to provide fault tolerance for a stand- alone DFS root. Create a file share resource, which is similar to creating other resources by using Cluster Administrator.

From Cluster Administrator, select New, and then click Resource. Enter a name and description of the resource for administrative purposes. Select File Share, as the Resource type. Identify the group in the cluster to which this resource will belong. Select the Possible owners for failover purposes. You will next establish dependencies and set access permissions and file share settings.

File Share Dependencies Cluster Administrator – [CLUSTER (server1)] FileViewWindowHelp Creates a new cluster group CLUSTER Groups Resources Cluster Co Resour Netwo Clu Pul Netwo SERVER1 Active Network Interfaces SERVER2 Active Groups Active Resources Network Interfaces Delete Rename Bring Online Take Offline Move Group NameStateOwnerResource Type Cluster IP AddressOnlineDC1IP Address er NameOnlineDC1Network Name OnlineDC1Physical Disk New Configure Application Group Resource Properties New Resource Project files share < Back Cancel Next > Name:Project files share Description: Resource type:Physical Disk Group:DHCP Service Distributed Transaction Coordin File Share Generic Application Generic Service IIS Server Instance IP Address Message Queuing Network Name NNTP Server Instance Physical Disk Run this resourc To continue, click N Possible Owners Users < Back Cancel Next > Possible owners are nodes in the cluster on which this resource can be brought online. Specify the possible owners for this resource. Available nodes: Name Possible owners: Name SERVER1 SERVER2 Add -> <- Remove Dependencies Users < BackCancel Next > Dependencies are resources which must be brought online by the cluster service first. Specify the dependencies for this resource. Available resources: Resource Reso Resource dependencies: Resource Reso Cluster NameNetw Add -> <- Remove Cluster IP AddressIP Ad Disk G:Phys

When you set up a file share resource in Cluster Administrator, you are not required to enter any dependencies for the file share. However, it is recommended that a file share resource depend on at least a network name resource and a physical disk resource. The network name dependency enables the client to access the file share over the network by using the virtual server name instead of the node name. Using the virtual server name ensures that the client opens the connection to whichever node is the current owner of the file share resource. The physical disk resource dependency ensures that clients have access to the files on the disk through the share.

It is recommended that the share name be dependent on the virtual server name, the server name be dependent on the Internet Protocol (IP) address, and the IP address dependent on the disk. These dependencies create a vertical dependency tree, which is useful for troubleshooting, and also provide consistency for the resources in the cluster. Note: The file share resource does not place a mandatory requirement on a physical disk resource that corresponds to a device on the shared bus. Not requiring a mandatory dependency allows you to use other forms of storage for your file share resource under special circumstances. These alternative forms of storage may include local storage for nonvolatile data in which the same data exists on both nodes.

File Share Parameters Cluster Administrator – [CLUSTER (server1)] FileViewWindowHelp Creates a new cluster group CLUSTER Groups Resources Cluster Co Resour Netwo Clu Pul Netwo SERVER1 Active Network Interfaces SERVER2 Active Groups Active Resources Network Interfaces Delete Rename Bring Online Take Offline Move Group NameStateOwnerResource Type Cluster IP AddressOnlineDC1IP Address er NameOnlineDC1Network Name OnlineDC1Physical Disk New Configure Application Group Resource Properties File Share Parameters Users < Back Cancel FinishFinish Share name:Users Path:g:\users Comment:Users Home Folders User Limit Maximum allowed Allowusers Permissions…Advanced… Permissions for Public (Public) Security Permissions:AllowDeny Add… Remove Name Everyone Full Control Change Read Advanced File Share Properties Cancel Normal share Dfs root Share subdirectories OK Hide subdirectory shares

Every resource has a resource name, possible owners, and dependencies, but depending on the resource type, you will need to configure a different set of parameters. File share parameters on a virtual server have the same configurations as a file share on a physical server, with the exception of the settings for the Advanced File Share Properties dialog box.

The table below shows the specific File Share Parameter options. OptionDescription Share name Unique name for the share. Path Path for the shared folder, on a shared drive. The folder on the shared drive must already exist. Comment Description for the share (optional). User Limit Maximum number of concurrent users. Permissions Configuration of the file share permissions. Advanced Specify whether subdirectories of the shared folder should be available through the single share resource.

 Permissions for the File Share Use Cluster Administrator and Microsoft Windows 2000 security to limit access to files and folders that reside on drives on the cluster storage device.

When setting access permission for file shares, it is recommended that you base file share permissions on domain local groups, not on local user or local group accounts. On member servers, local users and local groups have a security context only on the local computer. The security context of these accounts and groups is meaningless when failed from one node to another. For this reason, you cannot give local users or local groups permissions to administer the cluster. The single exception to this rule is the local Administrator group. The local Administrator group is not a problem on domain controllers because the local accounts and groups have security context on all domain controllers in the domain. It is recommended that you also set NTFS permissions through domain local groups. Important: If you change file share permissions by using Windows Explorer or My Computer instead of using Permissions on the Parameters tab in Cluster Administrator, the permissions are lost when the resource is taken offline.

 Advanced File Share Properties A normal file share is the default option. If you want to share subdirectories or create a DFS root, click the Advanced button. There are three options: Normal Share, Dfs root, and Share subdirectories (dynamic shares).

DFS Root A DFS root is the highest level of a DFS topology, and is the starting point for the hierarchy of shared folders. A domain DFS root can have replicas for fault tolerance, but a stand-alone DFS root is lost if the server hosting the DFS root goes offline. Cluster service can provide a fault tolerant DFS root by placing the DFS root on a virtual server. The DFS root that Cluster service configures is a stand-alone DFS root, not a domain DFS root.

The DFS root that uses Active Directory™ directory service supports automatic file replication. Stand-alone DFS root configurations are not automatically replicated outside of the server cluster. The server cluster provides failover of the DFS root for availability rather than relying on replicas of the DFS topology. Caution: If there is an existing DFS root that you have configured on any node in the server cluster, you must either remove it or migrate it to the cluster.

Share Subdirectories (Dynamic Shares) Every cluster resource has a performance impact; Cluster service must periodically poll all of the resources to determine if they have failed. Because of this poll, you may notice that your cluster’s performance decreases as you increase the number of resources that it manages. The worst-case scenario is that a very busy cluster may drop connections because of the amount of time that is being used to manage a high volume of cluster resources. Large quantities of file share resources also increase the length of the failover time.

The optimal way to use a server cluster for home folders is to use the Share subdirectories (dynamic shares) feature. Cluster service allows you to configure multiple shares as a single resource. The resource parameters permit you to share subdirectories separately from the parent. Furthermore, it is possible to configure the resource so that you create the subdirectory shares as hidden shares that do not appear in browse lists. This feature prevents the need to use multiple file share resources to create large numbers of shares, which in turn dramatically reduces overhead and simplifies manageability of large numbers of shares.

Lab A: Creating Cluster File Shares

Objectives After completing this lab, you will be able to: Create a file share resource. Configure a dynamic share. Create home folders without dynamic shares. Create home folders with dynamic shares.

Prerequisites Before working on this lab, you must be familiar with the concepts in the section Creating a File Share Resource in Module 6, “Creating Cluster Resources,” of Course 2087A. You must also have a server cluster that is installed and running on both nodes.

Lab Setup To complete this lab, you need the following: Two computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, each with a small computer system interface (SCSI) adapter installed. Each computer in a student pair must have a different SCSI ID. A shared external SCSI disk. Each computer is connected to the shared disk with SCSI cables. The shared external SCSI disk ID must be different than either of the SCSI cards of the computers in the student pair. Two network adapter cards in each node of the cluster. The following files: usrfldr.bat, makeshare.vbs, and removeshare.vbs

Scenario In this exercise, you have been asked to create a file share for a public folder on a virtual server. You are then to configure this file share resource as a dynamic share. You need to create file share resources for 50 user home folders and test the failover time of these resources. You will remove the 50 user home folders and create one dynamic share for 200 user home folders and test the failover time of this resource. The following exercises will refer to your computers as Node A and Node B. For Exercise 1, you will take turns creating different parts of a file share resource. In Exercise 2, you will take turns configuring a dynamic share from the file share resource that is created in Exercise 1. In Exercise 3, you will take turns creating multiple file share resources that are used for user home folders and converting these shared resources into dynamic shares. You will work together to time the failover of the file share resources.

Exercise 1: Creating a File Share Resource In this exercise you will create a file share for a virtual server.

To create a folder on the shared disk Complete this task from Node A. 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer. 2. In Windows Explorer, expand My Computer, and then click Shared Disk 1 (W:). 3. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder. 4. Type Public to create the folder name. 5. Close Windows Explorer.

To create a file share resource Complete this task from Node B. 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Cluster Administrator. 2. In the console tree, expand Cluster Name, and then expand Groups. 3. Right-click Cluster Group, point to New, and then click Resource. 4.Use the following information to complete the New Resource dialog box: Name: Public Share Description: Public Share Resource Type: File Share Group: Cluster Group 5. Click Next. 6. In the Possible Owners dialog box, click Next.

7. In the Dependencies dialog box, under Available resources:, select Disk W:, and then click Add. 8. Click Next. 9.Use the following information to complete the File Share Parameters dialog box: Share Name: Public Path: W:\Public Comment: Public Share on W: 10. Click Finish. 11. In the Cluster Administrator dialog box, click OK. 12. In Cluster Administrator, right-click Cluster Group, and then click Bring Online.

To test a file share resource Complete this task from Node A. 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. In the Run dialog box, type \\ Virtual_Server \Public and then click OK. 3. Close Windows Explorer.

Exercise 2: Configuring a Dynamic Share In this exercise you will create additional folders in the Public folder. The dynamic share feature of Cluster service will share out the newly-created Public folders on the virtual server.

To create a dynamic share Complete this task from Node A. 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Cluster Administrator. 2. Expand Groups, select Cluster Group, and in the details pane right- click Public Share, and then click Properties. 3. In the Public Share Properties dialog box, click the Parameters tab. 4. Click Advanced. 5. In the Advanced File Share Properties dialog box, click Share subdirectories, and then click OK. 6. Click OK to close the Public Share Properties dialog box. 7. Click OK to accept the Cluster Administrator Standard Extension error message. 8. Right-click Public Share, and then click Take Offline. 9. Right-click Public Share, and then click Bring Online.

To create folders on the Public Share Complete this task from Node B. 1. On the Start menu, click Run. 2. In the Run dialog box, type \\ Virtual_Server\ Public 3. From the Windows Explorer window, click File, select New, and then select Folder to create the following folders; repeat this step each time until the three folders have been created. Engineering Sales Marketing

To test the dynamic share on the Public Share Complete this task from Node A and Node B. 1. On the Start menu, click Run. 2. In the Run dialog box, type \\ Virtual_Server and click OK. 3. Verify that in the Windows Explorer windows you have three additional shares named Engineering, Sales, and Marketing.

Exercise 3: Configuring User Home Folders In this exercise you will use a batch file to create 200 folders to be used for home folders on your W: drive. You will then run another script to create a file share resource for 50 of the 200 home folders. You will test the failover time of the 50 file share resources and run another script to remove the 50 file share resources. You will then configure a file share resource for dynamic shares to provide 200 user home folders and test the failover time of the dynamic share feature of Cluster service.

To create 200 user folders on the shared disk Complete this task from Node B. 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Cluster Administrator. 2. Expand Groups, and then select Cluster Group. 3. In the details pane, verify that the owner is Node B. If the Owner is not Node B, right-click Cluster Group, and then click Move Group. 4. Click Start, and then click Run. 5. In the Run dialog box, type c:\moc\2087a\labfiles\mscs\usrfldr.bat and then click OK. 6. To verify that the batch file ran successfully, in the Run dialog box, type w:\users and then click OK 7. Verify that there are 200 folders that were created in the users folder. You should see user1 through user200. 8. Close Windows Explorer. 9. Leave Cluster Administrator running.

To create 50 file share resources in the cluster Complete this task from Node A. 1. In the Run dialog box, type c:\moc\2087a\labfiles\mscs\makeshare.vbs and then click OK 2. Wait until a message box appears saying that the file creation is complete, and then click OK.

To move 50 file share resources from one node to the other Complete this task from Node B. 1. Write down the time from the system tray at the bottom right corner of your desktop._______________ 2. In Cluster Administrator, right-click Cluster Group, and click Move Group. This step could take more than three minutes to complete. 3. Write down the time from the system tray at the bottom right corner of your desktop._______________ 4. How long did it take to move the 50 file share resources?_________

To remove the 50 file share resources from the cluster Complete this task from Node A. 1. In the Run dialog box, type c:\moc\2087a\labfiles\mscs\removeshare.vbs and then click OK. 2. When the message dialog box appears that says that all of the users file shares have been successfully removed, click OK.

To create a dynamic share for 200 user home folders Complete this task from Node A. 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Cluster Administrator. 2. In the console tree, expand Cluster Name, and then expand Groups. 3. Right-click Cluster Group, point to New, and then click Resource. 4.Use the following information to complete the New Resource dialog box: Name: Users Share Description: Users Share Resource Type: File Share Group: Cluster Group 5. Click Next. 6. In the Possible Owners dialog box, click Next.

7. In the Dependencies dialog box, under Available resources:, select Disk W:, then click Add. 8. Click Next. 9. Use the following information to complete the File Share Parameters dialog box: Share Name: Users Path: W:\Users Comment: Users Share on W: 10. Click Advanced. 11. In the Advanced File Share Properties dialog box, click Share subdirectories, and then click OK. 12. Click Finish. 13. In the Cluster Administrator dialog box, click OK. 14. In the Cluster Administrator dialog box, right-click Cluster Group, and then click Bring Online.

To verify that the dynamic shares were created Complete this task from Node B. 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. In the Run dialog box, type \\ Virtual_Server and then click OK. Notice that Cluster service created a file share for every user in the w:\users folder. 3. Close Windows Explorer.

To move 200 file share resources from one node to the other node Complete this task from Node B. 1. Write down the time from the system tray at the bottom right corner of your desktop._______________ 2. From Cluster Administrator, right-click Cluster Group, and then click Move Group. 3. Write down the time from the system tray at the bottom right corner of your desktop._______________ 4. How long did it take to move the 200 dynamic shares from one file share resource?______________

 Creating a Cluster Print Share Installing Printer Drivers Creating a Print Spooler Resource Adding a Print Share

Cluster service supports the clustering of print services by using the print spooler resource. A cluster can have multiple print spooler resources, but each group can only have one print spooler resource. Clients access clustered printers in exactly the same way that they access nonclustered printers. Clients can use either the network name or Internet Protocol (IP) address as the server name. Creating a print spooler on a cluster is a more involved process than creating a file share. A cluster print spooler uses a network printing device or remote print server, not a locally attached device, because any peripherals that are local to one node will not be available if that node is offline.

One method for creating a print spooler on a cluster requires that you install the printer drivers on both nodes before installing them on the virtual server. The steps are as follows: 1. Install printer drivers on each node. 2. Create a print spooler resource. 3. Add a print share. Important: An alternate method for creating a print spooler on a cluster is described in the Q Article Q228904: Print Spooler Support on Windows 2000 Server Cluster, on the Student compact disk. In this method you configure the port, the drivers, and the printer share name on the virtual server, fail over the spooler resource to the other node, and reconfigure the drivers and print share on the virtual server. The port will already exist on the virtual server.

Installing Printer Drivers Printers FileEditViewFavoritesToolsHelp Displays properties for this server. Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties Server Properties Add Printer Close SearchFoldersHistory Go HP LaserJet 4050 Series PS This folder contains information about printers that are currently installed, and a wizard to help you install new printers. To get information about a printer that is currently installed, right-click the printer’s icon. To install a new printer, click the Add Printer icon. Print Server Properties Forms OKCancel MOCMOC-DC1 Ports DriversAdvanced Apply Add… Installed printer drivers: NameEnvironmentVersion RemoveUpdateProperties… Add Printer Driver Wizard Next > Cancel < Back Welcome to the Add Printer Driver Wizard This wizard helps you install printer drivers for various platforms on a print server. After the printer drivers are installed on the print server, the appropriate printer drivers are automatically downloaded to clients when they connect to the printer server. To continue, click Next.

You must install printer drivers on each cluster node that will be a potential owner of a spooler resource. When you install the printer driver on a node, the printer driver is copied to the Print$ share. Each node can use the printer driver to print to the print device and supply clients with the driver if requested. You can publish printers that are hosted on a server cluster running Windows 2000 to Active Directory. This option is selected by default and the printer is published under the node that owned the print spooler resource when you created the printer.

To install a print driver on a node of the cluster, you need to configure the print server properties. From the Printers icon in the Control Panel, select Server Properties from the File menu. Click the Drivers tab, click Add, and select the appropriate driver for the printer that you are configuring. Note: Each node in a clustered print server running Windows 2000 can perform print shares outside of the cluster; however, the print share name must be different from all of the print share names in the cluster.

Creating a Print Spooler Resource Cluster Administrator – [CLUSTER (server1)] FileViewWindowHelp Creates a new cluster group CLUSTER Groups Resources Cluster Co Resour Netwo Clu Pul Netwo SERVER1 Active Network Interfaces SERVER2 Active Groups Active Resources Network Interfaces Delete Rename Bring Online Take Offline Move Group NameStateOwnerResource Type Cluster IP AddressOnlineDC1IP Address er NameOnlineDC1Network Name OnlineDC1Physical Disk New Configure Application Group Resource Properties New Resource Project files share < Back Cancel Next > Name:Project files share Description: Resource type:Physical Disk Group:DHCP Service Distributed Transaction Coordin File Share Generic Application Generic Service IIS Server Instance IP Address Message Queuing Network Name NNTP Server Instance Physical Disk Run this resourc To continue, click N Possible Owners Users < Back Cancel Next > Possible owners are nodes in the cluster on which this resource can be brought online. Specify the possible owners for this resource. Available nodes: Name Possible owners: Name SERVER1 SERVER2 Add -> <- Remove Dependencies Users < BackCancel Next > Dependencies are resources which must be brought online by the cluster service first. Specify the dependencies for this resource. Available resources: Resource Reso Resource dependencies: Resource Reso Cluster NameNetw Disk G:Phys Add -> <- Remove Cluster IP AddressIP Ad Print Spooler Parameters Print Spooler < BackCancelFinishFinish Spool folder:G:\Spool Job completion timeout:160seconds

You use the print spooler resource type to create a print spooler for the cluster so that you can use the cluster as a print server. Without a print spooler resource, it is not possible to add printers to a cluster. This resource has two dependencies, a cluster name and a disk dependency. Multiple print spooler resources can exist in a cluster, but each group can have no more than one print spooler resource.

The Print Spooler Parameters property page contains the following configuration options. OptionDescription Spool folderThe drive letter and path to where the spool files will be stored. Job completion timeoutHow long the document can take to move from the computer to the printer before the printer stops trying to print the document.

When a group containing a print spooler resource fails over to another node, the document that is currently being spooled to the printer is restarted from the other node after failover. When you move a print spooler resource or take it offline, Cluster service waits until all of the jobs that are spooling to the printers are finished (or until the configured wait time has elapsed). If the group containing the print spooler resource fails over before the application has finished spooling, documents that are spooling from an application to a print spooler resource are discarded. These documents must be respooled (or reprinted) to the print spooler resource.

 Print Spooler Entries in the Cluster Registry Two resource-specific entries are stored under the resource’s globally unique identifier (GUID) in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Cluster\Resources: JobCompletionTimeout. The amount of time (in milliseconds) that the print spooler will wait for the currently printing jobs to complete before the print spooler resource goes offline. This value should be less than the PendingTimeout for the resource, so that the spooler has time to delete the pending jobs. DefaultSpoolDirectory. The full path of the folder in which spool files are kept. The location of the spool folder will default to a directory called Spool on the physical disk resource on which the print spooler resource depends, for example, W:\Spool. Note: Your spool directory should be different from your data and application directories to reduce fragmentation on your spool directory.

Adding a Print Share \\cluster FileEditViewFavoritesToolsHelp Adds, removes, and configures local and network printers NETLOGON SearchFoldersHistory Go Printers on cluster Comment: Adds, removes, and configures local and network printers. BackBack cluster SYSVOL UsersPrinters Scheduled Tasks \\cluster Printers on cluster FileEditViewFavoritesToolsHelp 1 object(s) Add Printer SearchFoldersHistory Go This folder contains information about printers that are currently installed, and a wizard to help you install new printers. Back Printers Printers on cluster Add Printer Wizard Next > Cancel < Back Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install a printer or make printer connections. To continue, click Next.

Adding a print share to a virtual server is the same process as adding a print share to a remote physical server. Each node also needs to have the appropriate drivers installed.

After you have installed the drivers on both nodes, browse the network resources of the virtual server containing the print queue resource. Double-click the Printers icon and double-click the Add Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard. The wizard will give you the option to create a port to redirect print jobs to a network print device. You will need to provide a driver and then a share name for the printer. Each printer share must be unique in every virtual server and on every node in the cluster. You will also have the option to add this printer share to Active Directory. Note: You cannot use all of the printer ports in a server cluster. You can use LprMon and Standard Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Port, both provided with Windows 2000, in a server cluster. You cannot use local ports in a cluster because they do not provide failover capability.

 Port Configuration Stored in Cluster Registry It is not necessary to create locally defined printers on each node in the cluster. The port configuration is stored in the cluster registry and therefore replicated to the other node of the cluster.

Lab B: Creating a Print Share

Objectives After completing this lab, you will be able to: Add a print driver on each node of the cluster. Add a print spooler resource to the cluster. Add a printer to the cluster. Verify that clustered print share will fail over and print. Test the failover of a paused printer.

Prerequisites Before working on this lab, you must be familiar with the concepts of creating a cluster print share in Module 6, “Creating Cluster Resources,” of Course 2087A. You must also have a server cluster that is installed and running on both nodes.

Lab Setup To complete this lab, you need the following: Two computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, each with a small computer system interface (SCSI) adapter installed. Each computer in a student pair must have a different SCSI ID. A shared external SCSI disk. Each computer is connected to the shared disk with SCSI cables. The shared external SCSI disk ID must be different than either of the SCSI cards of the computers in the student pair. Two network adapter cards in each node of the cluster. A Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 5 printer that is configured on London and shared as HPLaserJ. Print Services for Unix installed on the instructor’s computers and the student computers. Windows 2000 Setup files.

Scenario In this exercise, you have been asked to create a reliable printer share on the cluster with failover capability. The following exercises will refer to your computers as Node A and Node B. Both nodes will install the printer drivers. Node A will install the spooler resource. Node B will add the printer. Node A will failover the spooler resource to Node B. Node B will test the failover of a paused printer

Exercise 1: Creating a Print Share In this lab you will configure a print share to be used on a virtual server. First you will configure a print driver on each node. Then one student will configure the spool resource on the cluster. The other student will configure the port and the share on the virtual server.

To add a print driver on each node of the cluster Perform this task from Node A and Node B. 1. From the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Printers. 2. Click File. 3. Click Server Properties. 4. Click the Drivers tab in the Print Server Properties dialog box. 5. Click Add. 6. Click Next to start the Add Printer Driver Wizard.

7. From the Manufacturers list, select HP. 8.From the Printers list, select HP LaserJet 5. 9. Click Next. 10. Verify that Intel Windows 2000 drivers is selected, and then click Next. 11. Click Finish. 12. Close the Print Server Properties dialog box. 13. Close the Printers window.

To add a print spooler resource to the Cluster Perform this task from Node A. 1. Open Cluster Administrator. 2. Click File. 3. Point to New, and then click Resource. 4. Fill out the following information in the New Resource dialog box: Name: Print Spooler Description: Print Spooler Resource type: Print Spooler Group: Cluster Group 5. Click Next. 6. Verify all of the nodes of your cluster are Possible owners, and then click Next.

7. Add the following from Available Resources to Resource dependencies by clicking the name of the resource, and then click Add -> Cluster Name: Disk W: 8. Click Next. 9. Verify that the Spool folder: is W:\Spool, and then click Finish. 10. Click OK to confirm the added resource. 11. Right-click the Print Spooler resource, and then click Bring Online.

To add a printer to the cluster Perform this task from Node B. 1. On the Start menu, click Run. 2. In the Run dialog box, type \\Your_Cluster_Name and then click OK. 3. Double-click the Printers icon. 4. Double-click the Add Printer icon.

To run the Add Printer Wizard Perform this task from Node B. 1. Click Next to start the Add Printer Wizard. 2. Click Next to add Remote print server \\Your_Cluster_Name. 3. Click Create a new port: in the Select the Printer Port dialog box. 4. Select LPR Port from the Type: drop down list, and then click Next.

5.Fill out the following in the Add LPR compatible printer dialog box, and then click OK. Name or address of server providing lpd: london Name of printer or print queue on that server: HPLaserJ 6. From the Manufacturers list, select HP. 7. From the Printers list, select HP LaserJet 5. 8. Click Next. 9. Select Keep existing driver (recommended), then and click Next.

To configure the share name Perform this task from Node B. 1. In the Print: box, type HP LaserJet on Cluster_Name and then click Next. 2. In the Share as: box, type HPLaserJ and then click Next. 3. On the Location and Comment page, click Next. 4. On the Print Test Page page, select Yes, and then click Next. 5. Click Finish. 6. Click OK to close the test page print confirmation. 7. Verify that the print job has printed by double-clicking HP LaserJet 5 in the Printers on Cluster_Name window. 8. The test print job should not be in the Document Name in the HP LaserJet 5 on Cluster Name on Cluster Name dialog box.

To verify that the clustered print share fails over and can still print Perform this task from Node A. 1. From Cluster Administrator, right-click Cluster Group, and then click Move Group. 2. Wait until all of the resources from the cluster group have moved to the other node and are online. 3. On the Start menu, click Run and type \\Cluster_Name and then click OK. 4. Double-click the Printers icon (not the HPLaserJ icon). 5. Double-click HP LaserJet 5 on Cluster Name. 6. Click Printer, and then click Properties. 7. Click Print Test Page. 8. Click OK in the HP LaserJet 5 on Cluster Name on Cluster Name dialog box. 9. Notice that the test page prints to the print queue and successfully prints to the remote print device.

To test the failover of a paused printer Perform this task from Node B. 1. On the Start menu, click run and type \\Cluster_Name and then click OK. 2. Double-click the Printers icon (not the HPLaserJ icon). 3. Right-click HP LaserJet 5 on Cluster Name and then click Pause Printing. 4. Right-click HP LaserJet 5 on Cluster Name and then click Properties. 5. Click Print Test Page. 6. Notice that the test page prints to the print queue but does not print to the remote print device. 7. Click OK to close the test page message. 8. Click OK to close the Printer Properties page. 9. Double-click HP LaserJet 5 on Cluster Name. Notice that the test page has been paused on the printer.

To move the spooler resource Perform this task from Node B. 1. From Cluster Administrator, right-click Cluster Group and then click Move Group. 2. Wait until all of the resources from the cluster group have moved to the other node and are online. 3. If the Error Opening Printer message box appears, click OK to close. 4. On the Start menu, click run, type \\C luster_Name and then click OK. 5. Double-click the Printers icon (not the HPLaserJ icon). 6. Double-click HP LaserJet 5 on Cluster Name. 7.Notice that the test page is still paused on the printer. 8. Click Printer, and then clear Pause Printing. 9. Notice that the printer successfully printed the test page from the other node.

 Configuring Clustered Applications and Services Creating Generic Applications and Services Configuring DHCP and WINS Microsoft BackOffice Applications

You can install cluster-unaware applications and services on a server cluster if you configure them as generic resource types. A cluster-unaware application that is configured as a generic resource type provides that application restart and failover capabilities. An application’s licensing requirement might change if configured to run on a cluster. Be sure to check vendor licensing requirements. You can install cluster-aware applications and services on a server cluster because they have been written to meet Cluster service specifications. Cluster-aware applications and services have custom DLLs providing more information on the state of resource than generic resource types provide.

There are three types of server applications and services that will benefit from running on a server cluster:

Generic applications and services. Cluster service includes a wizard for setting up any cluster-unaware server application for basic error detection, automatic recovery, and operator-initiated management (such as moving the application from one node to the other). A cluster-unaware application that performs best in a cluster is one that keeps a recoverable state on shared disk(s), and whose client can handle a pause in service of up to a minute as Cluster service automatically restarts the application.

Windows 2000 Advanced Server Services. These services include, file shares, print queues, Internet and intranet sites that are managed by Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft Message Queuing, Microsoft Component Services, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

Cluster-aware applications. Some Microsoft BackOffice® applications are cluster-aware. There are also cluster-aware application products available from other vendors.

Creating Generic Applications and Services App1 Properties General OKCancel App1 Advanced ParametersRegistry Replication Apply Programs or services may store data in the registry. Therefore, it is important to have this data available on the node on which they are running. Specify the registry keys below HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE that should be replicated to all nodes in the cluster. Dependencies Root Registry Key Add… Modify… Remove App1 Properties General OKCancel App1 Advanced ParametersRegistry Replication Apply Command line:w:\app1 Current directory:w:\ Dependencies Allow application to interact with desktop Use Network Name for computer name Service1 Properties General OKCancel Service1 Advanced ParametersRegistry Replication Apply Programs or services may store data in the registry. Therefore, it is important to have this data available on the node on which they are running. Specify the registry keys below HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE that should be replicated to all nodes in the cluster. Dependencies Root Registry Key Add… Modify… Remove Service1 Properties General OKCancel Service1 Advanced ParametersRegistry Replication Apply Service name:Service1 Start parameters: Dependencies Use Network Name for computer name

The steps for creating a generic application or service are similar in that you must name the resource, configure dependencies, and configure failover policies for both resource types. Both resource types also have the ability to replicate local registry information between the nodes. The configuration of the parameters is different between the two resource types in that the application refers to a command line and a directory path, and the service refers to a service name and startup parameter.

 Parameters for a Generic Application You use the generic application resource type to configure cluster-unaware applications for use with Cluster service. The Parameters property page for the generic application resource type contains the following configuration options. OptionDescription Command lineThe command line for the application. The path should be a location on a shared small computer system interface drive for failover to take place reliably. Current directoryThe working directory for the application. Allow application to interact with desktop When you select this check box, the application will appear on the desktop of the node on which it is running. Use Network Name for computer name When you select this check box, the dependent network name for the group that the service resource is a member of is used as the computer name.

Note: You must install the service and in the registry of both nodes before you can configure it as a generic service.

 Potential Application Problems Applications that you use to launch other applications may not run correctly in a cluster. It may be necessary to obtain assistance from the application vendor to configure the application correctly for the Cluster service environment. Cluster service does not support failover of Active Directory-enabled applications, because you cannot install Active Directory on the shared disk.

 Parameters for a Generic Service You use the generic service resource type to configure cluster- unaware services for use with Cluster service. The Parameters property page for the generic service resource type contains the following configuration options. OptionDescription Service nameThe service name as it appears in the Services program in Control Panel or the Services snap-in, or more technically the DisplayName that is defined for the service in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Services. Startup parametersAny switches or parameters for the service. Use Network Name for computer name When you select this check box, the network name for the group that the service resource is a member of is used as the computer name. Note: You must register the service before you can configure it.

 Registry Replication The Registry Replication property page is useful for applications and services that store information in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry tree. This property page is used to specify the registry keys for the service that will be replicated to all of the nodes in the cluster. For example, if an application stores data in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MyCompany\MyApp, you would enter Software\MyCompany\MyApp as the Root registry key in the dialog box.

Configuring DHCP and WINS Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)

As with generic services, you first install WINS or DHCP on both nodes of the cluster. After you have installed the DHCP and/or WINS service and the Cluster service, you need to configure them as a cluster resource type. The WINS/DHCP resources each have three dependencies: an IP address, a network name, and a disk. The WINS or DHCP snap-in can administer these resources from the virtual server.

To configure a WINS/DHCP resource: 1. In Cluster Administrator, create a new resource type as either DHCP Service or WINS Service. 2. Type a name and description for the resource, and select the group to which it will belong. 3. Select the Possible owners. 4. On the Dependencies tab, add an IP address, network name, and a disk resource. 5. On the Parameters tab, select the directory on the shared disk where the WINS and DHCP database files will be located. 6. The resource should appear in an offline state in the correct group. To start the resource, right-click it, and then click Bring Online. 7. To verify that you have properly configured the resource in the cluster, right-click the group, and then click Move Group. If the group moves successfully, you have correctly created and configured the resource.

Microsoft BackOffice Applications Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise Edition Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Message Queuing

You can install some products of the Microsoft BackOffice suite into a cluster. Other BackOffice applications can still run on each node of the cluster and perform work outside of the cluster, but they will not have failover capability. Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server™ Enterprise Edition, are the BackOffice applications that are most commonly installed in a server cluster. They each have different Cluster service installation procedures.

Depending on which version of SQL Server or Exchange you are installing on the cluster, you will follow different installation procedures: SQL Server creates a virtual server, installs all of the necessary files on both nodes, and creates all of the necessary cluster resources running SQL Server. Exchange 2000 creates additional cluster resources that need to be manually added if you are going to configure them to be configured to run on a virtual server. Other Microsoft BackOffice Applications that you can install on the server cluster are Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and Microsoft Message Queuing.

Using Cluster Application Wizard Cluster Administrator – [MYCLUSTER (mycluster)] FileViewWindowHelp Creates a new cluster group Active Groups Active Resources Network Interfaces Bring Online Take Offline Initiate Failure Change Group NameStateOwnerResource TypeDescription Cluster IP AddressOnlineSERVER2IP Address Cluster NameOnlineSERVER2Network Name Disk W:OnlineSERVER2Physical Disk PublicOnlineSERVER2File SharePublic Share New Configure Application Open Connection…Ctrl+O Close DeleteCtrl+D Rename Properties 1 mycluster 2 server1 3 CLUSTER1 Exit Cluster Application Wizard Next > Cancel < Back Welcome to the Cluster Application Wizard This wizard helps you to configure an application to run in a cluster. It takes you through the steps of creating or selecting a virtual server, and preparing the application. An application is run in a cluster in order to maximize the availability of the application to clients if the computer on which it is running or the application itself fails. To continue, click Next. Cluster Application Wizard Application Resource Type Specify the type of application resource. < BackCancel Next > The resource type identifies the behavior and requirements of a cluster resource. For example, it may specify that this cluster resource must depend upon another cluster resource of a specific type. Resource type:Generic Application DHCP Service Distributed Transaction Coordinator File Share Generic Application Generic Service IIS Server Instance IP Address Message Queuing Network Name NNTP Server Instance Physical Disk Print Spooler SMTP Server Instance

You can manually create a clustered resource, or you can use the Cluster Application Wizard, which is part of Cluster service. To launch the wizard, click File on the menu, and click Configure Application. If you are creating a new virtual server, you will be prompted to answer all of the necessary information to create a virtual server (associate it with a new or existing group, provide the name, description, and IP number, and configure failover and failback policies for the new resources). On the Application Resource Type page of the wizard, you will select the type of resource that you are configuring.

If you are using an existing virtual server, you select the group where you want to locate the resource from the list of groups that are associated with a virtual server and then select the type of resource that you are creating from the list. After you have selected the type of resource, the wizard will display the appropriate pages for that resource. You then complete the creation of the resource, using the same information that you used when manually creating a new resource.

Lab C: Creating a WINS Resource

Objectives After completing this lab, you will be able to: Prepare WINS to run on the cluster. Create a WINS resource. Verify that the cluster is running the WINS service.

Prerequisites Before working on this lab, you must be familiar with the concepts of Configuring DHCP and WINS in Course 2087A, Module 6, “Creating Cluster Resources.” You must also have a server cluster installed and running on both nodes.

Lab Setup To complete this lab, you need the following: Two computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, each with a small computer system interface (SCSI) adapter installed. Each computer in a student pair must have a different SCSI ID. A shared external SCSI disk. Each computer is connected to the shared disk with SCSI cables. The shared external SCSI disk ID must be different than either of the SCSI cards of the computers in the student pair. Two network adapter cards in each node of the cluster. Windows 2000 Setup files.

Scenario In this exercise, you have been asked to create a fault- tolerant WINS server for your network. The following exercise will refer to your computers as Node A and Node B. Node A and Node B will both install the WINS service. Node A will create the WINS resource and Node B will verify that the WINS service is running on the cluster.

Exercise 1: Creating a WINS Resource In this exercise you will install the WINS service on both nodes and configure a WINS resource type in the cluster. You will then verify that the WINS service is running on the cluster.

To prepare WINS to run on the cluster Complete this task from Node A and Node B. 1. Click Start, select Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs. 3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components. 4. From the Windows Components Wizard, in Components: double- click Networking Services. 5. Select the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) check box, and then click OK. 6. Click Next. 7. Click Finish. 8. If a Files needed dialog box appears, ask your instructor what pathname to specify in the Copy files from: field. 9. Close all of the windows.

To create a WINS resource Complete this task from Node A. 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Cluster Administrator. 2. In the console tree, expand Groups. 3. Right-click Cluster Group, select New, and then click Resource. 4.Fill out the following information in the New Resource dialog box: Name: WINS Description: WINS Resource type: WINS Service Group: Cluster Group 5. Click Next. 6. Click Next from the Possible Owners dialog box.

7. In the Dependencies dialog box, add the following Available resources to the Resource Dependencies by clicking Add: Cluster IP Address Cluster Name Disk W: 8. Click Next. 9. Click Finish from the WINS Service Parameters dialog box. 10. Click OK in response the confirmation. 11. Right-click Cluster Group, and then click Bring Online.

To verify that your cluster is running the WINS service Complete this task from Node B. 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click WINS. 2. Notice that your cluster is running the WINS service and can accept WINS name resolution from clients. 3.Close the WINS utility.

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