Dell AX4-5 - Manual (Page 8)

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Introduction
The services and capabilities that are included with Failover Clusters running
Windows Server 2008 are:
• The Failover Cluster Management Interface — The Failover Cluster
Management Interface is a task-oriented tool. To access the management
interfaces, Microsoft Management Console 3.0 and cluadmin.msc, go to
Start
→
Programs
→
Administrative Tools.
• The Validate a Configuration Wizard — The cluster tools in Windows
Server 2008 include the built-in cluster Validate a Configuration wizard
to help detect the issue of a cluster failing due to configuration
complexity. The Validate a Configuration wizard runs a set of tests on the
systems in a cluster, and performs the following functions:
– Checks the software inventory
– Tests the network and attached storage
– Validates system configuration
• New method to create clusters — You can install the Failover Clustering
feature through the Initial Configurations Task (ICT) interface or with
the Server Manager interface in Administrative Tools. You can also
uninstall clustering using Server Manager interface. For systems running
Windows Server 2008, you must use the Add Feature Wizard to install the
Failover Clustering feature.
• Migrating legacy clusters — You can migrate your cluster that is running
the Windows Server 2003 operating system to the Windows Server 2008
operating system. To access the migration functionality in Windows Server
2008, see the Migrate Services and Applications wizard. After you run the
Migrate Services and Applications wizard, a report containing
information about the migration tasks is created.
NOTE:
You cannot configure nodes running the Windows Server 2003
operating system and nodes running the Windows Server 2008 operating
system in the same cluster. In addition, Failover Cluster nodes must be joined
to an Microsoft Active Directory
®
based domain and not a
Windows NT 4.0-based domain.
• Improvements in Scoping and Managing Shares — The process of creating
a highly-available share with Failover Cluster running Windows Server
2008 is very simple when you use the Add a Shared Folder wizard. You can
also use the Browse button to quickly and reliably identify the folder you
want to use for the highly-available share.