Best Practices For Running Server For Nfs In A Server Cluster; Print Services In A Cluster; Creating A Cluster Printer Spooler - HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Administration Manual

• Configuring User Name Mapping on a server cluster
For further details, see the online help for Microsoft Services for Network File System.

Best practices for running Server for NFS in a server cluster

• Stop Server for NFS before stopping the server cluster.
• Ensure share availability when a node fails.
• Use the appropriate tool to manage Network File System (NFS) share cluster resources.
• Avoid conflicting share names.
• Ensure the availability of audit logs.
• Move file shares or take them offline before stopping Server for NFS.
• Take resources offline before modifying.
• Administer Server for NFS only from computers in a trusted domain.
• Restart the Server for NFS service after the cluster service restarts.
• Choose the appropriate sharing mode.
• Use the command line properly when creating or modifying NFS share cluster resources.
• Use hard mounts.
• Use the correct virtual server name.

Print services in a cluster

The Windows Server 2003 Cluster service implementation increases availability of critical print servers.
A print spooler service on a clustered print server may be hosted on any of the nodes (individual servers)
on the cluster server, and may be moved between nodes without affecting the ability of the client to print.
The client does not know which physical server it is connecting to, because connections are made to a
virtual server. The failover between nodes is automatic in hardware or software failure cases; however,
administrators can initiate a manual failover for maintenance purposes (such as during an operating
system upgrade).

Creating a cluster printer spooler

Printer spoolers should be created in a separate group dedicated to this purpose for ease of management.
For each printer spooler, a physical resource is required to instantiate the print spooler resource. In some
cases, dedicated physical resources are not available and hence sharing of the physical resource among
other members of the group is acceptable, remembering that all members of a group are managed as a
unit. Hence, the group will failover and failback as a group.
To create a printer spooler:
1. Create a dedicated group (if desired).
2.
Create a physical resource (disk) (if required, see note).
3.
Create an IP address resource for the Virtual Server to be created (if required, see note).
4.
Create a Virtual Server Resource (Network Name) (if required, see note).
NOTE:
If the printer spool resource is added to an existing group with a physical resource, IP
address, and virtual server resource, steps 1-4 are not required.
5. Create a Print Spool resource.
6. To connect to the Virtual Server Name or IP address created in the steps above:
Select Start > Run, and then type:
\\"virtual_server_name or ip address" from the local menu
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