Setting Up Cluster Groups And Cluster Resources - Compaq 124708-001 - ProLiant Cluster - 1850 Software User's Manual

7. As soon as the other server node brings the cluster group online, a
response similar to the one noted in Step 4 should be returned. If the
client successfully accessed the failed over IP address, your cluster is
working. If the client was unsuccessful, either the cluster group was not
configured correctly, the failover did not occur, or the PING command
was performed before the failover activity completed.
NOTE: To verify a more extreme case, rather than fail over the IP address, power down
the primary cluster server node and verify that the resource fails over to the other server
node.
Setting Up Cluster Groups and Cluster
Resources
You have now set up and configured all your clustering hardware. Microsoft
Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition and Cluster Server are installed on
both servers. You have done some minimal validation of your cluster and
everything is working as planned. Now it is time to set up your applications to
utilize the capabilities of clustering.
If you have defined your cluster needs correctly and determined how to fit
your applications and environment into a cluster, configuring your applications
will be a straightforward task.
Although details of these procedures are beyond the scope of this guide,
several documents are available from both Microsoft and Compaq to assist
you with these final steps.
The best source of information concerning the steps to configure cluster
groups and cluster resources is Microsoft's Cluster Server Administrator's
Guide. Refer to that guide for detailed setup information.
Compaq has worked directly with several application vendors throughout the
development of Compaq ProLiant Clusters. As a result of these efforts,
Compaq provides a number of Integration TechNotes to assist you with
installing these applications in a Compaq ProLiant cluster environment.
The following TechNotes are included with your Compaq ProLiant cluster
documentation:
Microsoft File and Print Service Failover Using Microsoft Cluster
Server (MSCS)
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 Service Failover Using
MSCS
System Setup and Configuration for Microsoft Windows NT S/E 4.0 1-11