Deleting A Resource; File Share Resource Type - Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE500W Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

3 In the details pane (usually the right pane), click the group to which you want the resource
to belong.
4 On the File menu, point to New, and then click Resource.
5 In the New Resource wizard, type the appropriate information in Name and Description, and
click the appropriate information in Resource type and Group.
6 Click Next.
7 Add or remove possible owners of the resource, and then click Next.
The New Resource window appears with Available resources and Resource
dependencies selections.
8 To add dependencies, under Available resources, click a resource, and then click Add.
9 To remove dependencies, under Resource dependencies, click a resource, and then click Remove.
10 Repeat step 7 for any other resource dependencies, and then click Finish.
11 Set the resource properties.
For more information on setting resource properties, see the MSCS online help.

Deleting a Resource

1 Click the Start button and select Programs→ Administrative Tools→ Cluster Administrator.
The Cluster Administrator window appears.
2 In the console tree (usually the left pane), click the Resources folder.
3 In the details pane (usually the right pane), click the resource you want to remove.
4 In the File menu, click Delete.
When you delete a resource, Cluster Administrator also deletes all the resources that have a
dependency on the deleted resource.

File Share Resource Type

If you want to use a PowerEdge Cluster as a high-availability file server, you will need to select
the type of file share for your resource. Three ways to use this resource type are available:
• Basic file share — Publishes a single file folder to the network under a single name.
• Share subdirectories — Publishes several network names—one for each file folder and all of
its immediate subfolders. This method is an efficient way to create large numbers of related
file shares on a single file server. For example, you can create a file share for each user with
files on the cluster node.
• DFS root — Creates a resource that manages a stand-alone DFS root. Fault-tolerant DFS
roots cannot be managed by this resource. A DFS root file share resource has required
dependencies on a network name and an IP address. The network name can be either the
cluster name or any other network name for a virtual server.
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