About this configuration
This configuration is an upgrade to Server Consolidation Configuration 1, to add Microsoft clustering and DMP. Add a new server and host adapters, NICs, and a new switch.
The table below outlines the high-level objectives for implementing the configuration and the tasks for each objective:
Table: Tasks for server consolidation adding Microsoft clustering and DMP
| Objectives | Tasks |
|---|---|
| See Adding the new hardware . | - Add the new server, HBAs, network cards, and fibre switch. |
| - Leave the second path for DMP unconnected on the existing server and the new server. It does not get connected until the end of the installation process. | |
| See Establishing the Microsoft failover cluster . | - Refer to Microsoft instructions for establishing the cluster under Microsoft clustering. |
| See Adding SFW support to the cluster . | - With Server B as the active cluster node, use Add or Remove Programs to add DMP and the Microsoft clustering option to the first server. |
| - With Server A as the active node, install InfoScale Storage with the DMP and Microsoft clustering options to Server B. | |
| - Change the existing disk groups to cluster disk groups. | |
| - Prepare a disk group for the dynamic mirrored quorum. | |
| See Setting up Microsoft failover cluster groups for the applications . | - If you have applications on the server that you want to cluster, create Microsoft failover cluster groups for them. |
| See Installing applications on the second computer . | - Install the applications' program files on the local drive of Server B. |
| See Completing the setup of the application group in the Microsoft cluster . | - Complete the cluster application group by adding resources and setting dependencies. |
| See Changing the quorum resource to the dynamic quorum resource . | - Create a dynamic disk group for the quorum with a mirrored volume if this task was not done earlier. |
| - Make that disk group a Volume Manager Disk Group type resource in the default Cluster Group. | |
| - Change the quorum resource to the dynamic mirrored quorum resource. | |
| See Verifying the cluster configuration . | - Test the cluster by moving the cluster resources to the other node. |
| See Enabling DMP . | - Using DMP, include the main storage array and, optionally, the direct-attached storage devices. Now attach the second path to the configuration and rescan. |