About the Campus Cluster solution

Last published : Aug 05, 2026
This chapter presents a VCS campus clustering configuration example with InfoScale Enterprise.
The following table outlines the configuration's high-level objectives and the tasks for each objective.

Table: Task list: Campus Cluster configuration

Objectives Tasks
See Reviewing the configuration . - Review the configuration requirements
- Overview of VCS campus cluster, and recovery scenarios
See Installing and configuring the hardware . - Install the hardware for Site A
- Install the hardware in the same manner for Site B
- Make all the necessary hardware connections between the two cluster nodes
See Configuring the storage hardware and network . - Install the operating system on both nodes
- Make necessary networking settings on both nodes
See About installing the InfoScale® products . Install InfoScale Enterprise. Refer to the InfoScale® Installation and Upgrade Guide .
See Configuring the cluster using the Cluster Configuration Wizard . Use the VCS Cluster Configuration Wizard (VCW) to set up the cluster
See Creating disk groups and volumes . - Create dynamic cluster disk groups
- Create dynamic volumes
See Installing the application on cluster nodes . - Install the application program files on the local drive of the first node
- Install files relating to the data and logs on the shared storage
- Deport the disk groups on the first node and import them on the second node
- Install the application on the second node
See Configuring service groups . - Use an appropriate method to create and configure the VCS service group or groups
- Bring the service group online
See Verifying the cluster configuration . - Switch the service group to the second node
- Switch it back to the first node