Dell SE500W manual Deleting a Resource, File Share Resource Type

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3In the details pane (usually the right pane), click the group to which you want the resource to belong.

4On the File menu, point to New, and then click Resource.

5In the New Resource wizard, type the appropriate information in Name and Description, and click the appropriate information in Resource type and Group.

6Click Next.

7Add or remove possible owners of the resource, and then click Next.

The New Resource window appears with Available resources and Resource dependencies selections.

8To add dependencies, under Available resources, click a resource, and then click Add.

9To remove dependencies, under Resource dependencies, click a resource, and then click Remove.

10Repeat step 7 for any other resource dependencies, and then click Finish.

11Set the resource properties.

For more information on setting resource properties, see the MSCS online help.

Deleting a Resource

1Click the Start button and select Programs→ Administrative Tools→ Cluster Administrator. The Cluster Administrator window appears.

2In the console tree (usually the left pane), click the Resources folder.

3In the details pane (usually the right pane), click the resource you want to remove.

4In 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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