To verify that the cluster resources are online, perform the following steps on the monitoring cluster node:

1.Click the Start button and select Programs—> Administrative Tools—> Cluster Administrator.

2.Open a connection to the cluster and check the running state of each recovery group. If a group has failed, one or more of its resources may be offline.

Troubleshooting the failed resources is beyond the scope of this document, but exam- ining the properties of each resource and ensuring that the specified parameters are correct are the first two steps in this process. In general, if a resource is offline, it can be brought online by selecting it, right-clicking it, and selecting Bring Online from the pulldown menu. For information about troubleshooting resource failures, see the Microsoft Cluster Service help files.

Configuring the Dell OpenManage Manage Node (Data Agent) for a Cluster Environment

The following procedure provides the necessary steps to configure your Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Data Agent) for clustering.

To configure the Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Data Agent) in a cluster, perform the following steps:

1.Open the Agent Configurator.

2.In the Host Description field, type the description of the server.

3.In the Contact Person field, type the name of the contact person (optional).

4.Click the Enable Cluster Support check box to enable the new cluster support functionality.

5.In the Devices pulldown menu, click Auto-Detect.

This selection forces the Agent Configurator to discover the RAID configuration of the storage subsystem.

6.In the Privileged Users field, type the name(s) of the privileged user(s).

7.In the File pulldown menu, click Save to save the new configuration.

Configuring the Data Agent for Cluster Failover

The Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Data Agent) should be installed as a cluster resource and managed by the Cluster Service so only one Data Agent is running at

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