Table 1 Setting resource properties and values in the GUI (continued)

Property

Format

Description

Value

Windows Clustering (MSFC)” (page 41).

Set this value in the Policies tab of the resource properties window in Failover Cluster Management.

HP 3PAR Cluster Extension requirements for service or application properties are described in Table 2 (page 26). If no specific value is required, the default value is listed. Set these values in the Failover tab of the service or application properties window or in the CLI. For more information about setting service or application properties, see your Microsoft documentation.

TIP: To change the properties in Table 2 (page 26) with the CLI, use the following command: cluster group groupname /prop propertyname="propertyvalue".

For PowerShell, use the following command:

Get-ClusterResource "Resource_name" Set-ClusterParameter -Name "property_name" -Value "vale_to_set"

Table 2 Service or application properties and values

Property

Format

Description

Value

GUI: Failback (Prevent

Integer

Prevents automatic failback

GUI: Prevent failback

failback or Allow failback)

 

of a service or application

CLI: 0 (required)

CLI: AutoFailbackType

 

to its primary system.

 

 

Transfer the service or

 

 

 

 

 

 

application back manually

 

 

 

after the failure has been

 

 

 

recovered. This allows

 

 

 

recovery of all possible

 

 

 

failure sources and pair

 

 

 

resynchronization (if

 

 

 

necessary) while the

 

 

 

application service is still

 

 

 

running.

 

GUI: Period

String

CLI: FailoverPeriod

GUI: Maximum failures in Integer the specified period

CLI: FailoverThreshold

Determines the time (in hours) over which the cluster 6 (Default) service attempts to failover a service or application. See “Timing considerations for Windows Clustering (MSFC)” (page 41) for more information.

Determines the number of failover attempts. In case of subsequent system failure, the default value allows cluster service to transfer the service or application to each system. If all cluster systems are not members of the cluster, the service or application might restart automatically.

6(Default)

Number of nodes in the cluster minus 1.

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