Cluster Installation

Installation Overview During installation, some nodes are shut down, and other nodes are rebooted. This is necessary to ensure uncorrupted data on disks attached to the shared storage bus. Data corruption can occur when multiple nodes try to write simultaneously to the same disk, if that disk is not yet protected by the cluster software.

The table below shows which nodes and storage devices should be powered on during each step.

Step

Node 1

Node 2

Storage

Comments

Set Up Networks

On

On

Off

Make sure that power to all storage devices on

the shared bus is turned off. Power on all nodes.

 

 

 

 

Set up Shared Disks

On

Off

On

Power down all nodes. Next, power on the shared

storage, then power on the first node.

 

 

 

 

Verify Disk Configuration

Off

On

On

Shutdown the first node. Power on the second

node.

 

 

 

 

Configure the First Node

On

Off

On

Shutdown all nodes. Power on the first node.

Configure the Second

On

On

On

Power on the second node after the first node was

Node

successfully configured.

 

 

 

Post-installation

On

On

On

All nodes should be active.

Before installing the Cluster Service software you must follow the steps below:

•Install Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server on each node

•Setup networks

•Setup disks

Note: These steps must be completed on every cluster node before proceeding with the installation of Cluster Service on the first node.

To configure the Cluster Service on a Windows 2000-based server, you must be able to log on as administrator or have administrative permissions on each node. Each node must be a member server, or be domain controllers inside the same domain. A mix of domain controllers and member servers in a cluster is not acceptable.

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