6.Right-click on Users.

7.Point to New and click on User.

8.Type in the cluster name and click on Next.

9.Set the password settings to User Cannot Change Password and Password Never Expires.

10.Click on Next, then click on Finish to create this user.

Note: If your company’s security policy does not allow the use of passwords that never expire, you must renew the password on each node before password expiration. You must also update the Cluster Service configuration.

11.Right-click on Cluster in the left pane of the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.

12.Select Properties from the context menu.

13.Click on Add Members to a Group.

14.Click on Administrators and click on OK. This gives the new user account administrative privileges on this computer.

15.Close the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.

7.4.10Setting Up Shared Disks

Warning: Make sure that Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and the Cluster Service are installed and running on one node before you start an operating system on another node. If the operating system is started on other nodes before you install and configure Cluster Service and run it on at least one node, the cluster disks will have a high chance of becoming corrupted.

To continue, power off all nodes. Power up the shared storage devices. Once the shared storage device is powered up, power up node one.

7.4.10.1Quorum Disk

The quorum disk stores cluster configuration database checkpoints and log files that help manage the cluster. Windows 2000 makes the following quorum disk recommendations:

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