Thursday, August 27, 2015

How to Install Failover cluster

For recognition Failover cluster Must be explained:
Failover clustering is a feature that helps ensure that selected services or applications remain available even if a server hosting them fails. Unlike NLB, failover clustering is normally used to provide high availability for data that can be frequently updated by clients. Typical services hosted in failover clusters include database servers, mail servers, print servers, virtual machines hosted in Hyper-V (often hosting a critical application), and file servers.

To Intall the failover Cluster follow thes steps:
1.click the server manager on the task bar, click the server manager.
2.at the tap of server manager, select manage and click the add rule and features.
3.on the befur you begin page, click next.
4.on the installation type page, click next.
5.on the server selection page, click next.
6.on the server rule page, click next button.
7.On the Features page, select the Failover Clustering feature.
     when select the failover cluster(SEE FIGURE 1)  and then click next.


8.On the Confirm installation selections page, select the restart the destination server automatically if required.
    when select the restart the destination server automatically if required (See figure 2) and click the       Install button.


9.if you wan to open this, open the server manager, at the tap of server manager select the tools and click the Failover cluster Manager (see Figure 3)


10.now you can see the failover cluster page.


NOTE:This is guide to install the Failover cluster, for configuration of failover cluster I have another training match. I will link it here (How to Configure Failover cluster)

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