In this video, Robert McMillen talks about how to properly drain all the roles from a cluster when a node is being shut down. This will protect the cluster roles from corruption and migrate the roles to another node in the cluster for high availability. In Windows Server 2012 conducting planned maintenance on Failover Clusters is dramatically simplified, as these steps are automated in the Node Drain (or Node Maintenance Mode) feature.
- [Voiceover] Let's talk about how to drain a node…from a Failover Cluster Manager cluster…in order to allow us to put a server into maintenance mode…and to temporarily move any roles that may be running…on that particular node to another server.…Bringing an individual node down for planned maintenance…is a common administrative task.…For example, you may need to install a service pack…or do a hardware upgrade.…In Windows Server 2012 R2, conducting planned maintenance…on failover clusters is dramatically simplified.…
These steps are automated…in the Node Drain or Node Maintenance mode feature.…The procedure is fairly straightforward,…so let's get started.…We see here that we have a node called Cluster 1,…which is running the "SharedData", "File Server" role.…Let's go over to Nodes on the left-hand side…and we see our three different nodes,…called Cluster 1, 2, and 3.…Let's right-click on Cluster 1, and go to the Pause option,…and we see a couple of options.…
One is to pause and drain the roles,…and the other is to pause and do not drain the roles.…
Author
Robert McMillen
Released
5/5/2016Note: The topics covered in this course map to the "Configure and manage high availability" domain for the MCSA: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services exam (70-412).
- Configuring NLB
- Configuring affinity, port rules, and cluster operation mode
- Configuring failover cluster networks
- Configuring cluster storage
- Upgrading clusters
- Managing clusters
- Interacting with Hyper-V
- Adding virtual machines in Hyper-V
- Managing cluster roles, including ISCSI target, Hyper-V, and generic service roles
- Migrating clusters
- Configuring VM network health protection and drain
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome33s
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1. Configure Network Load Balancing (NLB)
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Install NLB nodes5m 49s
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Configure affinity4m 24s
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Configure NLB port rules5m 17s
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Upgrade an NLB cluster2m 32s
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2. Configure Failover Clustering
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Configure quorum4m 42s
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Configure cluster networks5m 33s
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Configure cluster storage5m 59s
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Upgrade a cluster3m 8s
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3. Manage the Cluster
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View cluster events3m 46s
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Rename clusters2m 4s
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4. Interact With Hyper-V
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Add a second cluster2m 41s
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5. Manage Failover Cluster Roles
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Configure guest clustering2m 42s
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6. Set Up Available Roles in Clustering
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Cluster the DHCP server5m 1s
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Set up a failover cluster3m 30s
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Add the Hyper-V role2m 18s
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7. Manage Cluster Movement
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Conclusion
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Next steps35s
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