In this video, Robert McMillen talks about how to delete a cluster or a clustered role in failover cluster manager. This can be done to remove settings no longer needed or to fix a corrupted role or cluster. It can be done in the Failover Cluster Manager which is demonstrated in this video. Properly deleting the cluster is important if recreating the cluster is needed.
- [Voiceover] Now let's cover deleting a cluster role…or a cluster in Windows Server 2012 R2.…In previous videos,…we created a cluster…and added cluster roles into that cluster.…Now we're going to undo that work…because we may need to destroy the cluster,…maybe it's become corrupt,…or we no longer need it.…So we're going to start by removing…any cluster roles before we destroy our cluster.…Many times a cluster role will become corrupt…on a malfunctioning server that has recently crashed.…The good news is that removing the role…doesn't mean the date gets deleted,…and we can add it right back in,…we can also recreate a new cluster…and add that role back in.…
We see in our Failover Cluster Manager two different roles.…Let's go ahead and right-click on the first role…and choose 'remove.'…Go ahead and click 'yes.'…Let's choose our second role and choose 'remove'…and click 'yes.'…Our data is still available on whichever server…is going to continue hosting that data,…it just won't be highly available.…Alright, now our cluster is free of all 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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