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How to add a second Cluster

How to add a second Cluster - Windows Server Tutorial

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How to add a second Cluster

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- [Narrator] In Windows Server 2016, we have the option in Failover Cluster Manager to create another cluster. But, first, before we create that other cluster, we should remove the node that we're going to be using to install the second cluster because a node cannot be part of more than one cluster. Let's go ahead and remove VMHost2 from our cluster and then talk about why we would want to create a second cluster. So let's right-click on VMHost2 and choose More Actions and Evict. Choose Yes. And our VMHost2 will be evicted here shortly, and now we just have VMHost1 in our cluster. So why would we want to create a second cluster? Well, adding a second cluster is a good idea if you want to upgrade or migrate and you're having trouble doing that from one cluster to another or fix a cluster problem due to hardware or software problems that cause the cluster to become corrupt. And adding it is very similar to adding the very first cluster that we did earlier. So now let's right-click on…

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