In this video, Robert McMillen talks about how to set up a failover file sharing role on a 2012 R2 cluster, to use the high availability features in Server 2012 and have a file server available even if a server goes down for maintenance or repair. Having a failover cluster means your file shares will be highly available during scheduled or unplanned outages, keeping your users from being disconnected and keepina a file server available during maintenance or repair.
- [Voiceover] One of the most popular…high availability roles in Server 2012 R2 clustering…is the file sharing role.…This allows you to use high availability features…in Server 2012…to have a file server available…even if a server or node goes down…for maintenance or repair.…In a previous video, we covered…installing a failover cluster,…and also adding the file server resource manager roles.…After those are installed on both of your nodes or hosts,…then we can go ahead and add the file server…failover clustering role.…
Let's start by going to Roles…in our Failover Cluster Manager,…right click, and choose Configure Role.…Next, and now we'll choose the File Server role.…We'll choose Next,…and we're gonna choose File Server for general use.…The other option is used for databases and virtual machines.…Let's choose Next.…We're gonna type the name that the clients will use…when accessing the clustered role.…Let's go ahead and put in "SharedData",…and choose Next.…
Now we'll choose our available storage…that we set up in a previous video,…
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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