User manual PARALLELS VIRTUOZZO CONTAINERS 4.6 DEPLOYING MICROSOFT CLUSTERS FOR WINDOWS

[. . . ] Parallels Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4. 6 for Windows Deploying Microsoft Clusters Copyright © 1999-2010 Parallels Holdings, Ltd. Parallels International GmbH Vordergasse 49 CH8200 Schaffhausen Switzerland Tel: + 49 (6151) 42996 - 0 Fax: + 49 (6151) 42996 - 255 www. parallels. com Copyright © 1999-2010 Parallels Holdings, Ltd. This product is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The product's underlying technology, patents, and trademarks are listed at http://www. parallels. com/trademarks. [. . . ] The center pane will display all the resources currently included in the service. Deploying Parallels Containers Failover Clusters 42 4 Choose a resource to use for simulating the failover, right-click it, and select More Actions > Simulate failure of this resource. The resource should come back online either on the same or on another node in the cluster. Fourth Procedure (checking the failover of clustered services): 1 Log in to any of your cluster nodes using the domain administrator account. 2 Click Start > Administrative Tools > Failover Cluster Manager to open the Failover Cluster Manager snap-in. 3 Expand the Services and Applications item, right-click a clustered service, and select Move this service or application to another node > Move to node Node_Name. Make sure that the clustered service and all its resources have come back online on the selected node. 4 Repeat Steps 1-3 for each clustered service. Deploying a Failover Cluster in Windows Server 2003 This section describes the process of setting up a server cluster on servers running Windows Server 2003. For information on deploying a failover cluster on servers running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, refer to Deploying a Failover Cluster in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (p. 27). Deploying Parallels Containers Failover Clusters 43 Creating the Cluster and Configuring the First Cluster Node The processes of creating a failover cluster and configuring the first cluster node take place simultaneously and can be performed by doing the following: 1 Log in to any of your cluster nodes using the domain administrator account (you created this account in Setting Up a Domain Administrator Account). This node will be registered as the first node in the cluster. 2 Click Start > Run, and execute the cluadmin command in the Run dialog to launch the Cluster Administrator application. 3 In the Open Connection to Cluster dialog box, select the Create new cluster item on the Action menu, and click OK to launch the New Server Cluster wizard. 5 In the displayed window, provide the following information: In the Domain field, specify the name of the domain where the cluster will be located. You specified this name during the Active Directory domain creation (in our example it must be set to mycompany. local). In the Cluster name field, indicate an arbitrary name (e. g. , Cluster) that will uniquely identify the cluster in the domain. Deploying Parallels Containers Failover Clusters 44 When you are ready, click Next. 6 In the Select Computer window, provide the hostname of the server that will be registered as the first node in the cluster. By default, the wizard displays the hostname of the server you are currently logged in to. Click Next to accept the default setting and start analyzing your cluster configuration. Deploying Parallels Containers Failover Clusters 45 7 If the configuration is correct, the progress bar turns green and the Next button becomes available. Click Next to continue with your cluster configuration. Deploying Parallels Containers Failover Clusters 46 8 In the IP Address window, indicate an IP address for the cluster. The cluster administrator will use this IP address to connect to the cluster using cluster management applications (e. g. Cluster Administrator or cluster. exe) and to manage the cluster in different ways (e. g. When choosing an IP address for the cluster, make sure that it is static, unique, and not assigned to any other computer on the network, including the cluster nodes themselves. Note: The IP address you specify in this step will be associated with the cluster name you indicated in the Cluster Name field of the Cluster Name and Domain window (see Step 5). That means you can use either the IP address or the cluster name to connect to the cluster. Deploying Parallels Containers Failover Clusters 47 Click Next to continue. 9 In the Cluster Service Account window, enter the user name and password of the Cluster service account created by you in the previous subsection. After providing the necessary information, click Next to log the node into the domain using the specified credentials. [. . . ] So, if you experience the failure of, say, Container 101 in the NLB cluster, you can still serve user requests on the remaining NLB cluster member - Container 102. To create such a cluster, you should perform the following operations: Note: If Containers (or physical servers) you plan to include in the cluster are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, install the Network Load Balancing feature on each of these servers before starting the cluster creation. 1 Make sure that Container 101 and Container 102 are operating in the bridged mode and bound to one and the same physical adapter on the Hardware Node. If they are not, refer to the Connecting Bridged Containers to Network section of the Parallels Containers 4. 6 User's Guide for the information on how you can do it. [. . . ]