Create the failover cluster

You can create the cluster from the Failover Cluster Manager. The wizard validates your configuration and creates the cluster from your selected hosts.

You can create the failover cluster from any Windows Server host in your domain that has the following Windows Server features installed:

  • Failover Cluster Management Tools

  • Failover Cluster Module for Windows PowerShell

You can install these features from the Server Manager's Add Roles and Features wizard under Features > Remote Server Administration Tools > Failover Clustering Tools.

To create the cluster:

  1. On a host in your domain, open Failover Cluster Manager from the Windows Start menu and select Create Cluster...

  2. In the Select Servers window, click Browse and add the names of the nodes in the cluster.

  3. In the Validation Warning window, select Yes to run all validation tests before configuration.

  4. On the Summary page, you see a report of the tests. Review and fix all warnings on the hosts to continue with the cluster configuration. If the test validation is successful, select Finish to return to the cluster configuration.

  5. In the Access Point for Administering the Cluster window, specify a name for your cluster.

  6. In the Confirmation window, review your selections and ensure that the Add all eligible storage to the cluster option is selected.

    The wizard creates the failover cluster. Once the configuration is complete, the wizard displays the Summary window.

  7. In Failover Cluster Manager, go to your cluster and select Nodes to make sure that all nodes are up and running.

You can now create a role for the VMS services.