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Preparing a Microsoft Failover Cluster group for a basic virtual server

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Each IBM Storage Protect server instance requires a cluster resource group.

Before you begin

Use the Failover Cluster Manager program on the computer that owns the shared disk or tape resource to prepare your resource group. Initially, the group must contain only disk resources. You can create a group and move disk resources to it. You can also choose to rename an existing resource group that contains only disk resources.

As you construct your resource groups, consider the following items:

  • Ensure that each resource group has a distinctive name. Do not change the names after the group is created because it can cause a corrupted configuration.
  • Ensure that all nodes in the cluster are online.
  • Ensure that the group is online and owned by the node where the initial server instance is installed.

Procedure

To prepare a resource group for cluster configuration, complete the following steps:

  1. Open the Failover Cluster Manager program and expand the cluster. Right-click Roles and click Create Empty Role.
  2. In the Roles pane, double-click New Role and change the role name to a meaningful name, such as TSMGROUP.
  3. Right-click the resource group TSMGROUP and select Add storage.
  4. In the Add storage area pane, select the shared volume or volumes for IBM Storage Protect and click OK.
    The resource group TSMGROUP, which contains the disk volumes that you added, is displayed.