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This arrived in my inbox at work courtesy of a colleague at work and it looked too useful not to share… I hope it’s useful?
Useful Sources
- Blog: Cluster Team: http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering
- Blog: Ask Core: Clustering
- Training: Course 6423a: Implementing and Managing WS08 Clustering
- Website: Cluster Information Portal
- Website: Clustering Forum (2008)
- Website: Clustering Forum (2008 R2)
- Website: Clustering Newsgroup
- Website: Cluster Technical Resources
Windows Server 2008 R2
- R2 Evaluation Build: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/try-it.aspx
- Blog: Adding Features via PowerShell
- Blog: Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV): Disk Ownership
- Blog: Deploying Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
- Blog: How to manually defrag or ChkDisk a CSV disk
- Blog: Hyper-V Export and Import (2008 R2)
- Blog: Live Migration Traffic
- Blog: Network Load Balancing (NLB) and Virtual Machines
- Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Blog: PowerShell for Network Load Balancing (NLB) in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Blog: SCVMM Quick Storage Migration
- KB Article: Hyper-V R2 Upgrades
- TechNet: Exchange 2010 Move Local Legacy Mailbox
- TechNet: Migration to Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters
- TechNet: Using Live Migration in Windows Server 2008 R2
- TechNet: What’s new in R2 Clustering
- Webcast: Building a Hyper-V R2 Cluster
- Webcast: Clustering in a Virtual World
- Webcast: Deploying Clusters for Live Migration
- Webcast: Failover and Live Migration
- Webcast: Failover Clustering Feature Roadmap in WS08 R2
- Webcast: Getting started with Hyper-V in R2 videos
- Webcast: Getting Started with Live Migration
- Webcast: High Availability Basics with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V (Level 200)
- Webcast: High-Availability in Exchange 2010 – Part 1
- Webcast: High-Availability in Exchange 2010 – Part 2
- Webcast: High-Availability in Exchange 2010 – Part 3
- Webcast: High-Availability in Exchange 2010 – Part 4
- Webcast: Hyper-V Quick Migration on a Failover Cluster
- Website: Hyper-V Server (2008 R2)
- Webcast: Innovating High Availability with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
- Webcast: Introducing Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
- Webcast: Making Highly-Available VMs (2008 R2)
- Webcast: Server Virtualization Webcast Videos
- Webcast: Top 10 VMWare Myths, including CSV and live migration
- Webcast: Top 10 VMWare Myths, including CSV and live migration
- Webcast: Server Virtualization Webcast Videos
- Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 Live Migration
- Website: Clustering Forum (2008 R2)
- Whitepaper: Hyper-V Live Migration Overview & Architecture
Core
For PowerShell, Cluster.exe & Scripting see that section.
- TechNet: Server Core
- TechNet: Installation
- Utility: Remote Server Administration Tools (simplifies Server Core configurations)
- Webcast: How Microsoft does IT: Enhancing High Availability with Server Core in Windows Server 2008
Deployment, Migration & Upgrades
For deployment guides for a specific resource (Exchange, File Server, Hyper-V, Print, SQL, Other) or for deployment using PowerShell, Cluster.exe or scripting, please visit that section.
- Blog: Configuring Auditing
- Blog: Migration Options for Hardware
- Blog: Rolling Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 SP2 Failover Clustering
- KB Article: Cluster Nodes as Domain Controllers (DCs)
- KB Article: Failover behavior on large clusters (preferred owner, possible owner)
- TechNet: Add a Server to a Failover Cluster
- TechNet: Cluster Requirements
- TechNet: Clustering with multiple active resources
- TechNet: Configuring Accounts in Active Directory
- TechNet: Creating a Failover Cluster
- TechNet: Failover Clustering Deployment
- TechNet: Installing a Failover Cluster
- TechNet: Migrating Cluster Settings
- TechNet: Migration to Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters
- TechNet: Recommended Clustering Hotfixes (2003)
- TechNet: Recommended Clustering Hotfixes (2003 SP2)
- TechNet: Recommended Clustering Hotfixes (2008)
- TechNet: Validating a cluster
- Blog: Validation Warning: Teredo
- Blog: Validation Warning: Patch GUID
- TechNet: Validating Hardware for a Failover Cluster
- Utility: Cluster Configuration Validation Wizard (ClusPrep) (2003)
- Webcast: Configuring Failover Clustering
- Webcast: TechNet Webcast: Failover Cluster Validation and Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008
Exchange Server
- KB Article: Exchange 2003: Move Mailbox
- Lab: TechNet Virtual Lab: Exchange Server 2007 Standby Continuous Replication
- Lab: TechNet Virtual Lab: Using Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) in Exchange 2007
- TechNet: Deploying Exchange 2003 in a Cluster
- TechNet: Deploying Forefront Security with Exchange Clusters
- TechNet: Exchange 2007 Cmdlets
- TechNet: Exchange 2007 Move Mailbox Scenarios
- TechNet: Exchange 2007 Overview
- TechNet: Exchange 2010 Move Local Legacy Mailbox
- TechNet: How to create an Exchange SCC Failover Cluster with CMD
- TechNet: Installing Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) on 2008
- TechNet: Planning for Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR)
- Webcast: Exchange 2007 High Availability Deep Dive
- Webcast: Exchange Webcast Videos
- Webcast: High-Availability in Exchange 2010 – Part 1
- Webcast: High-Availability in Exchange 2010 – Part 2
- Webcast: High-Availability in Exchange 2010 – Part 3
- Webcast: High-Availability in Exchange 2010 – Part 4
- Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007
- Webcast: Installing Exchange 2007 SP1 CCR on Windows Server 2008
- Webcast: Installing Exchange on WS08 Failover Clustering using UI Wizard
- Webcast: Upgrading Exchange CCR Clusters from 2007 to 2007 SP1
File Server, DFS-R, DFS-N & NFS
- Blog: Deploying DFS-R on a 2008 R2 Failover Cluster – Part 1 of 3
- Blog: Deploying DFS-R on a 2008 R2 Failover Cluster – Part 2 of 3
- Blog: Deploying DFS-R on a 2008 R2 Failover Cluster – Part 3 of 3
- Blog: File Share ‘Scoping’ in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters
- Blog: Share Subdirectories in Windows Server 2008
- TechNet: Configuring a Two-Node File Server Failover Cluster
- TechNet: Create a Shared Folder in a Clustered File Server
- TechNet: Creating a Clustered File Server checklist
- Utility: File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) (2008)
- Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deploys Windows 2008 Clusters for File Services
- Webcast: New File Server Features of Windows Server 2008 (Level 200)
- Webcast: Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 5 of 8): New File Server Features
- Website: File Server Migration Toolkit (2008)
- Whitepaper: File Server Migration Toolkit (2008)
Hyper-V
- Blog: Adding a Pass-Through Disk to a HA VM
- Blog: Deploying a HA Virtual Machine (2008)
- Blog: HA Virtual Machine Deployment Considerations (2008)
- Blog: Hyper-V Export and Import (2008 R2)
- Blog: Monitor Network Traffic for a VM on a Cluster
- Blog: Network Load Balancing (NLB) and Virtual Machines
- Blog: SCVMM: Intelligent Placement
- Blog: SCVMM: Quick Storage Migration
- Blog: VM Scale with Clustering: Physical Memory Reservations
- KB Article: Hyper-V R2 Upgrades
- TechNet: Design for a Failover Cluster in Which All Nodes Run Hyper-V
- TechNet: Failover Cluster in which the Servers run Hyper-V
- TechNet: Getting Started with Hyper-V
- TechNet: High-Availability for a Server Running Hyper-V
- TechNet: Requirements and Recommendations for Failover Clusters in Which All Nodes Run Hyper-V
- TechNet Case Study: Best Practices for Deploying VMs using Hyper-V
- TechNet Case Study: How Microsoft IT Designs the Virtualization Host & Network Infrastructure
- Training: Configuring Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008
- Training: eBook: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
- Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 24 of 24): High Availability with Hyper-V
- Webcast: Building a Hyper-V R2 Cluster
- Webcast: Creating Business Continuity Solutions Using Windows Virtualization
- Webcast: Deploying Clusters for Live Migration
- Webcast: Failover and Live Migration
- Webcast: Failover and Quick Migration of VMs
- Webcast: Getting Started with Live Migration
- Webcast: Getting started with Hyper-V in R2 videos
- Webcast: High Availability Basics with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V (Level 200)
- Webcast: High Availability with Hyper-V
- Webcast: Hyper-V Quick Migration on a Failover Cluster
- Webcast: Introducing Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
- Webcast: Making Highly-Available VMs (2008 R2)
- Webcast: Server Virtualization Webcast Videos
- Webcast: Top 10 VMWare Myths, including CSV and live migration
- Website: Hyper-V Server (2008)
- Website: Hyper-V Server (2008 R2)
- Whitepaper: Testing Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
- Whitepaper: Quick Migration with Hyper-V
Miscellaneous
- Blog: Add a New Disk to a Cluster (2008)
- Blog: Cluster Recovery (2003)
- Blog: Cluster Virtual Adapter (NetFT)
- Blog: Configuring Auditing for a Cluster (2008)
- Blog: DNS Registration with the Network Name Resource
- Blog: PlumbAllCrossSubnetRoutes
- Blog: Resource Group Management Enhancements in 2008 R2 Failover Clustering – Part 1
- Blog: Resource Group Management Enhancements in 2008 R2 Failover Clustering – Part 2
- Blog: RHS and what does it does
- Blog: Stop 0x9E Error
- KB Article: Microsoft Support Policy for Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters
- TechNet: Configuring the Quorum in a Failover Cluster
- TechNet: Failover Cluster Management Snap-In
- TechNet: Managing a Failover Cluster
- TechNet: Modifying Settings for a Failover Cluster
- TechNet: Support Policy
- TechNet: Understanding Backup and Recovery Basics for a Failover Cluster
- TechNet: Windows Server 2008 Itanium / IA64 support
- Webcast: Achieving High Availability with Windows Server “Longhorn” Clustering (Level 200)
- Webcast: Build High-Availability Infrastructures with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering
- Webcast: Delivering High Availability to Your Infrastructure
- Webcast: Failover Clustering 101
- Webcast: Failover Clustering and Quorum in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Storage
- Webcast: Introduction to Failover Clustering
- Webcast: Reducing IT Overhead with Windows Server 2008 Storage Features
- Webcast: Top 10 Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering Enhancements over 2003 Clustering (Level 300)
- Webcast: Virtual Lab: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Failover Clustering Lab
- Website: Windows Logo site
- Whitepaper: Failover Cluster Architecture Overview
- Whitepaper: HA with Microsoft MPIO (2003, 2008)
- Whitepaper: Microsoft’s HA Strategy
- Whitepaper: Overview of Failover Clustering
Multi-Site Clustering
- Blog: Multi-Site Cluster Communications Connectivity
- KB Article: Deployment Consideration for Multi-Site Clusters
- TechNet: Configuring Heartbeat and DNS Settings in a Multi-Site Cluster
- TechNet: Design for a HA Service in a Multi-Site Cluster
- TechNet: Multi-Site Cluster Checklist
- TechNet: Multi-Site Clustering
- TechNet: Requirements and Recommendations for a Multi-Site Cluster
- Website: Multi-Site Clustering Homepage
- Webcast: Geographically Dispersed Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
- Webcast: How You Can Achieve Greater Availability with Failover Clustering Across Multiple Sites (Level 300)
- Webcast: Multi-Site Clustering in Windows Server 2008
- Website (Cluster Team): http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/failover-clustering-multisite.aspx
- Whitepaper: Multi-site Clustering
Network Load Balancing
- Blog: Configuring Network Load Balancing (NLB) Cluster of VPN Servers
- Blog: Exchange Server 2007 using Network Load Balancing (NLB)
- Blog: Network Load Balancing (NLB) and Virtual Machines
- Blog: PowerShell for Network Load Balancing (NLB) in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Blog: UAG Array and Network Load Balancing
- KB Article: Create/manage/destroy NLB clusters via NLB Manager remotely from another server or RSAT
- KB Article: NLB Troubleshooting Overview
- Presentation Deck: Server Core: Install the NLB feature
- TechNet: Configuring NLB with Terminal Services
- TechNet: Controlling Hosts on NLB clusters
- TechNet: Creating NLB Clusters
- TechNet: Implementing a new NLB Cluster
- TechNet: Managing NLB Clusters
- TechNet: NLB Deployment Guide
- TechNet: NLB Overview
- TechNet: Overview of NLB
- TechNet: Setting NLB Parameters
- TechNet: Troubleshooting for System Event Messages Related to NLB Cluster
- TechNet: Upgrading a NLB Cluster
- TechNet: Upgrading a Network Load Balancing (NLB) Cluster
- TechNet: User Interface: NLB Manager
- TechNet: Verifying the NLB Cluster and Enabling Client Access
- Utility: NLB Management Pack for SCOM 2007 Released
- Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 23 of 24): Failover Clustering and Network Load Balancing
- Website: NLB with IIS
Other Resources & Workloads
For information about a specific resource (Exchange, File Server, Hyper-V, Print, SQL), please visit that section.
- Blog: Configure Multiple Instances of MSDTC (2008)
- Blog: Creating and Configuring a Generic Application Resource
- Blog: Creating and Configuring a Generic Service Resource
- Blog: Deploying IIS on a Failover Cluster
- Blog: DHCP Database migration to Windows Server 2008
- Blog: Installing MSDTC (2003)
- KB Article: Configuring IIS 7 in a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster
- MSDN: Cluster Custom Resource DLL entry points
- MSDN: Creating Customer Resource DLLs
- TechNet: Cluster Custom Resource DLLs
- TechNet: Configure a Service or Application for High Availability
- TechNet: Configuring Generic Resources
- Whitepaper: Configuring and Troubleshooting AD CS (2008)
- Whitepaper: SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering
PowerShell, Cluster.exe & Scripting
- Blog: Adding Features via PowerShell
- Blog: CLI: Adding Disks
- Blog: CLI: Cluster Creation
- Blog: CLI: Cluster Resource Groups
- Blog: CLI: Disk Resources
- Blog: CLI: Quorum
- Blog: Creating a Cluster using WMI
- Blog: Failover Clusters, Performance Counters, and PowerShell
- Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Frequently Asked Questions
- Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Getting Started
- Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Read-Only Cluster Access
- Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Blog: PowerShell for Network Load Balancing (NLB) in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Blog: PowerShell Remoting and the “Double-Hop” Problem
- Blog: Failover Clustering WMI Provider Impersonation Limitations
- TechNet: How to create an Exchange SCC Failover Cluster with CMD
Print Clustering
- Blog: Optimize Print Cluster (2003)
- Blog: PrintBRM Error 0×80070043 workaround
- TechNet: Deploy a 2-Node Print Cluster
- TechNet: Print Migration Guide
- TechNet: Print Migration Overview
- TechNet: Print Migration Tool/Wizard
SQL Server
- Blog: Clustering SQL Server 2008 and Server 2008
- KB Article: How to change the network IP addresses of SQL Server failover cluster instances
- KB Article: SQL Server 2008 Rolling Upgrades
- MSDN: Add or Remove nodes in a SQL Server 2005 with MSCS
- MSDN: Configuring SQL Server 2000 Failover Clustering
- MSDN: Configuring SQL Server 2005 Failover Clustering
- MSDN: Getting Started with SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering
- MSDN: How to create a new SQL Failover Cluster
- MSDN: SQL Upgrade Paths
- MSDN: SQL Cluster Upgrade
- MSDN: Upgrade Paths for SQL Server
- MSDN: Upgrade SQL on a Failover Cluster
- MSDN: Books Online: Maintaining a SQL Failover Cluster
- Podcast: FAQs: HA with SQL Server 2008
- TechNet: Database Mirroring and Failover Clustering
- TechNet: Database Mirroring in SQL Server 2005
- TechNet: SQL Server 2000 with Failover Clustering
- TechNet: SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring FAQs
- Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Ensuring Business Continuity
- Webcast: Achieving Higher Scalability with SQL Server on Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (Level 300)
- Webcast: An Introduction to How SQL Server 2005 Can Help You Deliver Highly Available Database Systems (Level 200)
- Webcast: Clustering Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000/2005 (Level 200)
- Webcast: Clustering Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 and 2005 (Level 200)
- Webcast: Ensuring Business Continuance with SQL Server 2005 Data Availability Solutions (Level 300)
- Webcast: How to cluster Microsoft SQL Server 2005 by using Microsoft Virtual Server
- Webcast: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2008
- Webcast: Overview of SQL Server Availability Features and Upcoming Improvements
- Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Failover Clustering for SQL Server 2000 Users (Level 200)
- Webcast: SQL Server 2005 for the IT Professional (Part 7 of 11): Technologies and Features to Improve Availability (Level 200)
- Whitepaper: SQL Server 2008 Replication: Providing High Availability using Database Mirroring
Utilities
- Utility: ClusPrep: Cluster Configuration Validation Wizard (2003)
- Utility: Failover Cluster Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007
- Utility: File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) (2008)
- Utility: Microsoft iSCSI Target Software available to the public!
- Utility: NLB Management Pack for SCOM 2007 Released
- Utility: RSAT – Remote Server Administration Tools (2008)
- Utility: RSAT – Remote Server Administration Tools (2008 R2)
