RE: How to set up new cluster Servers in a Windows based environme

Thanks Dave for your useful help

It's an entire Windows 2003 based environment and it has a single domain

Is it possible to add a new Windows 2003 Server to the single domain and
then set it up like a redundancy with clustering fonctionality ?

Please help

Thanks a lot

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"Dave Guenthner [MSFT]" wrote:

If I understand correctly you want to setup a Windows 2003 Server Cluster
or Windows 2008 Failover cluster. The first thing I saw is that you have a
single domain controller? Let's at least at another one for redundancy and
have a backup for both. I would recommend using Virtual Server or Hyper-V
to build a test cluster so that you can become familiar with the base
technology before acquiring hardware etc.

[2003]
Microsoft Cluster Service Installation Resources
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259267

Best practices for configuring and operating server clusters
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/f/?en/Library/5172c43a-2e6d-4d94
-bd44-163a8735ef921033.mspx

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C3C26254-8CE3-46E2-
B1B6-3659B92B2CDE&displaylang=en

Clustering Services in Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/
clustering/default.mspx

Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster Under Windows Server
2003 (download)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=96f76ed7-9634-4300-
9159-89638f4b4ef7&DisplayLang=en

Hotfixes - 2003 "895092 Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2003-based
server clusters
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=895092";

[2008]
Clustering and High Availability
http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering/archive/2008/05/10/8483427.aspx

Clustering and High Availability
http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering/

Step-by-Step Guide for Testing Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cd828712-8d1e-45d1-
a290-7edadf1e4e9c&DisplayLang=en

Failover Clustering and Active Directory Configuration Step-by-Step Guide
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/9965eec5-2500-403
8-b4e8-ae1dfb7d9ec91033.mspx?mfr=true

Dave Guenthner [MSFT]
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