Before you create a failover cluster, we strongly recommend that you validate your configuration, that is, that you run all tests in the Validate a Configuration Wizard. By running the tests, you can confirm that your hardware and settings are compatible with failover clustering.
You can run the tests on a set of servers and storage devices either before or after you have configured them as a failover cluster.
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Microsoft supports a failover cluster solution only if the complete configuration (servers, network, and storage) can pass all tests in the Validate a Configuration Wizard. In addition, all hardware components in the solution must be marked as "Certified for Windows Server 2008 R2." |
With the Validate a Configuration Wizard, you can run the complete set of configuration tests or a subset of the tests. The wizard provides a report that shows the result of each test that was run.
- Understanding
Requirements for Failover Clusters
- Understanding Microsoft
Support of Cluster Solutions
- Understanding Cluster
Validation Tests
- Prepare Hardware Before
Validating a Failover Cluster
- Validate a New or
Existing Failover Cluster
Additional references
- Use Validation Tests for
Troubleshooting a Failover Cluster
- For troubleshooting information for failover
clusters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137836.
- For design and deployment information for
failover clusters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137832.