Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering Virtual Lab

Microsoft posted a virtual lab today for Failover Clustering. This lab walks through the following procedures:

  1. Adding a second node to a cluster
  2. Creating a File Share in the cluster
  3. Creating a Print Share in the cluster
  4. Configuring Failback Policies
  5. Installing WINS in the cluster
  6. Installing DHCP in the cluster
  7. Bonus - Adding Physical Disk resources to the cluster

You can get to the virtual lab here: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032345932&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US 

The lab should take about an hour to an hour and a half to complete. That, of course, depends on how many times you get interrupted with the kids wanting you to take them to the store to buy candy.

I went through part of the lab, and it looks like it will work just fine for everyone except it will not pass validate. This is because of an issue that seems to have come up in the June CTP.

BTW, I recorded a step-by-step today using Camtasia. I will probably put it someplace on the web for download early next week. Keep an eye out for it.

 

Published Fri, Jul 20 2007 15:43 by cluster