HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Recover User's Guide (T5437-96008, November 2009)

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GeoCluster resource properties
Resource properties are displayed differently in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008. For
example, the possible owners of a resource is listed on the General tab of the resource
properties in Windows 2003, while in Windows 2008 they are listed on the Advanced
Policies tab.
For both operating systems, right-click the resource and select Properties, when you
want to view or modify the resource properties.
GeoCluster Replicated Disk properties on Windows 2003
There are six properties tabs for the GeoCluster Replicated Disk resource on Windows
2003.
1. General—This tab identifies the Name and Description of the resource and the
Possible Owners. If you change the name of the resource, the replication set
name will not change until the next time the resource is brought online.
Modifying the Possible Owners list will cause one of the following actions to
occur.
● If you add additional Possible Owners, the GeoCluster Replicated Disk
resource will connect the resource’s replication set to the new owners and
begin a mirror to each.
● If you remove Possible Owners, the GeoCluster Replicated Disk resource
will disconnect the resource’s replication set from each owner removed.
The GeoCluster Replicated Disk resource must have at least two possible owners
to function properly.
2. Dependencies—By default, the GeoCluster Replicated Disk resource is not
dependent on any other resources.
3. Advanced settings—This tab controls how and when MSCS handles a failure of
the resource.
● Do not restart—Select this option if you do not want cluster service to restart
the resource if it fails.
● Restart—Select this option if you want cluster service to restart the resource
if it fails.
● Enable Affect the group if you want a failure of this resource to move
the group to another node. If you disable this option, cluster service still
attempts to restart the resource using the Threshold and Period
values, but the failure of the resource will not cause the group to move
to another node.