Reference Guide

#Configure Replica Network as applicable

#Replica 1

New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "SLOT 2 Port 1" -IPAddress 192.168.111.11 -

PrefixLength 24 -AddressFamily IPv4 -Verbose

#Replica 2

New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "SLOT 2 Port 1" -IPAddress 192.168.112.11 -

PrefixLength 24 -AddressFamily IPv4 -Verbose

Test-Cluster

Test-Cluster -Node SiteANode1,SiteANode2,SiteBNode1,SiteBNode2 -Include 'Storage

Spaces Direct', Inventory', 'Network', 'System Configuration'

New-Cluster

New-Cluster -Name R740StretchCluster -Node

SiteANode1,SiteANode2,SiteBNode1,SiteBNode2 -NoStorage -StaticAddress

192.168.100.100,192.168.200.100 -IgnoreNetwork

192.168.101.0/24,192.168.201.0/24, 192.168.102.0/24,192.168.202.0/24

Witness

Configure a highly available file share witness at a tertiary site or on Azure cloud.

Set-ClusterQuorum -FileShareWitness \\tertiaryShare\witness

Active Directory sites

Ensure that you have created two sites on your Active Directory based on IPs subnets. This will help with assigning the correct

names of sites on the cluster.

If you do not have sites configured on Active Directory, create cluster fault domains as required. The following cmdlet overrides

the site names specified on the Active Directory:

#This is needed if you do not have sites configured on AD

#Create Sites

New-ClusterFaultDomain -Name 'Bangalore' -Type Site

New-ClusterFaultDomain -Name 'Chennai' -Type Site

#Site membership for nodes

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name SiteANode1 -Parent 'Bangalore'

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name SiteANode2 -Parent 'Bangalore'

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name SiteBNode1 -Parent 'Chennai'

Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name SiteBNode2 -Parent 'Chennai'

Preferred Sites

The Preferred Site will be your primary datacenter site.

NOTE:

Do not configure a Cluster fault domain as a Preferred Site if you plan to run active VMs on both sites, otherwise

choosing to Live Migrate VMs using the "Best Possible Node" option results in all VMs moving to the Preferred Site.

#Preferred Site

(get-cluster).PreferredSite = 'Bangalore'

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