Reference Guide

Installing Your Cluster Management Software 37
Installing Your Cluster Management
Software
This section provides information on configuring and administering your
cluster using Microsoft
®
Failover Cluster Management console.
Microsoft Failover Cluster Management Console
Failover Cluster Management console is Microsoft's tool for configuring and
administering a cluster. The following sections describe the procedures to run
Failover Cluster Management console locally on a cluster node and to install
the tool on a remote console. To launch the Failover Cluster Management
console, click Start
→ Programs→ Administrative Tools→ Failover Cluster
Management
Running Failover Cluster Management on a Remote Console
You can administer and monitor the Cluster Service remotely by installing the
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) and Failover Clustering feature
on a remote console (or management station) running the Microsoft
Windows
®
operating system.
The RSAT tool for Failover Clustering includes the Failover Cluster Manager
console and the cluster.exe command line tool.
To install Remote Server Administration Tools package on a remote console:
1
On a system running any Windows operating system that you want to
configure as the remote console:
Click
Start → Server Manager → Features → Add Features .
2 Expand the Remote Server Administration Tools tab and then expand the
Feature Administration Tools .
3 Select Failover Clustering Tools option and click Next .
4 Click Install .
After a few minutes, the
Remote Server Administration Tools package is
successfully installed.