Reference Guide

Understanding Your Failover Cluster 45
4 On the File menu, point to New and click Resource .
5 In the New Resource wizard, type the appropriate information in the
Name and Description fields and select the appropriate Resource type and
Group for the new resource.
6 Click Next .
7 Add or remove possible owners of the resource and click Next .
The
New Resource window appears with Available resources and Resource
dependencies
selections.
• To add dependencies, under
Available resources , select a resource, and
then click
Add .
• To remove dependencies, under
Resource dependencies , select a
resource, and then click
Remove .
8 Repeat step 7 for all resource dependencies and click Finish .
9 Set the resource properties.
For more information about setting resource properties, see the MSCS
online help.
Deleting a Resource
1 Click the Start button and select Programs → Administrative
Tools
→ Cluster Administrator .
The
Cluster Administrator window appears.
2 In the console tree, double-click the Resources folder.
3 In the details pane, select the resource that you want to remove.
4 In the File menu, click Offline .
The resource must be taken offline before it can be deleted.
5 In the File menu, click Delete .
When you delete a resource, Cluster Administrator deletes all of the
resources that are dependent on the deleted resource.