Windows Integrity Cluster Installation and Configuration Guide

Setup, configuration, validation, and maintenance of the cluster

Validating cluster operation

Chapter 2

Validating cluster operation

To validate your cluster installation, use one or both of the following methods from any

node in the cluster:

Method 1

Step 1. Select Start->Programs->Administrative Tools->Cluster Administrator and connect to the

cluster.

Step 2. If your cluster has only 2 nodes, right-click one of the cluster groups and select

Move

Group

. If there are more than 2 nodes in your cluster, select Move Group, and then choose

which node you want to fail over to.

Step 3. Verify the group fails over and all resources come online.

Step 4. Right-click the same cluster group and select

Move Group.

Step 5. Verify the group fails over to the previous node and all resources come online.

Step 6. Repeat Step 1 through Step 5 for each resource group in the cluster, if desired.

Method 2

This method of cluster validation is optional and not required.

The Cluster Diagnostics and Verification tool (ClusDiag.exe) is a GUI utility that helps

system administrators perform diagnostic tests on pre-production or production clusters,

and then view the resulting log files to debug any problems or failures discovered.You

can also use it to generate various cluster-related reports from the information gathered

during the diagnostic process.

Step 1. Install the Microsoft cluster diagnostics tool (ClusDiag.exe). Download this tool from

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=B898F587-

88C3-4602-84DE-B9BC63F02825.

Step 2. Select

Start->Programs->Cluster Diagnostics Tool to launch the utility.

Step 3. Select

Online, select a cluster name from the dropdown list, and click OK.

Step 4. Click

Tools->Run Test, and in the Run Test dialog box select the type of test you want to

run from the dropdown list. Click

Launch. The two test types are:

• Basic: tests for a fixed period of time

• Regular: tests for a user-defined period of time

Step 5. Testing begins. Upon completion, click

OK to see the results.

Step 6. If desired, see the log file for more detailed information.

NOTE If you experience problems validating your cluster using either of the methods listed

above, see the Microsoft “MS Cluster Server Troubleshooting and Maintenance”

information at

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/support/mscstswp.mspx.