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##: Select "Add all elegible storage to the cluster"
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## Confirm
## Confirm

A new computer account "cluster" will be created in AD, and a new A record added to the DNS zone.


Check the Quorum is properly configured. You should see the 128MB disk assigned to "Disk Witness in Quorum"
Check the Quorum is properly configured. You should see the 128MB disk assigned to "Disk Witness in Quorum"


[[File:Setting_up_a_Windows_failover_cluster_node_disk_witness.png]]
[[File:Setting_up_a_Windows_failover_cluster_node_disk_witness.png]]

A new computer account "cluster" will be created in AD, and a new A record added to the DNS zone. This new computer account needs permission to create and modify computer objects in the AD computers organizational unit. To grant this permission:

# In fover-ad, open the Active Directory Users and Computers management tool
# Click View, enable Advanced features
# Expand the domain, right click in the "Computers" OU and select Properties
# Select the Security tab, click add
# Click "Object Types", Select Computers, click OK
# Type "cluster", click OK
# Click cluster, and grant "Write, Create all child objects and Delete all child objects"
# Click OK

[[File:Setting_up_a_Windows_failover_cluster_ad_grant_permissions.png]]

== Create the clustered file server ==

=== Create a new iSCSI disk for the file server ===

# In AD, open the Server Manager
# Go to File and Storage Services -> iSCSI
# Click Tasks -> New iSCSI virtual disk
# Follow the New iSCSI Virtual Disk Wizard:
## iSCSI Virtual Disk Location
##: Click Select by volume and select C:
## iSCSCI Virtual Disk Name
##: Name: fs
##: Description: Disk for file server role
## iSCSI Virtual Disk Size
##: 2 GB, Dynamically expanding
## iSCSI Target
##: Select Existing iSCSI target and select 'fover'
## Click create

[[File:Setting_up_a_Windows_failover_cluster_ad_fs_disk.png]]

=== Initialize the iSCSI disk ===

# In one of the nodes, open Server Manager
# Go to Tools -> iSCSI Initiator
# Go to the Volumes and Devices tab and click Auto Configure
# The new disk will appear in the list. Click OK to close the iSCSI initiator
# Go to "File and Storage Services" -> Disks
# If the new disk does not appear, click Tasks -> Refresh
# Right click the 2GB Disk, Bring online
# Right click the 2GB Disk, Initialize
# Right click the 2GB Disk, New Volume
# Follow the "New Volume Wizard", assign a drive letter

[[File:Setting_up_a_Windows_failover_cluster_ad_fs_volume.png]]

=== Add the iSCSI disk to the cluster storage ===

# In one of the nodes, open the Failover Cluster Manager
# In the left column, expand the cluster, expand Storage and select Disks
# In the right column, click Add Disk
# Select the disk and click OK
# The disk is listed as "Available Storage"

[[File:Setting_up_a_Windows_failover_cluster_node_fs_disk_assigned.png]]

=== Create the role ===

# In one of the nodes, open the Failover Cluster Manager
# In the left column, expand the cluster and select Roles
# In the right column, click "Configure Role"
# Follow the "High Availabiliry wizard"
## Select Role
##: Select "File Server"
## File Server Type
##: Select "File Server for general use"
## Client Access Point
##: Name: fs
##: IP Address: 192.168.150.31
## Select Storage
##: Select the disk
## Confirm

[[File:Setting_up_a_Windows_failover_cluster_node_fs_role.png]]

=== Create a high available share ===

# In one of the nodes, open the Failover Cluster Manager
# In the left column, expand the cluster and select Roles
# Click the File Server (fs), and in the right column click "Add File Share"
# Follow the "New Share Wizard"
## Select Profile
##: Select "SMB Share - Quick"
## Share Location
##: Select by Volume, and select E: (The letter assigned to the volume created in previous steps)
## Share Name
##: Name: share1
## Other Settings
##: Enable Continous availability
## Permissions
##: Click Customize permissions and grant Domain Users write access to the share
## Confirm

[[File:Setting_up_a_Windows_failover_cluster_node_fs_share.png]]

Revision as of 10:38, 11 November 2020

Introduction

Setting up a Windows cluster requires at least three virtual machines and two networks.

These instructions assume KVM and libvirt are used. Windows version is Server 2019.


				+-------------+
				| SMB  Client |
				+-------------+
				       |
				192.168.150.201
				       |
	+---------------------------------------------------------------+
	|			Clients network				|
	+---------------------------------------------------------------+
		|                      |                       |
	 192.168.150.10		192.168.150.21		192.168.150.22
		|                      |                       |
	+---------------+       +------------+          +------------+
	|   AD + iSCSI  |       |   Node 1   |          |   Node 2   |
	| target server |       +------------+          +------------+
	+---------------+              |                       |
                                       |                       |
                                192.168.160.21          192.168.160.22
                                       |                       |
	+---------------------------------------------------------------+
	|		        Cluster network                         |
	+---------------------------------------------------------------+

VM name Hostname IP addresses
win2k19-fover-ad fover-ad 192.168.150.10
win2k19-fover-n1 fover-n1 192.168.150.21 192.168.160.21
win2k19-fover-n2 fover-ad 192.168.150.22 192.168.160.22

Setup libvirt networks

The first step is to create the public and private networks in libvirt. Save the following fragment to a file named cluster-public.xml:

<network>
  <name>cluster-public</name>
  <forward mode='nat'>
    <nat>
      <port start='1024' end='65535'/>
    </nat>
  </forward>
  <domain name='cluster-public'/>
  <dns>
    <forwarder domain='fover.net' addr='192.168.150.10'/>
  </dns>
  <ip address='192.168.150.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
    <dhcp>
      <range start='192.168.150.200' end='192.168.150.250'/>
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>

Save the following fragment to cluster-private.xml:

<network>
  <name>cluster-private</name>
  <domain name='fover.net'/>
  <dns>
    <forwarder domain='fover.net' addr='192.168.160.10'/>
  </dns>
  <ip address='192.168.160.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
    <dhcp>
      <range start='192.168.160.200' end='192.168.160.250'/>
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>

Now define and start the networks:

# virsh net-define cluster-public.xml
# virsh net-define cluster-private.xml
# virsh net-start cluster-public
# virsh net-start cluster-private

Setup AD virtual machine

After installing the operating system, set the host name and IP addresses. It is useful to rename the network adapters to know to which network are connected.

Public Private
IP Address 192.168.150.10 192.168.160.10
Netmask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.150.1
DNS 1 192.168.150.1
DNS 2

Proceed to install the Active Directory Domain Services and iSCSI target server roles:

Setting up a Windows failover cluster ad install roles.png

Once roles are installed, provision the Active Directory domain following the Wizard:

Setting up a Windows failover cluster ad domain provision.png

Setup cluster nodes

In both nodes:

  1. Install the operating system
  2. Set the hostname
  3. Set the IP addresses
  4. fover-n1 fover-n2
    Public Private Public Private
    IP Address 192.168.150.21 192.168.160.21 192.168.150.22 192.168.160.22
    Netmask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
    Gateway 192.168.150.1 192.168.150.1
    DNS 1 192.168.150.10 192.168.150.10
    DNS 2
  5. Join the computer to the domain
  6. Install the "File Server" role and the "Failover Clustering" feature.

Setup the iSCSI target server

In fover-ad:

  1. Open the Server Manager console and go to "File and Storage Services" -> "iSCSI"
  2. Click TASKS -> New iSCSI virtual disk
  3. Follow the "New iSCSI Virtual Disk Wizard"
    1. iSCSI Virtual Disk Location
      Select C
    2. iSCSCI Virtual Disk Name
      Name
      quorum
      Description
      quorum witness disk</il>
    3. iSCSI Virtual Disk Size
      128 MB, Dynamically expanding
    4. iSCSI target
      Select New iSCSI target
    5. Target Name and Access
      Name
      fover
      Description
      Fover cluster iSCSI target server
    6. Access Server
      1. Click add
      2. Select Query initiator computer for ID
      3. Type the node 1 host name (fover-n1.fover.net)
      4. Click OK
      5. Click add
      6. Select Query initiator computer for ID
      7. Type the node 2 host name (fover-n2.fover.net)
      8. Click OK
    7. Enable authentication
      Do not enable
    8. Confirm

Setting up a Windows failover cluster ad iscsi target server.png

Setup the iSCSI initiators

In each node:

  1. Open the Server Manager
  2. Click Tools -> iSCSI initiator
  3. It will ask to start the service, click yes
  4. In the "Targets" tab, type "fover-ad.fover.net" and click Quick Connect
  5. In the "Volumes and Devices" tab, click Auto Configure
  6. Click OK

Setting up a Windows failover cluster node iscsi initiator.png

Initialize the quorum disk

In one of the nodes:

  1. Open the Server Manager
  2. Go to File and Storage Services -> Disks
  3. Right click the 128MB disk, select bring online
  4. Right click the 128MB disk, select Initialize
  5. Right click the 128MB disk, select New Volume
  6. Follow the "New Volume Wizard", do not assign a letter

Setting up a Windows failover cluster node quorum disk.png

Create the cluster

  1. Open the Server Manager
  2. Go to Tools -> Failover Cluster Manager
  3. In the right column, click Validate Configuration
  4. Follow the Validate Configuration Wizard
    1. Select Servers
      Type the name of the first node, fover-n1.fover.net and click add
      Type the name of the second node, fover-n2.fover.net and click add
    2. Testing options
      Select Run all tests
    3. Check the results
      Everything should succeed, you may get a warning if the nodes do not have the same updates installed
    4. Select the "Create the cluster now using the validated nodes" and click finish
  5. Follow the "Create Cluster Wizard"
    1. Access point for administering the cluster
      Type a name for the cluster: "cluster"
      Type an address associated to the cluster name: "192.168.150.30"
    2. Confirmation page
      Select "Add all elegible storage to the cluster"
    3. Confirm

Check the Quorum is properly configured. You should see the 128MB disk assigned to "Disk Witness in Quorum"

Setting up a Windows failover cluster node disk witness.png

A new computer account "cluster" will be created in AD, and a new A record added to the DNS zone. This new computer account needs permission to create and modify computer objects in the AD computers organizational unit. To grant this permission:

  1. In fover-ad, open the Active Directory Users and Computers management tool
  2. Click View, enable Advanced features
  3. Expand the domain, right click in the "Computers" OU and select Properties
  4. Select the Security tab, click add
  5. Click "Object Types", Select Computers, click OK
  6. Type "cluster", click OK
  7. Click cluster, and grant "Write, Create all child objects and Delete all child objects"
  8. Click OK

Setting up a Windows failover cluster ad grant permissions.png

Create the clustered file server

Create a new iSCSI disk for the file server

  1. In AD, open the Server Manager
  2. Go to File and Storage Services -> iSCSI
  3. Click Tasks -> New iSCSI virtual disk
  4. Follow the New iSCSI Virtual Disk Wizard:
    1. iSCSI Virtual Disk Location
      Click Select by volume and select C:
    2. iSCSCI Virtual Disk Name
      Name: fs
      Description: Disk for file server role
    3. iSCSI Virtual Disk Size
      2 GB, Dynamically expanding
    4. iSCSI Target
      Select Existing iSCSI target and select 'fover'
    5. Click create

Setting up a Windows failover cluster ad fs disk.png

Initialize the iSCSI disk

  1. In one of the nodes, open Server Manager
  2. Go to Tools -> iSCSI Initiator
  3. Go to the Volumes and Devices tab and click Auto Configure
  4. The new disk will appear in the list. Click OK to close the iSCSI initiator
  5. Go to "File and Storage Services" -> Disks
  6. If the new disk does not appear, click Tasks -> Refresh
  7. Right click the 2GB Disk, Bring online
  8. Right click the 2GB Disk, Initialize
  9. Right click the 2GB Disk, New Volume
  10. Follow the "New Volume Wizard", assign a drive letter

Setting up a Windows failover cluster ad fs volume.png

Add the iSCSI disk to the cluster storage

  1. In one of the nodes, open the Failover Cluster Manager
  2. In the left column, expand the cluster, expand Storage and select Disks
  3. In the right column, click Add Disk
  4. Select the disk and click OK
  5. The disk is listed as "Available Storage"

Setting up a Windows failover cluster node fs disk assigned.png

Create the role

  1. In one of the nodes, open the Failover Cluster Manager
  2. In the left column, expand the cluster and select Roles
  3. In the right column, click "Configure Role"
  4. Follow the "High Availabiliry wizard"
    1. Select Role
      Select "File Server"
    2. File Server Type
      Select "File Server for general use"
    3. Client Access Point
      Name: fs
      IP Address: 192.168.150.31
    4. Select Storage
      Select the disk
    5. Confirm

Setting up a Windows failover cluster node fs role.png

Create a high available share

  1. In one of the nodes, open the Failover Cluster Manager
  2. In the left column, expand the cluster and select Roles
  3. Click the File Server (fs), and in the right column click "Add File Share"
  4. Follow the "New Share Wizard"
    1. Select Profile
      Select "SMB Share - Quick"
    2. Share Location
      Select by Volume, and select E: (The letter assigned to the volume created in previous steps)
    3. Share Name
      Name: share1
    4. Other Settings
      Enable Continous availability
    5. Permissions
      Click Customize permissions and grant Domain Users write access to the share
    6. Confirm

Setting up a Windows failover cluster node fs share.png