Preface

This document provides general guidelines for the installation of Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) software and Oracle Fail Safe software combined with Oracle's DIVArchive software, to achieve high availability for DIVArchive components by building a two node cluster.This guide describes only MSCS and Oracle Fail Safe installation steps required for DIVArchive cluster installation.The Active Directory installation and management is not documented, although it is mandatory for the two DIVArchive Cluster Node servers to be part of a Windows domain.

Note:

Oracle DIVArchive supports the Oracle Linux 7 x86_64 and later environment. However, the Cluster Manager support is only applicable to Windows-based systems.

Audience

This document guides administrators through the Oracle DIVArchive Cluster Manager installation, configuration, and routine maintenance.

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle DIVArchive documentation set or the recommended Microsoft Oracle documentation set:

• Oracle DIVArchive Installation and Configuration Guide

• Oracle DIVArchive Operations Guide

• Oracle Fail Safe Installation Guide

• Enable Support for Clustered Windows Servers using clustered RAID controllers

  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2839292

• What's New in Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2012

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831414.aspx

• What's New in Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2012 R2

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn265972.aspx

• Configure and Manage the Quorum in a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj612870.aspx

• NIC Teaming Overview

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831648.aspx

• Deploy a Guest Cluster using a Shared Virtual Disk

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn265980.aspx

• Failover Clusters Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh847239.aspx

• Microsoft Best Practice for Configuring and Operating Server Clusters

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785714%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

• Microsoft Best Practice for Cluster-Aware Updating

  http://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj134234#BKMK_FW

• Microsoft Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831365.aspx

• Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831694.aspx

• Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating Best Practice

  http://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj134234#BKMK_FW

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