Virtual Lab Windows Server 2012

Exercise 1: Creating a File Server Cluster

In this exercise, you will create a new file cluster which is suitable for running virtual machines. You will create the Application File Server Cluster, and then create the shared folder in a manner suitable for storing Hyper-V virtual machines.

Adding File Services to the cluster nodes

In this step, you will add the File Services role to the nodes of an existing, unconfigured cluster.

Switch to the DC computer.

1. Log on to DC as Contoso\Administrator.

2. Click Server Manager.

3. Click All Servers .

4. Right- click NODE1, and then click Add Roles and Features .

5. Click Next three times.

6. In Roles, expand File and Storage Services, check File Services, and then click Next .

7. Continue clicking Next, and then click Install .

8. Click Close .

9. Repeat this process to add File Services to NODE2 .

10. Use the status area to verify the installation completed successfully.

11. Installation is completed when the progress bar is completed.

Figure 1: Completed installation

Configuring Hyper-V over Highly Available SMB Storage

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Creating the cluster

In this step, you will configure a file server cluster role suitable for hosting highly available SMB file shares.

Perform this task logged on to DC as Contoso\Administrator with the password Passw0rd!

1. Open Server Manager.

2. On the Tools menu , click Failover Cluster Manager.

3. Click Cluster.contoso.com, and then click Configure Role.

4. Click Next, and then click File Server.

5. Click Next.

6. Select File Server for scale - out application data, and then click Next.

7. In Name, type ClusterFS .

8. Click Next, and then on the Confirmation page, click Next again.

9. On the Summary page, click Finish .

10. In Failover Cluster Manager, expand Cluster.contoso.com, and then click Storage.

11. Right- click Cluster Disk 2, and then click Add to Cluster Shared Volumes .

NOTE: The CSV technology has been extended to include other cluster roles such as file servers.