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In this three-day instructor-led course on Windows Server 2008 clustering, students will gain the knowledge and skills to implement, maintain, and troubleshoot clusters. The course incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 6423: Implementing and Managing Windows Server 2008 Clustering.

What You'll Learn

• Benefits of deploying a clustered solution
• Windows Server 2008 high-availability solutions
• Windows Server 2008 failover cluster quorum modes
• Planning required to deploy a Windows failover cluster
• Install the Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2008 Server Core
• Configure cluster resources
• Implement failover clusters for server roles using Failover Cluster Management

Who Needs to Attend

IT professional technology specialists who are responsible for using clustering technologies to implement and maintain high-availability solutions

Prerequisites

• Experience with network load balancing
• Basic knowledge of clustering theory
• Experience managing applications and network topologies in an enterprise environment
• Basic troubleshooting skills
• Technical knowledge equivalent to:
  • GK Course 6168: Fundamentals of Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure and Application Platform
  • GK Course 6131: Configuring and Troubleshooting a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

• Fundamentals of Windows Server 2008 (M6420)
• Configuring and Troubleshooting a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure (M6421)

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Clusters

• Overview of Clusters
• Benefits of Using Clusters
• Overview of the Windows Server 2008 High-Availability Solutions

2. Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters

• Overview of Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters
• Key Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Features
• Overview of the Windows Server 2008 Quorum Models

3. Preparing to Install a Failover Cluster

• Overview of Requirements for Installing a Failover Cluster
• Planning the Failover Cluster Implementation
• Installing the Failover Clustering Feature and Validating the Cluster Configuration
• Installing the Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2008 Server Core

4. Failover Cluster Storage Requirements

• Overview of Storage Technologies
• Storage Area Networks
• Planning a Storage Solution for Failover Clusters
• Configuring an iSCSI Storage Connection

5. Configuring a Failover Cluster

• Creating a New Failover Cluster
• Managing a Failover Cluster
• Verifying Failover Functionality

6. Configuring Cluster Resources and Server Roles

• Configuring Cluster Resources
• Implementing Failover Clusters for Server Roles Using Failover Cluster Management
• Clustering Server Roles Using Windows Server Core

7. Maintaining Microsoft Failover Clusters

• Monitoring Failover Clusters
• Backing Up and Restoring Failover Clusters
• Troubleshooting Failover Clusters

8. Implementing Multi-Site Clusters

• Overview of Multi-Site Clusters
• Implementing Multi-Site Clusters Using Windows Server 2008

9. Implementing Network Load Balancing Clusters

• Overview of Network Load Balancing Clusters
• Configuring a Network Load Balancing Cluster
• Maintaining a Network Load Balancing Cluster

Labs

Lab 1: Identifying Windows Server 2008 High-Availability Solutions

• Identifying solutions for web servers
• Identifying solutions for database servers
• Identifying complex solutions

Lab 2: Identifying Windows Server 2008 Clustering Solutions

• Identifying clustered scenarios

Lab 3: Preparing for a Cluster Installation

• Installing the Failover Clustering feature
• Validating the failover cluster

Lab 4: Identifying SAN Components

• Identifying Fibre Channel SAN components
• Configuring iSCSI storage connections

Lab 5: Creating and Administering a Cluster

• Creating a cluster
• Managing a failover cluster

Lab 6: Clustering Server Roles and Features

• Clustering the print services role using Failover Cluster Management
• Configuring cluster resources
• Clustering the file services role on Windows Server Core

Lab 7: Maintaining Failover Clusters

• Monitoring failover clusters
• Performing backups on a failover cluster
• Performing an authoritative restore on a failover cluster

Lab 8: Implementing an NLB cluster

• Preparing the NLB cluster nodes
• Configuring an NLB failover cluster