Add Dependencies to Role

This topic describes how to add dependency services to a role.

Before you begin

Create Client Access Point (Virtual IP)

About this task

On adding dependency services to a role, services restart whenever the role is switched to a different node (failover condition).

Procedure

  1. In Failover Cluster Manager, right-click the (renamed) empty role and select Add Resource > Generic Service.
  2. Complete New Resource Wizard with the following options:
    Section What To Do
    Select Service In the services list, select the dependency service to add to the role.
    Confirmation Skip to the next section.
    Configure Generic Service Skip to the next section.
    Summary Select Finish.
    Note: Windows failover cluster starts the generic services in whichever node is currently active. It stops these generic services on all other nodes. When you switch the cluster nodes, then automatically Windows failover cluster starts the services in the new active node, and stops in all other nodes.

Results

After completing the steps in this topic, dependency services are added to the role. See also Move Role.

What to do next

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