Configure the Microsoft Failover Cluster Manager

The Microsoft Failover Cluster Manager is used to create a new DNS entry to manage your server cluster.

Before you begin

Important: You must have installed application server on both cluster nodes, pointing to the same database, before performing the following procedure.
Prerequisites
Install Microsoft Failover Cluster Manager
Install a single application server and client

About this task

This procedure is based on a Windows® Server 2012 R2 environment. If you are using Windows 2008 R2, ensure that you add the Proficy Publisher Service and Proficy STS services as children of Proficy Server service.

Procedure

  1. On the server computer, click Start > Administrative Tools > Failover Cluster Manager.
    The Failover Cluster Manager dialog box appears.
  2. From the Actions menu, select Create Cluster.
    The Create Cluster Wizard appears.
  3. Follow the wizard prompts to create your cluster, as follows:
    1. Enter a management name for the cluster.
    2. Add the nodes that will be part of the cluster; that is, the primary and failover servers.
    3. In the Failover Cluster Manager, expand the cluster from the left hand side, and then click Roles.
    4. Click Configure Role.
      The High Availability Wizard appears.
    5. Click Generic Service, and then click Next.
    6. Click Proficy Server, and then click Next.
    7. Enter a name for the server. This name is required when running various GE software tools.
    8. Click Next, and then Next again to bypass the storage and registry settings.
    9. Review the confirmation, click Next, and then click Finish.
  4. To add support services, perform the following procedure.
    1. In the Roles window, in the Status column, wait until the status changes to Running.
    2. Right-click the role that you created, click Add Resource, and then select Generic Service.
    3. Click Proficy STS, and then click Next.
    4. Review the confirmation, click Next, and then click Finish.
    5. For Proficy Publisher Service, repeat steps b-d.
      The Status indicates that the roles are Partially Running.
    6. For Proficy Certificate, repeat steps b-d.
    7. In the Roles window, select the name you entered in step 3g.
    8. Click Start Role.
      The Status indicates that the roles are Running and Online.
    9. Click Stop Role.

What to do next

After setting up the failover cluster, the services will be running on both servers. You must either manually stop the services on the failover server, or move the service to the primary server. This enables the services on only the primary server.
Note: To run any post-installation configuration tools, you must turn off the cluster to avoid a failover. For all tools, except Configure Server, you are required to run the tools on one node only of the cluster. For configuring the server, you must run the tool on all nodes.