Note:
Note that the cluster IP Address should not be used for file shares.
That address is reserved to connect to and manage the cluster
through the network that it is defined on.
Network name
An alternate computer name for an existing named computer. It is physically
dependent on an IP address on one of the public networks. When a disk
group contains an IP address resource and a network name, it is a virtual
server and provides identity to the group, which is not associated with a
specific node and can be failed over to another node in the cluster. Users
access the groups using this virtual server.
In the creation of a basic file share that is publicized to the network under a single
name, you must set it up to be dependent on the physical disk and network name
in the same disk group you are creating the file share in. The network name is
dependent on the IP address, so do not add that to the dependency list. You can
set the share permissions and advanced share resources also.
Users will access the cluster resources using
\\<network_name>\<fileshare_name>
.
Clustered file share creation example
An example of how to create a clustered file share follows. For this example,
assume that you are creating a file share in Disk Group 2.
1. Create the IP address resource:
a. Right-click Disk Group 2, and select
New
→
Resource
.
b. Enter an IP address name, for example
ipaddr2
, and change the resource
type to IP Address.
c. Select
Run this resource in a separate Resource Monitor
and click
Next
.
d. A list of possible owners appears, and both nodes should remain as
assigned. Click
Next
.
e. There are no resource dependencies on this panel, so click
Next
.
f. Enter your TCP/IP parameters. This will be the first virtual IP address. The
value in the Network field identifies to the system the network on which the
address is located. Click
Finish
to create the resource.
g. Right-click the resource and select
Bring online
.
2. Create the network-name resource:
a. Right-click Disk Group 2, and select
New
→
Resource
.
b. Enter the virtual server name to use (for example,
NN2
), select
Network
Name
as the resource type, and click
Next
.
c. Both nodes are possible owners. Click
Next
.
d. Add the IP address you created as a resource dependency in Step 1 and
click
Next
.
e. Type the virtual server name, NN2, into the Network Name Parameters field
and click
Finish
.
f. It takes a few moments to register the virtual server name with your name
server. After this completes, bring the resource online.
3. Create the CIFS or NFS file share resource:
a. Right-click Disk Group 2 and select
New
→
Resource
.
b. Enter a file share name (for example,
FS2
) and select either
File Share
or
NFS Share
.
c. Both nodes are possible owners. Click
Next
.
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