Verifying the Cluster Host Restoration Process

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Before placing the cluster into a pilot or production environment, you need to verify cluster host restoration to ensure that you can properly restore a cluster host that has failed.

To verify the cluster host restoration process, complete the following tasks:

  1. Remove a cluster host from the cluster by performing a drainstop on the cluster host.

    A drainstop prevents a cluster host from handling new client requests. While draining, a cluster host continues to complete any outstanding requests and remains in the cluster until all active requests are completed. Then the cluster host stops all cluster operation.

  2. Remove all disk volumes and disk partitions on the cluster host.

  3. Restore the cluster host based on the installation method selected earlier in the deployment process.

  4. Restart the cluster host.

  5. Verify that the System event log of each cluster host contains no errors and that the restored cluster host responds properly to client requests.