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• Dynamic quorum:
• Disk witness
• File share witness
• Azure Cloud Witness
• We recommend that you use dynamic quorum,
which is the default configuration
• You should use all other forms of quorum in
specific use cases only
Planning for migrating and upgrading failover clusters
Network Description
Public network Clients use this network to connect to the
clustered service
Private network Nodes use this network to communicate with
each other
Public-and-private Required to communicate with external storage
network systems
• Communication issues
• Repairing the cluster name object in AD DS
• Starting a cluster with no quorum
• Demonstration: Reviewing the Cluster.log file
• Monitoring performance with failover clustering
• Using Event Viewer with failover clustering
• Windows PowerShell troubleshooting cmdlets
Communication issues
Site A Site B
SAN SAN
Prerequisites for implementing a stretch cluster
Replication
Write
request
Secondary
Data Data storage
Write
complete Primary
storage
Overview of the Storage Replica feature
• Synchronous replication
• Asynchronous replication
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Storage Replica
• File-share witness:
• Requires three or more datacenter locations
• Is available in Windows Server 2012 R2 and
Windows Server 2016
• Azure Cloud Witness:
• Requires two datacenter locations
• Requires Internet connection for all nodes
• Is available in Windows Server 2016 only
• No witness:
• Is not recommended
• Manual failover (disaster-recovery site)
Configuring a stretch cluster
• Review Questions
• Real-world Issues and Scenarios
• Tools
• Best Practices
• Common Issues and Troubleshooting Tips