Windows Server Failover Clustering#
Windows Server Failover Clustering provides high availability for services or applications that run within the failover cluster. It contains a group of independent servers that work together to increase the availability of applications and services. Windows Failover Clustering can protect against hardware and software failures by failing over resources from one server (or cluster node) to another, as required. Failover is the process of taking a clustered service or application offline on one node and bringing it back online on another node. This process is typically transparent to the users, who should experience a minimal disruption of service when a failover occurs.
Creating a Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC)#
To create a WSFC please follow the instructions in this Microsoft guide:
If you creating a cluster to host the SQL Server Availability Groups for Critical Manufacturing leave the cluster empty because the SQL Server wizards will create the necessary objects. Please note the cluster object in the Active Directory must be granted permissions to create active directory objects.