Download Resource Type and Possible Owners

Resource Type and Possible
Owners
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You give a
new resource
a name,
description,
resource
type, group,
and possible
owners.
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A resource can only belong to one
group. Some resources may have
dependencies. You add resources to a
group through configuring a new
resource within Cluster Administrator.
You can also create or add resources
from the Resources folder.
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To create a resource, click File, select
New, and then click Resource.
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The following table lists the New Resource page
options and their usage.
Option
Use
Name
The unique name of the resource. You can change the
resource name, because internal resources are
identified by their globally unique identifier (GUID).
Description
An optional description of the resource.
Resource
Type
A drop-down list of available resources. See the
following table on the next page for a list of all of the
default resources.
Group
A drop-down box of available groups in the cluster.
Run this
resource in a
separate
Resource
Monitor
Sets the resource to run in a separate Resource
Monitor. This option is useful for a resource that is not
functioning correctly. In this case, the resource will only
affect its own Resource Monitor instead of affecting a
Resource Monitor that is monitoring multiple resources.
Naming the Resource
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You name a resource for administrative use.
For example, there might be ten file share
resources on a cluster. You would need to use
a naming convention to logically identify each
resource.
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In the New Resource dialog box, you need to
enter the resource name and the group that
you want the resource to belong to. All of the
resources have similar configuration settings.
You can enter a description of the resource,
The following table lists the default resource
types.
1. DHCP Service
2. Distributed Transaction
Coordinator
3. File Share
4. Generic Application
5. Generic Service
6. Internet Information
Services (IIS) Service
Instance
7. IP Address
8. Message Queuing
9. Network Name
10. Network News Transport
Protocol (NNTP) Server
Instance
11. Physical Disk
12. Print Spooler
13. Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol (SMTP) Server
Instance
14. Time Service
15. WINS Service
Note: Some cluster-aware applications add resources to the default
resource type list. For example, if you install Microsoft Exchange 2000
on a cluster, you need to open the New Resource dialog box and add
the appropriate Exchange resources to a group.
Possible Owners
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You configure failover for a resource by setting its Possible
owners. A possible owner can be any node in the cluster that is
allowed to run the resource. You can restrict a resource from
running on specific nodes within the cluster. In Windows 2000
Advanced Server, a Cluster service resource can have only two
possible owners because there are only two nodes in the cluster.
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If you want a resource or group to run on one node without
failover capabilities, select only one possible owner. In such a
situation, a failover will not occur because there is no node
defined as a possible owner for one or more of the resources
within a group.
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In the Possible Owners dialog box, indicate the nodes on which
you can bring the new resource online. In the next dialog box,
select any dependencies that this new resource might have.