Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Testing Failover Clusters

After all the desired cluster nodes to the failover cluster are added and failover and failback configuration options are set for each role group, each group should be verified for proper operation on each cluster node. For these tests to be complete, failover and, when applicable, failback of role groups need to be tested. They can be tested by simulating a cluster resource failure or by manually moving the role groups between nodes. To move a role group to another node, follow these steps:

1. Open Failover Cluster Manager and navigate to the desired role group. Right-click the group and click Move, Select Node, as shown in Figure 29.13.

Figure 29.13. Moving a role group to another available node.

2. In the Move Clustered ...