Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Cluster-Aware Updating
A new feature of failover clustering for Windows Server 2012 is Cluster-Aware Updating. This feature is directly tied to Windows Updates and allows failover cluster administrators to select between two different models for the purposes of managing Windows-related and Microsoft-related updates on a failover cluster. One method is simply to allow administrators to run this wizard when updates need to be installed. The feature will manage the installation of the updates on all nodes in the cluster and move groups automatically. Another method is to install the Cluster-Aware Updating role and then configure a run profile. To manually run Cluster-Aware Updating, follow these steps:
1. Log on to a Windows Server 2012 or Windows ...
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