Creating Cluster Nodes (Active and Standby Node)

!Important Notes:

● Here we describe how to create two nodes (active and standby nodes) that make up a cluster. There are several parameters specific to each node, such as name and IP address. The other parts are common to the two nodes, including the creation procedure. You should perform the steps twice, once for the active node and once for the standby node.

● The parameters list describes the parameters that must be set for the active node and standby node.

1. Select Azure Home > Virtual machines > +Add and enter the values according to the following table.

*Note 1: If your SPS nodes are not going to be part of a Windows Domain, the Virtual Machine names should not contain any lower-case letters.

*Note 2: Select an OS version supported by LifeKeeper. The OS versions supported by LifeKeeper are listed in the Support Matrix for each version.

*Note 3: Make sure to select an instance size for which the Availability Set is available. Availability Set is not available for some instance sizes.

*Note 4: Be sure to select an instance size for which load balancing rules can be used. Load-balancing rules are not available for some instance sizes.

2. After confirming your input, click Next: Disks.

3. Configure the disks as follows.

(Create and attach a new disk)

(Change size)

4. Click Next: Networking.

5. Enter the following details.

Connect the first subnet you created (sios20sub1) to the virtual machine. With this, one network interface is connected. (The second network interface will be created and connected after the virtual machine is created.)

*Note 1: Connect the first subnet (sios20sub1) created in the previous step to the virtual machine.

*Note 2: In this procedure the Public IP is set in order to allow access to each cluster node via the Internet.

6. Click Next: Management, Next: Advanced, Next: Tags, and then Next: Review+create.

7. Verify that the settings are correct and click Create.

The virtual machine is created and deployed. Wait until the message “Your deployment is complete.” is displayed.

8. After creating a standby VM, open Azure Home > Virtual machines > virtual machine name > Availability + scaling. Clicking on the Availability set name displays the Fault Domain of the virtual machine belonging to the Availability set. Make sure that the Fault Domain of the standby VM is different from that of the active VM. If a standby VM is in the same fault domain, recreate it.

9. Temporarily suspend the virtual machine in order to change the network settings. In Azure Home > Virtual machines, select the virtual machine you just created and click Stop.

10. Go to Azure Home > Virtual machines > Virtual machine name > Networking, click the first interface name.

11. Open IP configurations in the left pane and click ipconfig1.

12. Change the IP address assignment mode and IP address as shown in the table below and click Save at the top of the screen to save your settings.

13. Next, add a second network interface.

14. From Azure Home > Virtual machines > Virtual machine name > Networking > click Attach network interface, then click Create network interface.

15. Configure the network interface according to the following table and click Create.

*Note: Configure the first subnet (sios20sub2) created in the previous step for the virtual machine.

16. Once a message indicates that the Create process is completed, go to Azure Home > Virtual machines > Virtual machine name > Networking, click on Attach network interface again, then select the NIC you just created, and click OK.

17. Make sure that two interfaces are attached.

18. Perform the steps in this section (Creating Cluster Nodes (Active and standby nodes)) for both the active node and standby node. Once both are created, start the two virtual machines and proceed to Creating Clients.