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What the IT Manager Should Know
Windows
2000® Advanced Server®
5.a. Flexible Fail-over
& Simplified Management
Advanced
Server includes fail-over policies such as fail-over
timing, preferred node for fail-over, and
fail-back timing (fail-back is the
process of moving clustered resources back to
their original server node when it becomes available).
Additionally, Advance Server:
- Uses
a sophisticated algorithm to detect and isolate
network failures
- Detects
a number of different states for network failures
- Uses
fail-over policy to determine whether or not
to fail over the resource group
Simplified
Management
- Integrated
with the Microsoft Management Console, the Cluster
Administrator:
- Provides
a single utility for setup and configuration
- Monitors
the health of standard applications and servers,
and can automatically recover mission-critical
data and applications from many common types
of failure—usually in under a minute
- Detects
the addition and removal of plug-and-play network
adapters, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP) network stacks, and shared
physical disks
- Uses
the Active DirectoryÔ service to publish information about clusters
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