Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering Architecture Overview
New Features and Capabilities
Published: November 2007
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Contents
Introduction 2
Overview of Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering 3
What’s New in Failover Clustering 4
Improved Failover Cluster Management Interfaces 5
The Validate Tool 6
The Validate Inventory 7
The Validate Verification 8
A New Way to Create Clusters 10
Migrating Legacy Clusters 11
Support for Windows Server 2008 Server Core 12
Improvements in Scoping and Managing Shares 13
Better Storage and Backup Support 14
Enhanced Maintenance Mode 15
Superior Scalability 16
A New Quorum Model 17
An Improved Security Model 18
CSA No Longer Requires a Domain User Account 19
Improved Logging and Event Tracing 20
More Secure TCP-based Cluster Communications 21
Kerberos Authentication By Default 22
Improved Auditing of Cluster Services Tools Usage 23
Securing Intra-cluster Communications 24
New Networking Capabilities and More Flexible Dependencies 25
Better Support for Geographically Distributed Clusters 26
Support for DHCP 27
Improvements in the Cluster Heartbeat Mechanism 28
Comprehensive Support for IPv6 29
Conclusion 30
