Converting Local and Global Service Groups

1. From the Cluster Summary, Service Groups, or Service Group page, click Global Groups Wizard in the left pane.
2. In the Global Group Configuration dialog box:

   

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   1. Select the service group that will serve as the global group.
   2. From the Available Clusters box, select the clusters on which the global group can come online. Click the right arrow to move the cluster name to the Current ClusterList box.
   3. Select the policy for cluster failover:
   • Manual prevents a group from automatically failing over to another cluster.
   • Auto enables a group to automatically fail over to another cluster if it is unable to fail over within the cluster, or if the entire cluster faults.
   • Connected enables a group to automatically fail over to another cluster if it is unable to fail over within the cluster.
   4. Click Next.
3. Click the edit icon (...) in the Settings column to specify information about the remote cluster.

   

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4. Enter or verify the required information for the remote cluster:

   If the cluster is not running in secure mode:

   

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   1. Enter the IP address of the remote cluster, the IP address of a cluster system, or the host name of a cluster system.
   2. Verify the port number.
   3. Enter the priority number (starting with 0) for the cluster on which the global group will attempt to come online.
   4. Enter the user name and the password.
   5. Click Next.

   If the cluster is running in secure mode:

   

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   6. Enter the IP address of the remote cluster, the IP address of a cluster system, or the host name of a cluster system.
   7. Verify the port number.
   8. Enter the priority number (starting with 0) for the cluster on which the global group will attempt to come online.
   9. Choose to connect to the remote cluster with the credentials used for the current cluster connection or enter new credentials, including the user name, password, and the domain.

   If you have connected to the remote cluster using the wizard earlier, you can use the credentials from the previous connection.

   10. Click Next.
5. Click No if you want the operation to be completed only if the wizard can connect to all selected clusters.

   

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6. Click Next.
7. Click Finish.