Copyright: Thursday, October 07, 1999 10:30:54


Lists the disks that are being controlled by this resource and are available for use by the cluster.


Provides a space for you to type the command line that executes the program, including the executable filename. If necessary, type the complete path and any arguments.


Provides a space for you to type the folder that contains the executable file or some related files. If the program needs files from another location, you can specify the location here.


Specifies whether the windows created by the application appears on the desktop of the node where the resource is online.

Programs started by the Generic Application resource cannot be viewed on the desktop unless you select this check box.


Specifies whether the GetComputerName, GetHostByName, and GetComputerNameEx Win32 APIs return the network name from the Network Name resource on which this resource is dependent.

For more information, see the Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the generic service. Be sure to type the exact name of the service because the maintenance of services is specific to the name. The service name is not case sensitive and is not the same as the display name.


Provides a space for you to type startup parameters for the generic service. As a backslash (\) is treated as an escape parameter, type two backslashes (\\) for each backslash in the parameter.


Specifies whether to have the GetComputerName, GetHostByName, and GetComputerNameEx Win32 APIs return the network name from the Network Name resource on which this resource is dependent.

For more information, see the Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit.


Provides a space for you to type the network name that clients use to access services dependent on this resource. Network name conforms to NetBIOS and DNS naming conventions.


Click to rename the cluster. Changes to the cluster name will not take effect until this resource is brought back online.


Provides a space for you to type the name users will use to connect to the shared folder.


Provides a space for you to type the path to the shared folder. This path should be for a folder on a disk resource on which this resource is dependent or for a folder on a local disk where the data is replicated between all nodes in the cluster.


Provides a space for you to type a description or any other comment about the shared folder. A comment is optional. Do not change the text in Comment using the Sharing tab of a folder's Properties dialog box opened in Windows Explorer. The changes will be lost when the resource is taken offline.


Specifies the limit for users who can simultaneously use the shared folder.

Maximum Allowed specifies that the highest possible number of users can connect to the share at one time. Allow Users specifies a particular number of users who can connect to the share at one time. Do not change Maximum Allowed or Allow Users using the Sharing tab of a folder's Properties dialog box opened in Windows Explorer. The changes will be lost when the resource is taken offline.


Specifies that the highest possible number of users can simultaneously connect to the shared folder at one time. Do not change the Maximum Allowed using the Sharing tab of a folder's Properties dialog box opened in Windows Explorer. The changes will be lost when the resource is taken offline.


Click to set share permissions for the folder. Do not change the share permissions using the folder's Properties dialog box opened in Windows Explorer. The changes will be lost when the resource is taken offline.


Specifies that there is a limit to the number of users who can simultaneously connect to the shared folder at one time. Do not change the Allow Users using the Sharing tab of a folder's Properties dialog box opened in Windows Explorer. The changes will be lost when the resource is taken offline.


Provides a space for you to type the limit for the number of users who can simultaneously connect to the shared folder at one time. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting. Do not change User Limit using the Sharing tab of a folder's Properties dialog box opened in Windows Explorer. The changes will be lost when the resource is taken offline.


Click to set share type for the folder. Types are normal share, Dfs root, or share subdirectories.


Lists the names of the available networks on which the name and IP address of the virtual server are to be published. The appropriate network might have been automatically selected by this wizard based on the IP address. Networks not enabled for client communication do not appear on the list.


Provides a space for you to type the IP address controlled by the resource. IP addresses are used to uniquely identify services on the network. The address cannot be assigned dynamically. IP addresses for services are assigned by the network administrator for your organization.


Provides a space for you to type the mask that distinguishes the network and host portions of the IP address. In most cases, this can be automatically derived from the IP address that was entered.


Specifies whether NetBIOS-based services are enabled to use the specified Internet Protocol (IP) address. NetBIOS-based network clients will not be able to access cluster services through this IP address if NetBIOS is disabled for this address.


Provides a space for you to type the full path of the print spooler folder. For example, if the disk on the shared SCSI bus is G, you can type G:\Spool. The spool folder must be on a disk that is in the print spooler's resource group, and the print spooler must depend on this disk.


Provides a space for you to type the amount of time (in seconds) that the print spooler will wait for the printing jobs to complete before going offline. If the jobs do not complete within the specified interval, they abort and restart when the spooler comes online on another node.

This number should be less than the Pending timeout on the Advanced tab, so the spooler has time to delete the pending jobs. For example, if the Pending timeout is 180 seconds, you can enter 160 seconds here.


Lists the registry keys below HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE that should be replicated on all nodes in the cluster. They will be replicated only when the resource is brought online. Changes made to the registry keys when the registry is offline will be lost when the resource is brought online.

Click Add to add a key, Modify to edit the name of a key, or Remove to remove a key from this list.


Click to add a key to the list of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys that should be replicated on all nodes in the cluster. The key will be replicated only when the resource is brought online. Changes made to the registry keys when the registry is offline will be lost when the resource is brought online.


Click to edit the name of  the selected key in the list of registry keys to be replicated on all nodes in the cluster. The name will be replicated only when the resource is brought online. Changes made to the registry keys when the registry is offline will be lost when the resource is brought online.


Click to remove the selected key in the list of registry keys to be replicated on all nodes in the cluster. Removing the key from the list will not remove it from the system registry.


Provides a space for you to type the root path below HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for the registry key that will be replicated between nodes for the resource, for example:

software\mycompany\myapp


Provides a space for you to type a new name for the cluster.

The cluster name cannot be the same as the computer name of either node and cannot conflict with any other computer name (such as the name for a printer, server, cluster, or domain) in use on your network.


Specifies that you want to create a normal file share. Creating a normal share creates a single, non-DFS share.


Specifies that you want the file share to serve as a Dfs root. You can create only one Dfs root per cluster.


Specifies that you want to create a separate file share for each subfolder of the resource path.


Specifies whether the file shares created for each subfolder are hidden. Users who browse the network cannot see hidden file shares.


Provides a space for you to type the path to the DHCP database files. This path must end with a backslash and have the drive letter of a disk resource on which this resource depends. The path must be of the form f:\dhcp. This path cannot begin with %SystemRoot%, but you can use other environment variables.


Provides a space for you to type the path to the backup of the DHCP database files. This path must end with a backslash and have the drive letter of a disk resource on which this resource depends. The path must be of the form f:\dhcp\backup. This path cannot begin with %SystemRoot%, but you can use other environment variables.


Provides a space for you to type the path to the WINS database files. This path must end with a backslash and have the drive letter of a disk resource on which this resource depends. The path must be of the form f:\wins. This path cannot begin with %SystemRoot%, but you can use other environment variables.


Provides a space for you to type the root path to the backup of the WINS database files. The backup will be created in a subdirectory of this path. This path must end with a backslash and have the drive letter of a disk resource on which this resource depends. The path must be of the form f:\wins. This path cannot begin with %SystemRoot%, but you can use other environment variables.


Provides a space for you to type the network name or IP address of either the cluster or one of its nodes. If the cluster name is not recognized, try entering the name of a node in the cluster.

You can also click the arrow to select from a list of the clusters you administered recently.


Click to view all the clusters in the same domain as the computer that is running Cluster Administrator.


Displays all the resources that will be deleted. This list includes all resources in a dependency tree.


Click to delete the displayed resources.


Click to close the dialog box without deleting any resources.


Lists the resources that will be moved to a different group.


Click to move the listed resources to the other group.


Click to close the dialog box without moving the resources.


Lists the nodes in the cluster that are not preferred owners of the group.

If you want a group to fail back to a specific node after that node has been offline and then restored to service, make the node a preferred owner of the group.


Lists the preferred owners of the group.

If you want a group to fail back to a specific node after that node has been offline and then restored to service, make the node a preferred owner of the group. When there is more than one preferred owner, the order of the list determines priority. If there are more than two nodes in a cluster, the order of the preferred owners list determines which node a group should fail over to or fail back to first.


Click this to move the selected nodes up in the list.

If more than one node is listed here, priority is determined by the ordering of the list. The group will always try to fail back to the highest priority node that is available.


Click this to move the selected nodes down in the list.

If more than one node is listed here, priority is determined by the ordering of the list. The group will always try to fail back to the highest priority node that is available.


Lists all resources in the group that this resource does not require to run.


Lists the resources that must be running before the highlighted resource can run.


Click to move the resources selected in the Available resources list to the Dependencies list. This will add the selected resources to the list of resources that must be running before the highlighted resource can run.


Click to move the resources selected in the Dependencies list to the Available resources list. This will remove the selected resources from the list of resources that must be running before the highlighted resource can run.


Click to display the properties for the selected resource.

If this button is unavailable, clicking a resource makes the button available.


Displays information about the error.


Click to ignore the error and continue with the procedure.


Click to ignore this error and any subsequent errors in the procedure.


Click to stop the procedure.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the cluster.

The cluster name cannot be the same as the computer name of either node and cannot conflict with any other NetBIOS name (such as the NetBIOS name for a printer, server, cluster, or domain) in use on your network.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the cluster.


Displays the name of the cluster software.


Displays the installed version of the cluster software.


Lists the available quorum resources for the cluster.

The quorum resource stores the data that the Cluster service uses to transfer the state of the cluster among nodes.


Specifies the location on the quorum resource where the quorum resource data is located. Reset quorum log specifies the maximum size of the quorum resource log file (in kilobytes).


Lists the quorum resource partition where the quorum resource log file and the registry application data are stored.


Provides a space for you to type the folder where the quorum log files and registry application data are stored.


Provides a space for you to type the maximum size (in kilobytes) for the quorum log file.

The Cluster service records any unsaved changes to the cluster database in the quorum log file. When the log file reaches the specified maximum size, the Cluster service saves the database and resets the log file.


Specifies the name of the node


Provides a space for you to type a description of the node.

This appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the node icon.


Shows the current state of the node.

Down - The node is not actively participating in cluster operations.

Joining - The node is in the process of becoming an active participant in the cluster operations.

Paused - The node is actively participating in cluster operations but cannot take ownership of resource groups and cannot bring resources online.

Unknown - The state cannot be determined.

Up - The node is actively participating in all cluster operations.


Displays the version and build number of the Cluster service.

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Displays the number of the most recent service pack installed on the node (if any).


Provides a space for you to type the name of the group.

Do not rename the default Cluster Group. This group contains the settings for the default cluster and some typical resources that provide generic information, such as network name and IP address, and failover policies.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the group.

The description you type here appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the Groups folder.


Specifies the nodes that you want to act as the preferred owner of the group. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a preferred owner.

When a node comes up after being down, the group will attempt to fail back to the preferred owner node.


Click to change the preferred owners of the group. This will add or remove preferred owners or change their priorities if there is more than one preferred owner. The order of the preferred owners list determines a node's priority. A group will fail back to the first node in the list that is up.


Displays the current state of the group.

Failed - One or more resources cannot be brought online or offline in the allowed time.

Online - All resources are online.

Offline - All resources are offline.

Partially Online - One or more resources are online and one or more resources are offline.

Pending - One or more resources are Online Pending or Offline Pending.

Unknown - The state cannot be determined.

You can change the state of a selected group: In Cluster Administrator, on the File menu, click Bring Online or Take Offline.


Displays the node that is the current owner of the group.


Provides a space for you to type the maximum number of times that the group is allowed to fail over during the failover period specified by Period.

If the actual number of failovers exceeds the threshold during the failover period, the group may be in a failed state and the Cluster service will not attempt to bring it online.


Provides a space for you to type the failover period (in hours) during which the group will be allowed to fail over the number of times specified in Threshold.

If the actual number of failovers exceeds the threshold during the failover period, the group may be in a failed state and the Cluster service will not attempt to bring it online.


Specifies that the group will not fail back when a failed node returns to operation.


Specifies that the group will fail back when a node returns to operation. When Allow failback is selected, you must also either click Immediately, to allow failback to occur immediately, or Failback between, to allow failback only during the time interval you specify.


Specifies that failback occurs as soon as the Cluster service detects that the failed node is operating.


Specifies that failback occurs only during the specified hours. To set the time interval, enter numbers from 0 to 23 for the beginning and end of the interval on a 24-hour clock.

If the first number is greater than the second, the interval will end on the following day.


Provides a space for you to type the beginning of the interval during which the group may fail back. Enter a number from 0 to 23 for the time on a 24-hour clock. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.

If this number is greater than the second, the interval will end on the following day.


Provides a space for you to type the end of the interval during which the group may fail back. Enter a number from 0 to 23 for the time on a 24-hour clock. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.

If this number is less than the first number, the interval will end on the following day.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the resource. The name identifies the resource in the cluster and is used to manage the resource.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the resource.

This description appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the Resources folder.


Lists the nodes that are capable of running the resource. You can also click the scroll arrows to view the nodes. If you want the group containing the resource to be able to fail over, more than a single node must be designated as possible owners.

Restrict a resource to one node if the other node does not have the ability to handle the resource, or if maintaining performance is more important than keeping the resource available.


Click to change the possible owners of the resource.


Specifies whether you want to run the resource in a Resource Monitor process separate from other Cluster service resources.

Selecting this check box is recommended for a resource if its .dll file is likely to conflict with other resource .dll files. This is also recommended for resources that will have to be debugged.


Displays the resource type. The resource type determines the behavior of the resource, such as how it comes online, or what properties it has. A resource is an instance of a resource type.


Displays the group to which the resource belongs.


Displays the current state of the resource.

Failed - Resource cannot be brought online or offline in the allowed time.

Offline - Resource is unavailable for use by a client or by other resources.

Offline Pending - Resource is in the process of being taken offline.

Online - Resource is available for use.

Online Pending - Resource is in the process of being brought online.

Unknown - The state cannot be determined.


Displays the node that currently owns the resource. The node will be the same for all resources in a group.


Lists the other resources that must be brought online before this resource can be brought online.


Click to view or change the properties of the resource selected under Resource dependencies.


Click to change the list of resources under Resource dependencies.


Specifies that the resource does not restart when it fails.


Specifies that the Cluster service attempts to restart the resource when it fails.


Specifies whether the group fails over when this resource fails.


Provides a space for you to type the number of times during the specified threshold period that Cluster service attempts to restart the resource before the group fails over.


Provides a space for you to type the number of seconds during which the specified number of attempts to restart the resource must occur before the group fails over.


Specifies how often the Cluster service checks the registered state of the resource to determine whether the resource appears to be active. You can use either the default interval for the resource type or specify an interval (in milliseconds).


Specifies that the Cluster service uses the default interval for the resource type when checking to determine whether the resource appears to be active. You can find the default interval in the properties of the resource type.


Specifies how often, in milliseconds, the Cluster service checks the state of the resource to determine whether the resource appears to be active.


Provides a space for you to type how frequently the Cluster service checks to determine whether the resource appears to be active.


Specifies how often the Cluster service checks the state of the resource to determine whether the resource is active. You can use either the default interval for the resource type or specify an interval (in milliseconds).


Specifies that the Cluster service uses the default interval of the resource type when checking to determine whether the resource is active. You can find the default interval in the properties of the resource type.


Specifies how often, in milliseconds, the Cluster service checks the state of the resource to determine whether the resource is active.


Provides a space for you to type how frequently the Cluster service checks to determine whether the resource is active.


Provides a space for you to type the amount of time, in seconds, that a resource in a pending state (Online Pending or Offline Pending ) has to resolve its status before the Cluster service puts the resource in the failed state. The resource can extend this time if more time is needed for an operation.


Provides a space for you to type the display name of the resource type.

The display name is used to manage the resource type in the cluster administration tools. The type name is used internally by APIs and resource DLLs.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the resource type.

This appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the Resource Types folder.


List of nodes on which the resource type can run. You can also click the scroll arrows to view the nodes.

This list is determined by whether the resource DLL for the resource type responds to queries by the Cluster service on each node in the cluster.


Specifies the default poll intervals (in milliseconds) for resources of this type.

"Looks Alive" poll interval specifies how often the Cluster service checks the state of the resource to determine whether or not the resource appears to be active. "Is Alive" poll interval specifies how often the Cluster service checks to determine whether the resource is active.


Provides a space for you to type the interval, in milliseconds, that the Cluster service uses as a default value when checking the state of a resource to determine if the resource appears to be active.


Provides a space for you to type the interval, in milliseconds, that the Cluster service uses as a default value when checking the state of a resource to determine if the resource is active.


Displays the type name of the resource type. The type name is used internally by APIs and resource DLLs. The display name is used to manage the resource type in the cluster administration tools.


Displays the name of the dynamic link library (DLL) file that implements the behavior of this resource type.


Displays whether resources of this type can be used as a quorum resource. The only quorum-capable resource type currently provided with Windows 2000 is the Physical Disk resource type.

The quorum resource stores the log data that Cluster service uses to transfer the state of the cluster among nodes. It also transfers some application data from the registry. When the nodes cannot communicate with each other, it determines which one can continue running.


Provides a space for you to type a name for the new group.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the group.

This description appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the Groups folder.


Specifies the nodes that are the preferred owners of the group. When a node comes up after being down, the group will attempt to fail back to the preferred owner node. Click Move Up or Move Down to change the order of the Preferred owners list. The order determines a node's priority. A group will fail back or fail over to the first preferred owner in the list that is up.


Provides a space for you to type a name for the new resource. This name identifies the resource in the cluster and is used when managing the resource.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the new resource.

This description appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the Resources folder.


Lists the available resource types.

The resource type determines the behavior of the resource, such as how it comes online, or what properties it has. A resource is an instance of a resource type.


Lists the available groups.

You should create a new group for each set of resources you create. Never use the default groups for your new resources.


Specifies whether you want to run the resource in a Resource Monitor process that is separate from other Cluster service resources.

This is recommended for a resource if its .dll file is likely to conflict with other resource .dll files. This is also recommended for resources that will have to be debugged.


Lists the nodes in the cluster that are not possible owners of the resource.

A possible owner is a node that is capable of running a resource. If you want a group to fail over, every resource in the group must have more than one possible owner.


Lists the nodes in the cluster that are possible owners of the resource.

A possible owner is a node that is capable of running a resource. If you want a group to be able to fail over, every resource in the group must have more than one possible owner.


Click this to move the nodes selected in the Available nodes list to the Possible owners list. This will add the selected nodes to the list of possible owners


Click this to move the nodes selected in the Possible owners list to the Available nodes list. This will remove the selected nodes from the list of possible owners.


Click this to display the properties for the selected node.

If this button is disabled, click a node to make the button available.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the cluster you want to open.


Displays all the clusters in the same domain as the computer that is running Cluster Administrator.

The domain for your user account may not be the same as the domain for the computer.


Lists the networks attached to the cluster that are used for internal cluster communications. For communication among nodes, the Cluster service uses the first available network in the order shown here.


Click to move the selected network up in the list and give it higher priority for communications among the nodes in the cluster.


Click to move the selected network down in the list and give it lower priority for communications among the nodes in the cluster.


Click to view or change the properties for the selected network.


Displays the node in which the network interface is installed.


Displays the network to which the network interface is attached.


Provides a space for you to type information about the network interface. This information appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the network interface icon.


Displays the internal name of the network interface.


Displays the current state of the network interface.

Failed - The device that connects the node to the network has failed. The node cannot communicate through this network interface.

Unavailable - The network is disabled for cluster use, or the node associated with this network interface is down.

Unknown - The state cannot be determined.

Unreachable - The node cannot communicate through this network interface. The reason for the failure is unknown.

Up - The network interface is functioning normally.


Displays the name of the device that connects the node to the network.


Displays the IP address that identifies the node on this network.


Displays the name of the network. This is the administrative name of the network and is not used for access to the network.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the network. This appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the network icon.


Specifies whether you want to use the network with the cluster. If this check box is clear, the network will not be monitored and the state of the network will not be available.


Specifies that you want to use the network for communication among nodes in the cluster and for communication between the cluster and the clients who are using the cluster resources.


Specifies that you want to use the network only for communication among nodes.


Specifies that you want to use the network only for communication between the cluster and the clients who are using the cluster resources.


Displays the current state of the network.

Down - The network has failed. None of the active nodes in the cluster can communicate with one another using this network.

Partitioned - The network has partially failed. Some active cluster nodes cannot communicate with one another over this network.

Unavailable - The network is disabled for cluster use, or all of the cluster nodes attached to this network are inactive.

Unknown - The state cannot not be determined.

Up - The network is functioning normally.


Displays the mask that distinguishes the network and host portions of IP addresses on this network.


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Provides a space for you to type the command for attaching a debugger to the Resource Monitor that is specified for this resource or for resources of this type.

The Cluster service will add -p <id#>, where "id#" is the process ID for the resource. If the debugger is not available in the search path, you must type the full path to the debugger executable file. The search path is defined by the Path system variable.

To set this, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, double-click System, click the Advanced tab, and then click Environment variables. To modify the path, use the Autoexec.nt file.


Specifies that you want to create a new virtual server to manage your application.

Client applications communicate with a virtual server through a cluster-managed IP address and network name. If you choose to create a virtual server, you must provide an IP address and a network name.


Specifies that your application is associated with an existing virtual server.


Lists the available existing resource groups that can serve as the virtual server for your application.

To serve as a virtual server, a resource group must contain an IP Address resource and a Network Name resource. If you want to use an existing resource group for your application that does not have either of these two resources, click Create a new virtual server. Later in this wizard, you can create the virtual server in an existing resource group.


Specifies that you want to create a new resource group for the virtual server.


Specifies that you want to use an existing resource group for the virtual server.

If you choose this option, you must select the resource group for your virtual server in Existing resource group. A virtual server resource group must have an IP Address resource and a Network Name resource. You add these resources to the existing resource group later in this wizard.


Lists the available resource groups that can serve as the virtual server.

A resource group for a virtual server must have an IP Address resource and a Network Name resource. You add an IP Address resource and a Network Name resource for this resource group later in the wizard.


Provides a space for you to type a descriptive name for the resource group.

The resource group name is not visible to clients. It is used only with cluster tools, such as Cluster Administrator.


Provides a space for you to type a detailed description of the resource group (optional).

In Cluster Administrator, this description appears in the details pane of when you click Resources.


Provides a space for you to type the name that uniquely identifies this virtual server on the network.

Virtual server names are similar to computer names, but conform to NetBIOS and DNS naming conventions.


Provides a space for you to type the IP address associated with the virtual server's network name.

The network name and IP address are used to uniquely identify the virtual server on the network. IP addresses for servers are assigned by the network administrator for your organization.


Lists the available networks on which the name and IP address of the virtual server are to be published.

Private networks do not appear in the list.


Lists the available categories for which you can examine or change the properties by clicking Advanced Properties.


Click to set or change the advanced properties for the selected category.

In Resource group properties, specify failover and failback policies for the resource group.

In IP Address resource properties, you can specify the subnet mask for the IP address of your virtual server. You can also disable NetBIOS for the address, specify restart options for the resource, create resource dependencies, and specify possible owners.

In Network Name resource properties, you can specify restart options, dependencies for the network name resource, and possible owners.


Specifies that a resource for your application will be created.

A resource is a physical or logical entity that is managed by the cluster, such as a file share, a web server, or an IP address. You can use the Generic Application or Generic Service resource types for your application or register a resource type designed for your application.


Specifies that you will create a resource to manage your application at a later time.

A resource is a physical or logical entity that is managed by the cluster, such as a file share, a web server, or an IP address. You can use the Generic Application or Generic Service resource types for your application or register a resource type designed for your application.


Lists the available types of resources.

A resource is a physical or logical entity that is managed by the cluster, such as a file share, a web server, or an IP address. Cluster service organizes resources into resource types. Different resource types have different parameters; for example, a File Share resource type has a path parameter for the file share, and a disk resource has a drive-letter parameter. Different resource types also define different methods for bringing individual resources online or offline.


Provides a space for you to type a descriptive name for the resource.

The resource name is not visible to client applications. It is used only by cluster software, such as Cluster Administrator.


Provides a space for you to type a detailed description of the resource (optional).

The description appears in the details pane of Cluster Administrator when you click the Resources folder in the console tree.


Click to specify any advanced properties of the new resource.

In Advanced Properties, you can specify resource dependencies, the possible owners of the resource, and advanced parameters. You can also specify advanced restart and polling interval parameters for your resource.

Resource dependencies are resources within the same resource group that must be brought online before the new resource can be brought online, for example, a file share resource can depend on a disk resource. A possible owner of a resource is a cluster node that can bring the resource online. A resource must have at least two possible owners in order to provide high availability through failover.


This IP address does not match any network configured by this cluster. If this is the correct IP address, enter the subnet mask.

The IP address is used to uniquely identify the virtual server on the network. IP addresses for servers are assigned by the network administrator for your organization.


Provides a space for you to type the subnet mask that distinguishes the network and host portions of the IP address. The subnet mask is supplied by the network administrator for your organization.


Click to change the list of possible owners of this resource.


Describes the virtual server and, if created, the application resource configured by this wizard.


Provides a space for you to type a new name for the group.


Displays the network name that clients use to access services dependent on this resource. The network name conforms to NetBIOS and DNS naming conventions.


Click to change the preferred owners of the group.

The preferred owners are the nodes which a group can fail back to. If more than one node is listed under Preferred owners, priority is determined by the order of the list. The group always tries to fail back to the highest priority node that is available. If no preferred owners are specified for the group, then failback does not occur.


Displays the network name that clients can use to access the group.


Provides a space for you to type the directory path to the audit log file stored by the DHCP service.