Managing a Failover Cluster

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

The following topics contain information about managing and troubleshooting a failover cluster:

• Understanding Backup and Recovery Basics for a Failover Cluster

• Bring a Clustered Service or Application Online or Take It Offline

• Live Migrate, Quick Migrate, or Move a Virtual Machine from Node to Node

• Refresh the Configuration of a Virtual Machine

• Pause or Resume a Node in a Failover Cluster

• Run a Disk Maintenance Tool Such as Chkdsk on a Clustered Disk

• Start or Stop the Cluster Service on a Cluster Node

• Use Validation Tests for Troubleshooting a Failover Cluster

• View Events and Logs for a Failover Cluster

• View Reports of the Actions of Failover Cluster Wizards

Additional references

• Overview of Failover Clusters

• For operations information for failover clusters, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137835.

• For troubleshooting information for failover clusters, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137836.