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  • Windows OS version, Service Pack & Windows update (both)
  • Same WorkGroup/Domain Environment
  • Same administrator account and password
  • Same OS time

Network Interface Card

At least 2 NICS as listed below are needed for shared disk environment.

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  • Set the disk type as basic disk. (MCCS do not support dynamic disk.) 
  • Either volume size should be the same on both servers or volume size of standby server should be bigger for mirror disk environment.
  • Character should be the same for drive letter on both servers.
  • MCCS supports DAS, SAN, iSCSI
    (However, MCCS does not replicate the data on network driver like NAS.)

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When use mirror disk in domain environment, local manager should be used for login account of SteelEye DataKeeper service, or domain account that has local manager authorization.
It will operate normally only if the Distributed Link Tracking Client service is deactivated.

In case of the mirrored disk which was added at the domain environment, it is essential to work by an account of local administrator or higher.

Shared Disk

  • Supports SAN, DAS, iSCSI.

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When failure occurred in a group, MCCS will online the service resources on the standby which runs the same resources on the active. Users need to add the user program mentioned above to manage by MCCS.
Please refer to "Chapter 7. Resource of MCCS User GuideManual" for more details about adding a resource. 
Before adding a resource, user should decide what kind of service of resource and read the following in advance and these attributes will be set.

  1. Process Service
    • folder where program of Process is registered
    • program name of '.exe' extension
    • name and password of the account that execute '.exe'.
    • Domain name in case of domain environment
    • WORKGROUP in case of general environment
  2. Application Service
    • Folder location of batch files of the program to register Application.
      (Please refer to "5.3 Add and Delete Resource of MCCS  User GuideManual" for more details.)
    • Name and password of the account to execute application
    • Domain for domain environment
    • WORKGROUP for general environment
  3. Window Service
    • Change the start type of service to 'Manual' in Windows Service Management.
    • Service name that was registered in Windows Service Management.

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