Adding Resource Group

1. To add a group, select 'group name → right click → Add Group' from configuration tree.
   Or select 'Edit(E) → Add Group' from main menu.
   

   
   [Figure] Group Registration
   
   
   

2.  

   If you select to register a group, you will see the initial group registration screen.
   In the initial group registration screen, enter a group name and move the operation target node from the left window to the right window.

    

   
   [Figure] Operation Target Node Selection

    

3. Click Additional Settings to choose group mode as failover or parallel.
   

   
   [Figure] Additional Settings View

    

4. Designate a group policy and configure an application.
   For more on how to add each resource, refer to the below link.
   Refer to the descriptions of adding complex applications in "7.4 Complex Application Resource."
   Refer to the descriptions of adding basic application in "7.3 Basic Application Resource."
   Refer to the descriptions of adding Windows service resource in "7.7 Windows Service Resource."

   
   

   
   [Figure] Initial Configuration Application View
   
   
   

5.  Configure the network related resource.

   For more on how to add each resource, refer to the below link.
   Refer to the descriptions of adding network card in “7.1 Network Card Resource."
   Refer to the descriptions of adding a network address in "7.2 Network Address Resource."
   Refer to the descriptions of adding a virtual name in "7.2 Virtual Name Resource."

    

   
   [Figure] Network Configuration

   
   
   

6. Configure the disk related resource.
   For more on how to add each resource, refer to the below link.
   Refer to the descriptions of adding shared disk resources in "7.5 Shared Disk Resource."
   Refer to the descriptions of adding SCSI reservation resource in "7.9 SCSI Reservation Resource."
   Refer to the descriptions of adding mirror disks in "7.6 Mirror Disk Resource."
   Refer to the descriptions of adding VxDG resource in "7.10 VxDG Resource".
   Refer to the descriptions of adding shared disk DR resource in "7.11 Shared Disk DR Resource."
   

   
   [Figure] Adding Disk Resource Completed
   
   

7. Once you have configured all the resources, it will suggest a dependency recommended by MCCS.
   If you want to change the dependency, select the Dependency tool in the right tab and change it.
   

   
   [Figure] Dependency Modification
   
   

8. After creating the dependency, check the details of the group configuration information and press the 'Finish' button to create a group.
   

   
   [Figure] Group Detailed Information View

Deleting

To delete group, check the online state of the group first. If there are online group, the resources should be terminated or deleted. 

1. To delete group, select Select Group - Right Click - Delete Group. 
   
   

2. If one or more than one of the resources is online state, a message shown below will appear.
   When this happens, offline the group first before deleting it. 
   

   
   [Figure] Warning message of deleting group
    
   
   

3. If the mirror disk is included in the group, a message asking if replication program of mirror disk will be deleted as well. 

   
   [Figure] Deleting Mirror Disk View