| 1. |
To open Cluster Administrator, click Start, click Run, type cluadmin, and then click OK. |
| 2. |
Right-click in the left pane, and then click Configure Application. |
| 3. |
At the Welcome screen, click Next, and then click Next again to create a new virtual server. |
| 4. |
Click Use an existing Resource Group, and then click an existing group that has a Disk resource in which you want to store the spooler and printer drivers. Click Next. |
| 5. |
For the resource group name, provide a name that accurately represents the group, such as "SPOOLER."
Note This name is for administrative purposes only in Cluster Administrator. |
| 6. |
At the Virtual Server Access Information screen:
| a. |
Under Network Name, enter a NetBIOS name to which clients will connect. This is the NetBIOS virtual server name that is used by clients to access the printers:
\\VirtualServer\Printer Note Microsoft recommends adhering to the 8.3-naming standard to assure compatibility with earlier versions of the client. |
| b. |
Enter the IP address that clients will use to connect to this virtual print server. If the nodes of the cluster have Print Services for Unix installed and running, clients can connect using line printer remote (LPR) to this IP address. | |
| 7. |
Click Next. |
| 8. |
At the Advanced Properties screen, you can make modifications to the resources that are about to be created, and then click Next. |
| 9. |
At the Create a Resource for My Application screen, click Next. |
| 10. |
Click Print Spooler, and then click Next. |
| 11. |
Give the Spooler resource a name.
Note This name is for administrative purposes only in Cluster Administrator. |
| 12. |
Set the dependencies for the Spooler resource:
| a. |
Click Advanced Properties, and on the Dependencies tab, click Modify. |
| b. |
Double-click the Physical Disk resource on which you want the spooler files to be located, and the Network Name resource that you just created. |
| c. |
Click OK twice. | |
| 13. |
Click Next. |
| 14. |
Click Finish to complete the wizard. |
| 15. |
Verify configuration and test failover:
| a. |
Right-click the spooler group, and then click Bring Online. |
| b. |
Verify that all resources come online, and then check the event logs for errors. |
| c. |
Right-click the spooler group, click Move Group, move the Spooler resource to each node in the cluster that is a possible owner, and then verify that all resources come online. | Note If you are setting up an active/active print server, you need to create one group for each node and you want to set each spooler group to have a different preferred owner. You cannot have multiple Spooler resources in the same group. An active/active print server configuration is one in which there are multiple nodes in the cluster that are processing print jobs for clients with multiple spoolers. This could include as many as two to four nodes that are actively handling requests.
When a single node is hosting multiple groups with print spoolers, you will be able to browse all printers from all groups. For more information about related topics, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
170762 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170762/) Cluster shares appear in browse list under other names |