Get the details on cluster management and integration with System Center 2012 R2. Explore all System Center components, while focusing on using Virtual Machine Manager, Data Protection Manager, and Operations Manager.[01:30] - Introduction to System Center 2012 R2[05:11] - Virtual Machine Manager[19:51] - App Controller[21:09] - Configuration Manager[22:28] - Data Protection Manager[23:17] - Operations Manager[25:30] - Orchestrator[27:27] - Service Manager[28:20] - Azure Pack[29:35] - Azure Operational Insights (Advisor)
Learn about the internals of failover clustering so that you can become efficient at managing and troubleshooting the configuration. Explore cluster events, logs, the resource host system, and user mode health detection, and see how to get more information about other advanced topics.[00:46] - Failover Clustering Internals[06:28] - Cluster Events[15:33] - Cluster Logs[24:23] - Additional Topics
Get an introduction to disaster recovery (DR), and see how this differs from high availability. Learn how to create an in-box DR solution for VMs using Hyper-V Replica, and get best practices around networking, storage, and quorum for building a traditional multi-site cluster.[00:50] - Introduction to Disaster Recovery[07:39] - Hyper-V Replica[21:58] - Multi-Site Clustering[31:57] - Networking with Multi-Site Clustering[37:21] - Storage with Multi-Site Clustering[50:33] - Quorum with Multi-Site Clustering
See how to deploy and manage Hyper-V VMs on a failover cluster. After exploring the best practices for VM optimization, take a look at advanced features, such as VM Monitoring and Guest Clustering.[00:59] - Introduction to Hyper-V Clustering[04:00] - Deploying Hyper-V Clusters and VMs[10:24] - Managing Hyper-V Clusters and VMs[32:33] - VM Monitoring[36:33] - Guest Clustering
Find out how to design and optimize the shared storage for a cluster. Explore traditional cluster storage, learn about Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), and build a Scale-Out File Server which offers highly available and distributed access to a VM's virtual hard disk.[00:49] - Introduction to Cluster Storage[21:09] - Software-Defined Storage[30:19] - SMB Storage[38:55] - Scale-Out File Server
Learn about requirements and best practices to configure redundant networks for a cluster. Then, discover how to design and optimize the network for different types of cluster traffic.[00:46] - Cluster Network Infrastructure Fundamentals[15:45] - Cluster Network Design Planning[26:06] - Cluster Netowrk Configuration Options
Find out how to build a failover cluster, and start by looking at the Active Directory requirements. Learn how to install and validate the configuration, see basic cluster management tasks, learn about the quorum model, and hear about different upgrade options.[01:02] - Installation[12:22] - Active Directory Considerations[27:07] - Cluster Validation[33:59] - Cluster Creation[41:23] - Cluster Management[46:05] - Quorum[1:10:09] - Cluster Upgrades
Get an overview of the course and of the key scenarios for Windows Server 2012 R2 failover clustering. Learn about the basic requirements and architecture to start with clustering, including hardware, storage, virtualization, and multi-site clustering.[06:21] - Intro to Failover Clustering[18:08] - Hardware High Availability[26:27] - Workload High Availability[29:47] - Storage High Availability[32:07] - Guest Clustering[34:41] - Multi-Site Clustering[35:14] - Management High-Availability