Failover Cluster and Network Load Balancing
Principles and role of clusters
Definitions of quorum
Multi-site geo-clusters

Storage: disk array, SAN, SAS, iSCSI, FC
Management of Cluster and quorum disks
Presentation of the shared volume of Cluster
Benefits of dynamic access control and Branchcache
Understanding the network in a cluster environment: public, private or storage
IP management and DNS naming, configure iSCSI connections

Workshop: Prepare a storage plan and a network plan. Installation, configuration and connection to iSCSI volumes

Hardware prerequisites. Initial
checks Network validation for setting up a Cluster
Checking system prerequisites

Workshop: Setting up system prerequisites

Concept of System Cluster and Application Cluster
Installation of the Cluster function and post-installation tests
Configuration of the various resources of a Cluster
Implement Clusters for Windows roles

Workshop: Installation, configuration and testing of Windows 2012 roles in a Highly Available environment (File server, print server, DHCP server, ..). Hot failover tests

Interest of Hyper-V Clusters
Operation of Hyper-V with Windows Clusters
Implementation of highly available Hyper-V virtual machines
Hot migration

Workshop: Implementation of VM in clusters and hot migration of VMs

Presentation of Network Load Balancing
Uses and applications using the NLB
Installation and configuration of the NLB

Workshop: Installation of a highly available IIS server via NLB

Windows Cluster Monitoring Tools
Troubleshooting Procedures. Emergency recovery
Back up and restore Failover Clusters

Workshop: Back up, destruction then restore a cluster