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Registering Windows Clusters

To collect data from a Windows cluster or a clustered virtual server, you must register the following components of the cluster:

• All the physical nodes that belong to the cluster
• The cluster itself
• If an application such as Exchange or SQL Server is running as a virtual server, the clustered virtual server (that is, the physical drive on which the application resides)

The general steps you must take to register these pieces are outlined below:

1. Identify the nodes that belong to the cluster.
2. Determine how you should install the CA SRM Windows Agent on the nodes:
   • If the nodes belong to the same domain as the CA SRM Application Server, you can register the nodes using the Computer Registration Wizard.
   • If the nodes do not belong to the same domain as the CA SRM Application Server, you must manually install the CA SRM Windows Agent on each node using the installation media.
3. Using one of the methods described in the previous step, install the CA SRM Windows Agent to a local drive on each cluster node.

   Note: The Windows Agent must be installed on a local drive, not a clustered drive. The Windows Agent is not a cluster-aware application.

4. After installing the CA SRM Windows Agent on all of the nodes, register the cluster itself using the Computer Registration Wizard.

Example

Consider a Windows cluster in an Active/Passive configuration. The cluster has two nodes, A and B, and a SQL Server instance running as a virtual server on a shared disk. To collect information about this cluster, you must register the following pieces.

• Node A
• Node B
• The cluster itself
• The clustered virtual server

Additionally, if you wanted to collect application information from the SQL Server instance, you would need to register the instance using the Microsoft SQL Registration Wizard.

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