Windows Server 2019: High Availability

Learn how to leverage the high-availability features in Windows Server 2019 to create a more reliable, scalable network for your end users, with a minimal amount of downtime.

Introduction

• Learn Windows Server 2019 to keep your infrastructure up 24/7

1. Overview

• New features in Windows Server 2019 high availability
• Different types of high availability

2. Implement Storage Spaces Direct

• Requirements and definition of Storage Spaces Direct
• Determine scenario requirements for implementing Storage Spaces Direct
• Preparing for Storage Spaces Direct

3. Configure Failover Clustering

• Create a failover cluster
• Configuring cluster networking
• Configure cluster storage
• The importance of a quorum
• Configure cluster quorums
• Create a Scale-out File Server for Storage Spaces Direct

4. Interacting with Hyper-V

• How to add a VM in Hyper-V to a cluster
• How to remove a VM from Cluster Manager
• How to add a second cluster
• How to create a VM checkpoint

5. Implement HA and Disaster Recovery in Hyper-V

• How to add the Hyper-V Replica Broker role
• Implement live migration
• Configure CredSSP and Kerberos authentication
• Implement storage migration
• Put storage into maintenance mode

6. Managing Failover Cluster Roles

• Configure role-specific settings
• Configure virtual machine (VM) monitoring
• Configure failover and preference settings
• Configure guest clustering
• Storage Migration Service prerequisites

7. Managing Cluster Movement

• Perform quick migrations
• Windows Admin Center
• Perform storage migration service
• Configure node drain on a cluster
• Remove a Clustered Shared Volume
• Move the storage owner to another node
• Add the File Share role to the cluster
• Using Event Viewer to troubleshoot the cluster
• Deleting a cluster

8. Managing Virtual Machines

• How to replicate virtual machines
• Failover to a replicated VM
• Configure VM network health protection
• Import, export, and copy VMs

9. Networking High Availability

• Install network load balanced nodes to a cluster
• Configuring cluster operations mode
• Configuring affinity
• Upgrading a network load balanced cluster

Conclusion

• Next steps