A node started with a setting that prevents quorum indicates to the Cluster service to join an existing running cluster instead of forming a new cluster instance. This prevents the remaining nodes from forming a split cluster that contains two competing instances. This becomes necessary when you need to recover your cluster in some multisite disaster recovery scenarios after you have force started the cluster on your backup site, SiteB.
To join the force started cluster in SiteB , the nodes in your primary site, SiteA , need to be started with the quorum prevented. After a cluster is force started on a node, we recommend that you always start the remaining nodes with the quorum prevented. With the cluster selected, under Actions , select Force Cluster Start.
Failover Cluster Manager force starts the cluster on all nodes that are reachable. The cluster uses the current cluster configuration when starting. This section summarizes characteristics and quorum configurations for two multisite cluster configurations in disaster recovery deployments. The quorum configuration guidelines differ depending on if you need automatic failover or manual failover for workloads between the sites. Your configuration usually depends on the service level agreements SLAs that are in place in your organization to provide and support clustered workloads in the event of a failure or disaster at a site.
In this configuration, the cluster consists of two or more sites that can host clustered roles. If a failure occurs at any site, the clustered roles are expected to automatically fail over to the remaining sites. Therefore, the cluster quorum must be configured so that any site can sustain a complete site failure. In this configuration, the cluster consists of a primary site, SiteA , and a backup recovery site, SiteB.
Clustered roles are hosted on SiteA. Because of the cluster quorum configuration, if a failure occurs at all nodes in SiteA , the cluster stops functioning. In this scenario the administrator must manually fail over the cluster services to SiteB and perform additional steps to recover the cluster. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback?
Important It is usually best to use the quorum configuration that is recommended by the Configure Cluster Quorum Wizard. Note You can change the cluster quorum configuration without stopping the cluster or taking cluster resources offline.
Note You can also select Do not configure a quorum witness and then complete the wizard. Note You can also select No Nodes. Note You can also select Do not configure a quorum witness , and then complete the wizard. Note After you configure the cluster quorum, we recommend that you run the Validate Quorum Configuration test to verify the updated quorum settings.
It is always necessary to investigate why the cluster quorum was lost. It is always preferable to bring a node or quorum witness to a healthy state join the cluster rather than starting the cluster without quorum. Important After a cluster is force started, the administrator is in full control of the cluster.
The cluster uses the cluster configuration on the node where the cluster is force started, and replicates it to all other nodes that are available. If you force the cluster to start without quorum, all quorum configuration settings are ignored while the cluster remains in ForceQuorum mode. This includes specific node vote assignments and dynamic quorum management settings. Important After a cluster is force started on a node, we recommend that you always start the remaining nodes with the quorum prevented.
Note To force the cluster to start on a specific node that contains a cluster configuration that you want to use, you must use the Windows PowerShell cmdlets or equivalent command-line tools as presented after this procedure. If you use Failover Cluster Manager to connect to a cluster that is force started, and you use the Start Cluster Service action to start a node, the node is automatically started with the setting that prevents quorum. Submit and view feedback for This product This page.
View all page feedback. In this article. The cluster automatically assigns a vote to each node and dynamically manages the node votes.
If it is suitable for your cluster, and there is cluster shared storage available, the cluster selects a disk witness. This option is recommended in most cases, because the cluster software automatically chooses a quorum and witness configuration that provides the highest availability for your cluster. You can add, change, or remove a witness resource. You can configure a file share or disk witness.
You should select this option only when you have application-specific or site-specific requirements for configuring the quorum. You can modify the quorum witness, add or remove node votes, and choose whether the cluster dynamically manages node votes. By default, votes are assigned to all nodes, and the node votes are dynamically managed. Only nodes have votes. No quorum witness is configured. The cluster quorum is the majority of voting nodes in the active cluster membership. Nodes have votes.
In addition, a quorum witness has a vote. The cluster quorum is the majority of voting nodes in the active cluster membership plus a witness vote. A quorum witness can be a designated disk witness or a designated file share witness. No nodes have votes. Only a disk witness has a vote. The cluster quorum is determined by the state of the disk witness.
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