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Install Arcserve RHA for Microsoft Failover Cluster

Installation Prerequisites

Before you install Arcserve RHA for Microsoft Failover Cluster, verify that your environment meets the following minimum requirements for Microsoft Failover Cluster.

• Ensure that the Arcserve RHA Engine has been installed on all nodes in the cluster. For more information about installing the Engine, see the Arcserve RHA Installation Guide.
• Ensure Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 has been installed on all nodes in the cluster.
• Ensure that you have installed the Windows Server Failover Cluster feature and created a failover cluster.

Now you can launch the Install Shield wizard.

Considerations for Microsoft Windows Server 2012

If you are installing Arcserve RHA on Microsoft Windows Server 2012, consider the following points:

• Microsoft Clusters: Microsoft deprecated the cluster.exe command-line tool for Failover Clustering and replaced the tool with the Failover Clustering module for Windows PowerShell. While installing Windows Server 2012 features, make sure you install Failover Cluster Command Interface under the Failover Clustering Tools feature.

  

• Install .NET Framework 3.5 from Microsoft.com

Install Arcserve RHA for Microsoft Failover Cluster

On each node in your cluster environment, run the Arcserve RHA MSFC plug-in called CAARCserveRHAforMSFC.exe or CAARCserveRHAforMSFC64.exe (64-bit version) to launch the InstallShield wizard, which guides you through the process of installing the Arcserve RHA Disk Resource for Microsoft Failover Cluster and the Arcserve RHA Disk Cluster Manager MMC Snap-in.

Complete the wizard screens to install the Arcserve RHA for Microsoft Failover Cluster. You may choose Complete or Custom Setup.

• Complete -- installs all program components
• Custom -- installs the components you specify

Note: After installation, you should restart the Arcserve RHA Engine before you create a disk resource. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is required. If the software does not detect it, you are prompted to install it and then retry installation.

During installation, the required processes are added to the Windows Firewall as exceptions. If you are using another firewall product or have manually configured one, you must remember to add the Arcserve RHA for Microsoft Failover Cluster processes as exceptions to ensure proper communication between MMC and the Arcserve RHA Engine.