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How to Add a Node to a Scale-Out File Server in VMM

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

You can use the following procedure to add one or more nodes to a Scale-Out File Server cluster by using the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) console.

Prerequisites

Before you begin this procedure, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

  • The Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system is installed on the computers that you want to add as a cluster node.

  • The computer is located in the same domain as the target cluster.

  • The target computer must be located in a domain that has two-way trust relations with the domain of the VMM management server.

To add a file server as a cluster node

  1. Open the Fabric workspace.

  2. In the Fabric pane, expand Storage, and then click File Servers.

  3. In the File Servers pane, right-click the name of the Scale-Out File Server cluster to which you want to add a node, and click Properties.

  4. In the Properties dialog box, skip to the Cluster Nodes page.

  5. On the Nodes in the cluster page, click Add to open the Add File Server Nodes dialog box. Enter the necessary information to identify the computers that you want to add to the cluster. Enter one computer per line.

    If you already added nodes to the cluster without using VMM (for example, by using Windows), although these nodes are included in the cluster, the VMM agent was not installed on them. These nodes will be listed under Computer name , and you need to add them to the cluster prior to adding other nodes. This allows VMM to install the VMM agent on these nodes, so that they are properly managed by VMM as part of the cluster.

    Click Add to close the Add File Server Nodes dialog box.

  6. Verify that the computers you want to add to the cluster are listed in the File server nodes area, with the status of Pending cluster addition, and then click OK.

  7. After the jobs for adding the nodes complete, you can verify that a cluster node was added. In the Fabric pane, expand Storage, click File Servers, and then locate and expand the Scale-Out File Server cluster.

    In the File Servers pane, verify that the new node appears as part of the cluster, and that the status of the nodes is OK.