Monitoring and managing clusters

The monitoring and management capabilities of PATROL for Microsoft Exchange Servers in a clustered environment depend on your configuration type. 

PATROL for Microsoft Exchange Servers monitors and manages

• Exchange cluster resource group (Exchange virtual server)
• Exchange cluster resource group status
• Cluster resource status within the Exchange cluster resource group

You can perform the following administrative tasks on cluster resources:

• Fail the cluster resource over to another node
• Take the cluster resource offline or bring it online
• Move the cluster resource to another group

You can also perform the following administrative tasks on the Exchange cluster resource group or Exchange cluster virtual server:

• Start and stop the cluster
• Move the cluster to another node
• View the cluster properties

For information on  for installation and configuration, see PATROL for Exchange Servers in a clustered environment for Microsoft Exchange Servers .

Starting and stopping a cluster

You can start and stop a cluster resource from the PATROL console.

To Start a Cluster

Perform the following steps to start a cluster:

1. Access the ExchangeVirtualServer or resourceGroupName application class menu as described in Accessing-KM-Menu-Commands.
2. Select the Admin > Bring Online menu command. 

To Stop a Cluster

Perform the following steps to start a cluster:

1. Access the appropriate ExchangeVirtualServer or resourceGroupName application class instance menu as described in Accessing-KM-Menu-Commands.
2. Select the Admin > Take Offline menu command. 

Displaying cluster status

1. Access the appropriate ExchangeVirtualServer or resourceGroupName application class instance menu as described in Accessing-KM-Menu-Commands.
2. Choose the Admin > View Properties menu command. 

Moving a cluster group

1. Access the appropriate ExchangeVirtualServer or resourceGroupName application class instance menu as described in Accessing-KM-Menu-Commands.
2. Choose the Admin > Move Group menu command to move the cluster group.
3. Click OK to close the confirmation message dialog box. 

Moving a cluster resource to another group

1. Access the appropriate instanceNamesOfResourcesBeneathResourceGroup application class instance menu as described in Accessing-KM-Menu-Commands.
2. Choose the Admin > Change Group menu command. 

Failing over a cluster resource

From the PATROL console, you can manually fail over an Exchange cluster resource to another node.

1. Access the appropriate instanceNamesOfResourcesBeneathResourceGroup application class instance menu as described in Accessing-KM-Menu-Commands.
2. Choose the Admin > Initiate Failure menu command.