XIA Configuration

Windows Failover Cluster Documentation Tool

Automated documentation software to help you keep track of your failover cluster configuration

Use our failover cluster documentation tool XIA Configuration to automatically document your Windows failover cluster configuration.

With support for quorum settings, cluster nodes, networks, cluster roles, resource settings and more.

Within each resource, XIA Configuration is able to display all public and private settings. For example, an IP Address resource would display the IP Address, Subnet Mask, NetBIOS settings as well as the resources owner and restart information.

XIA Configuration has a non-intrusive architecture with agentless data collection and PowerShell support.

Automatically generate your failover cluster documentation

View an example Windows failover cluster document generated by XIA Configuration:

Microsoft cluster documentation sample generated by XIA Configuration
Windows failover cluster documentation example generated by XIA Configuration

Information documented by XIA Configuration

Find out more about the Microsoft failover cluster information documented by XIA Configuration below:

Screenshot of failover cluster configuration in the XIA Configuration web interface
View your failover cluster configuration in the XIA Configuration web interface

To see all the Windows settings supported by XIA Configuration, navigate up to Windows.

Failover Cluster Settings

This section contains failover cluster settings.

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  • Cluster Security
  • Cluster Version
  • Maximum Number of Nodes
  • Shared Volumes Enabled
  • Shared Volumes Root
  • Quorum Type
  • Quorum Log Size
  • Quorum Path
  • Quorum Resource Name
  • Voting Nodes
  • Dynamic Quorum Enabled
  • Cluster Log Level and Size
A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability of applications and services. If one of the clustered servers (nodes) fails, another node begins to provide the service (a process known as failover). Users experience a minimum of disruption to the service.
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster configuration in a document generated by XIA Configuration
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster configuration in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Hyper-V Integration

XIA Configuration supports integration between Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft Failover Clustering showing the status of the clustered virtual machines.

Screenshot of Hyper-V virtual machine status in a document generated by XIA Configuration
Screenshot of Hyper-V virtual machine status in a document generated by XIA Configuration

To see detailed information about Hyper-V virtual machine settings, view the Hyper-V page.

Cluster Storage

This section contains cluster storage information.

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  • Maintenance Mode
  • ID
  • Name
  • SCSI Bus
  • SCSI LUN
  • SCSI Port
  • SCSI Target ID
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster disk settings in the XIA Configuration web interface
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster disk settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

Cluster Aware Updating

This section contains cluster aware updating information.

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  • State
  • Trigger Type
  • Schedule
  • Properties
Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) is a feature for failover clusters introduced in Windows Server 2012 that automates the software updating process on clustered servers while maintaining availability.
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster aware updating properties in a document generated by XIA Configuration
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster aware updating properties in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Cluster Roles (Resource Groups)

This section contains cluster roles (resource groups) information.

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  • Name
  • Description
  • Role Type
  • Owner Node
  • Preferred Owners
  • Auto Fail-Back Mode
  • FailBack Period
  • FailBack Threshold
  • Persistent State
  • Anti Affinity Class Names
Roles (also known as resource groups) are a collection of one or more resources that are managed and monitored as a single unit. A role can be started, stopped and failed over between cluster nodes independently of roles.
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster role (resource group) settings in the XIA Configuration web interface
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster role (resource group) settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

Resource Settings

This section contains individual cluster resource information.

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  • Name
  • Type
  • Description
  • Owner Node
  • Core Resource
  • Dependencies

Note: additional specific properties displayed are dependant on the type of Resource. For example, an IP Address Resource will display the Address, Subnet, EnableNetBIOS and other IP Address specific settings.

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster resource settings
View your Microsoft failover cluster resource settings in a PDF generated by XIA Configuration

Policies & Registry Keys

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  • Run in Separate Monitor
  • Retry Period On Failure
  • Restart Threshold
  • Restart Period
  • Restart Action
  • Pending Timeout
  • Private Properties
  • Common Properties
  • Crypto Keys
  • Replicated Registry Keys
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster resource settings in a document generated by XIA Configuration
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster resource settings in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Cluster Nodes

This section contains cluster nodes information.

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Node Information

  • Name
  • Node Weight
  • Operating System Version
  • State

Hardware Information

  • Manufacturer
  • Model
  • Processors
  • Serial Number

Software Information

  • Operating System Name
  • CSD Version (Service Pack Number)

Network Information

  • Name
  • Adapter
  • Address
  • Node ID
  • Network Interfaces
  • Network Name
Screenshot of Microsoft cluster node information in the XIA Configuration web interface
Screenshot of Microsoft cluster node information in the XIA Configuration web interface

Cluster Networks

This section contains individual cluster networks information.

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  • Name
  • Description
  • Role
  • Address
  • Mask
  • State
For each of the networks physically connected to the servers (nodes) in a failover cluster, you can specify whether the network is used by the cluster, and if so, whether the network is used by the nodes only or also by clients.
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster network configuration in a document generated by XIA Configuration
Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster network configuration in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Supported Platforms

XIA Configuration audits Microsoft failover cluster configuration on the following versions of Windows:

  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2

For more information about Windows, please view the Windows page.

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