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 Microsoft failover cluster configuration.

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

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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.

All of XIA Configuration's features are supported when documenting Microsoft failover cluster configuration including version control, PDF output, reporting, PowerShell support, change tracking, XML output, agentless data collection, and more.

Windows Failover Cluster Documentation Example

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

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Supported Platforms

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

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

Information documented by XIA Configuration

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

Microsoft Failover Cluster Settings
Hyper-V Integration
Cluster Storage
Cluster Aware Updating

Cluster Roles
Resource Settings
Cluster Nodes
Cluster Networks

Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster configuration in the XIA Configuration web interface

Microsoft Failover Cluster Settings

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.

Document the following Microsoft failover cluster settings:

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

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.

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

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

Cluster Storage

Audit the following information about available failover cluster storage:

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

Cluster Aware Updating

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.

XIA Configuration provides the following information on cluster aware updating:

State
Trigger Type

Schedule
Properties

Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster aware updating properties in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Cluster Roles (Resource Groups)

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.

Include the following information on cluster roles (resource groups) in the documentation:

Name
Description
Role Type
Owner Node
Preferred Owners

Auto Fail-Back Mode
FailBack Period
FailBack Threshold
Persistent State
Anti Affinity Class Names

Screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster role (resource group) settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

Resource Settings

Document the configuration settings for an individual Microsoft Cluster Resource:

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.

Name
Type
Description

Owner Node
Core Resource
Dependencies

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of Microsoft failover cluster resource settings

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

Cluster Nodes

Run reports on the following cluster node information:

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

Cluster Networks

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.

Audit the following information on cluster networks: