Windows Server 2019: High Availability

Course details

We want our systems to be 100% operational, 24/7. So, in today's complex and high-traffic environments, it's important to reduce points of failure, add smart redundancy, and use high-availability tools—like virtualization and failover clustering offered in Windows Server 2019—to keep systems performing at a high level. In this course, instructor Robert McMillen teaches high-availability techniques in Windows Server 2019. He covers failover clustering, clustering for virtual machines, and management of Windows cluster roles. By the end of the course, you'll be able to create a more reliable, scalable network for your end users, with a minimal amount of downtime.

Learning objectives
Implementing Storage Spaces Direct
Configuring failover clustering
Interacting with Hyper-V
Implementing storage migration
Managing failover cluster roles
Configuring role-specific settings
Configuring virtual machine monitoring
Managing cluster movement
Replicating virtual machines
Upgrading an NLB cluster

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learn Windows Server 2019 to keep your infrastructure up 24 7

1. Overview

02 - New features in Windows Server 2019 high availability
03 - Different types of high availability

2. Implement Storage Spaces Direct

04 - Requirements and definition of Storage Spaces Direct
05 - Determine scenario requirements for implementing Storage Spaces Direct
06 - Preparing for Storage Spaces Direct

3. Configure Failover Clustering

07 - Create a failover cluster
08 - Configuring cluster networking
09 - Configure cluster storage
10 - The importance of a quorum
11 - Configure cluster quorums
12 - Create a Scale-out File Server for Storage Spaces Direct

4. Interacting with Hyper-V

13 - How to add a VM in Hyper-V to a cluster
14 - How to remove a VM from Cluster Manager
15 - How to add a second cluster
16 - How to create a VM checkpoint

5. Implement HA and Disaster Recovery in Hyper-V

17 - How to add the Hyper-V Replica Broker role
18 - Implement live migration
19 - Configure CredSSP and Kerberos authentication
20 - Implement storage migration
21 - Put storage into maintenance mode

6. Managing Failover Cluster Roles

22 - Configure role-specific settings
23 - Configure virtual machine (VM) monitoring
24 - Configure failover and preference settings
25 - Configure guest clustering
26 - Storage Migration Service prerequisites

7. Managing Cluster Movement

27 - Perform quick migrations
28 - Windows Admin Center
29 - Perform storage migration service
30 - Configure node drain on a cluster
31 - Remove a Clustered Shared Volume
32 - Move the storage owner to another node
33 - Add the File Share role to the cluster
34 - Using Event Viewer to troubleshoot the cluster
35 - Deleting a cluster

8. Managing Virtual Machines

36 - How to replicate virtual machines
37 - Failover to a replicated VM
38 - Configure VM network health protection
39 - Import, export, and copy VMs

9. Networking High Availability

40 - Install network load balanced nodes to a cluster
41 - Configuring cluster operations mode
42 - Configuring affinity
43 - Upgrading a network load balanced cluster

Conclusion

44 - Next steps