To specify preferred owners of a group

1. Open Cluster Administrator.
2. In the console tree, click the Groups folder.
3. In the details pane, click the appropriate group.
4. On the File menu, click Properties.
5. On the General tab, next to Preferred owners, click Modify.
6. In the Modify Preferred Owners dialog box, enter any changes you want to make:
• To add one or more preferred owners, under Available nodes, not Preferred owners, click the nodes you want to add, and then click the right arrow.
• To remove a preferred owner, under Preferred owners, click the nodes you want to remove, and then click the left arrow.
• To change the priority of a preferred owner, click the node, and then click the up or down arrow.

Notes

• XOX
• XOX
• If more than one node is listed under Preferred owners, failover priority is determined by the order of the list. It also controls failback behavior. If failback is enabled, the group will fail back to the highest-priority node that is available. For more information, see "Determining failover policies for groups" in Related Topics.
• If no preferred owners are specified, failback does not occur.

Related Topics