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You are a new administrator for Contoso, Ltd., working on a test deployment of the application server technologies included with Windows Server 2008. In this lab, you explore some of the high-availability features included with Windows Server 2008.

LAB CHALLENGE 12.1: CREATING A TERMINAL SERVICES SERVER FARM

Contoso, Ltd. plans to deploy many new workstations using terminal servers to host applications for them. Because multiple terminal servers are needed, your department is exploring the construction of a Windows Server 2008 terminal server farm, consisting of multiple computers balancing the client load between them.

To complete this challenge, you must install and configure Terminal Services on your server and your partner server to create a terminal server farm called FARM##, where ## is the number assigned to the server running the TS Session Broker role service. Use DNS round robin to balance the incoming traffic load between the two servers.

Connect to the server farm using the Remote Desktop Connection client, and use the Terminal Services Manager console to monitor the activity on the server farm.

Document your procedures by listing all of the tasks you completed during installation and configuration. Take screen shots of the Terminal Services Configuration, Terminal Services Manager, and DNS Manager consoles illustrating all of the completed tasks.

When you are finished, remove all of the roles and features you installed on both computers before you proceed to the next exercise.

LAB CHALLENGE 12.2: CREATING A FAILOVER CLUSTER

After suffering a serious server outage, Contoso, Ltd. decided to implement its business-critical applications using failover clusters. You must create a test deployment of a two-node failover cluster on your lab network. To complete this challenge, install the Failover Clustering feature, and use it to validate, create, and configure a failover cluster using your server and your partner server. Give the failover cluster the name Cluster##, where ## is the number assigned to the server on which you created the cluster.

After you complete the configuration process, demonstrate the cluster’s functionality by monitoring the cluster on your server as you move the cluster##other application from one server to the other.

Document your procedures by listing all of the completed installation and configuration tasks. Save the Failover Cluster Validation Report to your Documents folder. Take screen shots of the Failover Cluster Management console illustrating the completed tasks and the cluster’s functionality.