Windows Failover Cluster – Configure a File Share Witness

This sections shows how to create a witness.

In the Failover Cluster Manager, locate the new cluster resource, right click, More Actions, Configure Cluster Quorum Settings.

You Begin page of the Configure Quorum Wizard

Choose “Select the quorum witness”

Quorum Configuration Option page. This is where you will inform the Wizard which option you will be implementing

Here are various options. Choose what is right for your setup. In my lab I chose Configure file share witness

option selected in the previous screen, here you will select the Quorum Witness

Choose configure share witness and enter the file share path.

File Share Witness is where you will insert the shared path to the file share location

Next the confirmation screen. Verify things are correct.

The Failover Cluster Manager now shows the details of the Witness

If all works according to plan, the cluster quorum witness will be created and added to the list of objects.

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Set up a Windows Server Fail-over Clusters (As a Precursor to High Availability in Standard Edition)