Patent ID: 9195528
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing failover clusters, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: maintaining a failover cluster comprising first and second cluster nodes; identifying a first instance of a service group on the first cluster node; initiating failover of the first cluster node to the second cluster node; bringing at least a portion of a second instance of the service group online before taking the first instance of the service group completely offline at least in part by bringing at least a portion of a service online on the second cluster node while taking at least a portion of a service offline on the first cluster node, the portion of the service of the second cluster node comprising a task that can be performed on the second cluster node before the first instance of the service group is brought completely offline.