Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 2.1 High Availability Guide

Create file share witness

A file share witness is a basic file share that the cluster computer has read/write access. The file share must be on a separate Windows Server 2012 in the same domain where the cluster resides.

1. In Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Right-click the Start Menu and then select Server Manager to launch the Server Manager dashboard
2. Click the Server Manager icon to access the server manager.
3. Go to Files and Storage ServicesShares and then click Tasks.
4. Click New Share. The New Share Wizard is displayed.
5. Click Select Profile to create a file share and then click Next.
6. On the Share location screen, select the server and share location for the file share and then click Next.
7. On the Share Name screen, type a name in the  Share name field and then click Next until the Confirmation screen is displayed.
8. Click Create to create the file share and the View results screen is displayed with the status as Completed which indicates that the file share witness is created without any errors.
9. Click Close to exit.