Prerequisites
- A name for the cluster has been defined
- ex. DEPT-Cluster1
Prepare Active Directory objects
The steps in this section can be completed by a department administrator or a user with permissions to create OUs and computer objects in a department OU.
- Create a new OU in Active Directory to contain the objects for the cluster.
- This is the cluster OU.
- Create the computer objects for the cluster members in the cluster OU.
- These are the cluster member objects.
- Create a disabled computer object with the name of the cluster in the cluster OU.
- This is the cluster computer object.
- Create a group and add the cluster computer object and cluster member objects to the group.
- This is the cluster computers group.
- Create a group and add the user accounts for the cluster administrators to the group.
- This is the cluster administrators group.
- Navigate to the Austin Active Directory page in ServiceNow
Request Active Directory delegation
The steps in this section must be completed by a department owner.
- Request delegation for the cluster members by completing the Austin Active Directory Delegation Request form with the following information:
- AD Group Name to delegation permissions to: provide the name of the cluster computers group
- Delegation(s) to Apply: select the Computer delegation
- OUs to apply the delegations to: provide the distinguished name of the OU created in step 2
- Request delegation for the cluster administrators by completing the Austin Active Directory Delegation Request form with the following information:
- AD Group Name to delegation permissions to: provide the name of the the cluster administrators group
- Delegation(s) to Apply: select the Computer delegation
- OUs to apply the delegations to: provide the distinguished name of the OU created in step 2
- Wait for the requests to be completed.