Microsoft Cluster Tool (Clustool.exe) is a tool you can use to back up the configuration of an entire cluster. For example, with Microsoft Cluster Tool, you can back up information about the groups and resources in your cluster.

Microsoft Cluster Tool can also assist you with a few common tasks related to the Cluster service, including backing up and restoring a cluster configuration and moving resources to a cluster.
Microsoft Cluster Tool includes the following wizards:

• Configuration Backup Wizard - Creates a backup of the configuration for a selected cluster.
• Configuration Restore Wizard - Restores the configuration of a cluster from a selected configuration backup file.
• Resource Migration Wizard - Migrates resources (file shares and shared printers) from a stand-alone Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows NT server to a cluster.

Apart from being a quick way to record all your cluster configuration information, a Clustool.exe backup can help you restore a cluster's configuration information without having to restore or rebuild all the nodes from your full computer or Windows backups. A Clustool.exe backup can also provide additional restore options if your cluster's configuration is damaged.

Note Because Clustool.exe only backs up the configuration information about your cluster, do not use Clustool.exe as a replacement to creating full backup sets or Windows backup sets of each node.

Use Clustool.exe to perform cluster configuration backups after your initial cluster configuration is complete and after making any configuration changes to the cluster. Keep the backup in a safe place, such as in a network server that contains the software updates for the production servers in your Exchange organisation.

Note Microsoft Cluster Tool is located in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit. Microsoft Cluster Tool is not automatically installed during the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit installation process. The files required for Microsoft Cluster Tool are located in the CD_drive:\apps\ClusTool\ directory of your Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit companion CD.

To install Microsoft Cluster Tool

1. Insert the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit companion CD in your CD-ROM drive.
2. In Setup, click Explore the CD.
3. In the cdroot\Apps\Clustool directory, double-click Setup.exe.
4. Follow the directions that appear on your screen.

1. On any node in the Exchange cluster, start Clustool.exe. To start Clustool.exe,
   1. Click Start, point to Programs,
   2. Point to Accessories, point to Administrator Tools, and then
   3. Click Cluster Tool.
2. On the Welcome page, click Next.
3. Click Backup a Cluster configuration, and then click Next.
4. In Cluster, type the name of the cluster you want, or click Browse to browse the current network domain for the appropriate cluster. (If you do not specify a cluster, the Configuration Backup Wizard attempts to connect to a local cluster node. This option only works if you are running Clustool.exe on a cluster node.)
5. In Backup Name, type a file name for the backup you want to create.
6. In Description, type the current date and any other notes specific to this backup.
7. Click Browse to specify a location to save the file, and then click Next.
8. Click Next to begin the backup process. When the backup completes, click Report to view the backup log, and then click Finish to exit Microsoft Cluster Tool.

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server