<div class="content"><p>The Failover Cluster: Setup and Validation Protocol
(ClusPrep) is a COM/DCOM protocol to setup, cleanup, and validate a set of
machines for failover cluster capability. The setup of state includes pushing
to a new server the state required to participate in the failover cluster.
Validation of state includes retrieving failover cluster state from a server to
validate the state and directing the server to perform specific tasks and
report status to validate it is functioning correctly. Cleanup of state
includes removing restrictions on accessing shared disks and deletion of
cluster state from the server.</p><p>The ClusPrep Protocol provides <a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_ae2a9876-7fed-4f0d-a390-bf78f76c0736" data-linktype="relative-path">DCOM</a> <a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_95913fbd-3262-47ae-b5eb-18e6806824b9" data-linktype="relative-path">interfaces</a> that enable a
client to:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Validate the server configuration so as to make it eligible to
become a <a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_762051d8-4fdc-437e-af9d-3f4da77c3c7d" data-linktype="relative-path">node</a> in a <a href="b30bcd1c-8ff6-46d2-a27e-61bd85ace9f4#gt_acd8b49c-8762-48fd-9272-26a03643322b" data-linktype="relative-path">failover cluster</a>.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Configure a server to no longer be a node in a failover cluster.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Retrieve log information from a node in a failover cluster.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Determine whether the hardware/software settings of a server meet
the requirements to be part of a failover cluster.</p>
</li></ul></div>