The goal is to ensure that the application App1 continues to run on Server2 after Server1 restarts. This behavior is known as "failback." The setting that controls this is on the Failover tab, labeled "Allow failback." The exhibit shows this is already set to "Prevent failback," which means the cluster will not automatically move App1 back to Server1 when it comes online.

The proposed solution is to increase the "Maximum failures in the specified period." This setting determines how many times the cluster will attempt to restart a role within a given timeframe before leaving it in a failed state. It has no effect on the failback policy. Therefore, the proposed solution does not address the stated goal.

A. Yes: This is incorrect. Modifying the "Maximum failures" setting does not control the failback behavior of a clustered role; it only affects the role's tolerance to repeated failures.

1. Microsoft Learn

Configure failover and failback for a clustered role: This document explicitly distinguishes between failover settings and failback settings. It states

"Failback is the process of returning a clustered role to its preferred node after the node is back online." It then details the "Prevent failback" option

which is already configured in the scenario. It separately describes the "Maximum failures" setting as controlling restart attempts

confirming it is unrelated to failback. (See sections: "Configure failback" and "Configure failover").

2. Microsoft Learn

Set-ClusterGroup: The documentation for the PowerShell cmdlet used to manage cluster roles shows distinct parameters for these settings. The -FailbackType parameter controls failback behavior (PreventFailback

AllowFailback

etc.)

while the -FailoverThreshold parameter corresponds to "Maximum failures in the specified period." This separation in the management tool confirms they are independent configurations. (See parameter descriptions for -FailbackType and -FailoverThreshold).