Active Cluster Guide > Planning the Deployment of Active Cluster > Typical Process for Deployment
 
Typical Process for Deployment
1. Install Active Cluster on each TDV Server that will be in the cluster.
Note: All TDV Servers to be in the cluster must run the same version and patch level of TDV and Active Cluster, and have the same cluster settings. For example, heartbeat time.
2. Create a cluster on the first TDV server.
3. Add the other TDV servers to the cluster.
4. Monitor Active Cluster status using Manager.
If your deployment process involves multiple environments for development, staging, and production, installing Active Cluster on two nodes in the staging environment should be sufficient for testing an n-node cluster.