Windows host redundancy

What this Scenario does

This Scenario shuts down a randomly selected Windows Server host, simulating an unexpected host failure. This forces your infrastructure to detect the failure and initiate recovery through Windows failover clustering, cloud auto-scaling, or load balancer health checks.

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Why run  this Scenario?

This Scenario uses the same principle as Chaos Monkey: if a host or container shuts down unexpectedly, the underlying platform should detect this and automatically restart or replace it.

• Validate that Windows Server instances restart and rejoin the cluster within acceptable timeframes.
• Verify that Windows services exit gracefully and restart cleanly after an unexpected shutdown.
• Test that load balancers automatically route traffic away from the failed Windows host.
• Confirm that Windows failover clustering promotes a secondary node when the primary fails.

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Expected outcome

When a Windows host fails, the cloud platform or infrastructure automatically restarts or replaces it, and workloads migrate to healthy instances.