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Michael [multnomah]
 
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Default Problem adding "Physical Disk" Resources to Groups - 01-28-2004 , 01:00 AM






We have a Windows 2003 EE Cluster Node [QAT2] that has an
attached NAS device via iSCSI for disk storage.
Previously, we had two large NAS partitions, drives K:
[DATA] and L: [LOG]. Then we decided that we wanted to
have 3 Virtual Servers, so we split up the partitions into
6 drives [3 DATA and 3 LOG, K:, L:, M:, N:, O:, P:].
Windows Explorer sees all 6 drives fine, as does the Disk
Management utility. But within Cluster Administrator, only
the original K: and L: "Physical Disk" resources exist in
the Cluster Group. When I try to add the additional
"Physical Disk" resources in a new Cluster Group, when the
wizard gets to selecting the Disk, the list is empty, but I
would expect to see the additional M:, N:, O: and P:
drives. What must I do to be able to add the new drives?
Do I need to remove and re-add the old K: and L: drives?
Is it some sort of "disk signature" issue?

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Thomas Solkod
 
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Default Re: Problem adding "Physical Disk" Resources to Groups - 01-28-2004 , 04:03 AM







"Michael [multnomah]" <anonymous (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

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We have a Windows 2003 EE Cluster Node [QAT2] that has an
attached NAS device via iSCSI for disk storage.
Previously, we had two large NAS partitions, drives K:
[DATA] and L: [LOG]. Then we decided that we wanted to
have 3 Virtual Servers, so we split up the partitions into
6 drives [3 DATA and 3 LOG, K:, L:, M:, N:, O:, P:].
Windows Explorer sees all 6 drives fine, as does the Disk
Management utility. But within Cluster Administrator, only
the original K: and L: "Physical Disk" resources exist in
the Cluster Group. When I try to add the additional
"Physical Disk" resources in a new Cluster Group, when the
wizard gets to selecting the Disk, the list is empty, but I
would expect to see the additional M:, N:, O: and P:
drives. What must I do to be able to add the new drives?
Do I need to remove and re-add the old K: and L: drives?
Is it some sort of "disk signature" issue?
Hi Michael,

please have a look at the article below:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...t/mscstswp.asp
Keep in mind that a physical disk isnīt the same like a partition. If you
use partitions then you need to create partitions first of all on the Raid
Controller.

Thomas




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