Can't see "Enable Cluster Shared Volumes..." in the Failover Cluster Manager MMC
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Friday, April 27, 2012 4:18 PM
Hi everyone,
Firstly, let me sum up my environment for Failover Cluster testing in Windows Server 8 Beta.
I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and configured Hyper-V. In the Hyper-V, I created 3 virtual machines:
- Windows Server 8 AD: this server running Windows Server 8 Beta is used as an Active Directory.
- WFE-App-DB: this server running Windows Server 8 Beta is used as a production server.
- HA Server: this server running Windows Server 8 Beta is used as a cluster server.
In the WFE-App-DB, I installed Failover Clustering feature and pointed to HA Server in the validation setep in the Select Servers or a Cluster page during running Validate Configuration and everything was validated completely. In the HA Server, I also installed Failover Clustering feature. I'm thinking that I misunderstood in this step. I should run Validate Configuration in the HA server instead of WFE-App-DB server.
However, when I was installing SQL Server 2012 in the cluster server (using New QL Server failover cluster installation option), in the Feature Rules page, the system let me know the rule "Cluster shared disk available check" failed. I have checked C:\ClusterStorage and it was shared. I've tried to use this command-line "Get-cluster “SQLSrv2012-Cluster1” | %{$_.EnableSharedVolumes="Enabled"}" but the rules still fails so far.
I've tried to do what this post (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/04/06/10291490.aspx) guides. However, when I click Storage, nothing displays so I can't use "Add to Cluster Shared Volumes".
I'm kinda new to Failover Clustering technology so I actually don't know if I've had some misunderstanding on Failover Clustering even Validation Configuration process checked all of things well.
I'm looking forward to getting unfailingly appreciated recommendation.
Regards,
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- Edited by Thuan SoldierMVP Friday, April 27, 2012 4:21 PM
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:23 AMModerator
Hi,
In Window Server “8” Hyper-V Failover Cluster, Cluster Shared Volumes was enabled by default, you don’t need to enable it manually.
How to add storage to Clustered Shared Volumes in Windows Server “8”
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/04/06/10291490.aspx
- Marked As Answer by Vincent HuModerator Monday, April 30, 2012 12:45 PM
- Unmarked As Answer by Thuan SoldierMVP Wednesday, May 02, 2012 2:51 PM
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012 2:53 PM
Hi Vicent Hu,
I know Windows Server 8 has Cluster Shared Volume already. What I'm stuck on is that I don't see ""Add to Cluster Shared Volumes". My question may be "How can I configure a volume as a cluster shared volume?" Is there any article on that?
Regards.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:23 PMModerator
Hi,
If you want to build a cluster between Hyper-V virtual machines, it is recommended that you have a read of the following blogs.
Hyper-V Guest Clustering Step-by-Step Guide
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mghazai/archive/2009/12/12/hyper-v-guest-clustering-step-by-step-guide.aspxHyper-V Guest Clustering
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sainfrateam/archive/2011/05/09/hyper-v-guest-clustering.aspx- Edited by Vincent HuModerator Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:47 PM
- Edited by Vincent HuModerator Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:53 PM
- Marked As Answer by Vincent HuModerator Monday, May 07, 2012 8:06 AM
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Saturday, May 05, 2012 8:12 AM
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012 6:29 PM
Check out the following... This implies that it can be done? No?
http://workinghardinit.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/active-active-file-sharing-with-smb-2-2-scale-out-in-windows-8rocks/ -
Friday, May 11, 2012 10:40 AMAs vincent said, CSV is enabled by default in Windows Server 2012. To add storage to CSV namespace, first ensure it has an NTFS partition on the volume and then right-click on the disk and select 'Add to cluster Shared Volumes'
Chuck Timon Senior, Support Escalation Engineer (SEE) Windows 8 Beta Engineer Microsoft Corporation
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