RiaanBadenhorst
15 years agoLevel 6
Installing SFW + MSCS option into a running MSCS Cluster - Help?
Hi all,
I need to install SFW 5.1 with the DMP & MSCS options into a running MSCS cluster. As usual the guides dont really cover this, only new installs. All disks are basic at the moment and my client only really wants SFW for DMP.
Questions
1. Do you have to install the MSCS option when installing on a MSCS or can it continue to use Physical disk mappings? I assume it must as the convertion to a dynamic quorum is optional.
2. If the installation of the MSCS option is required then one would need to add the current basic disks (with partitions on them) to a cluster disk group. Is this possible, and should/can one add the windows diskgroup protection feature on it?
3. If the option is used and the disks are added to new dynamic cluster group, then one would need to remove all the physical disk resources from the cluster config, and replace it with a Volume Manager diskgroup resource (which starts all the volumes)?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Riaan Badenhorst
I need to install SFW 5.1 with the DMP & MSCS options into a running MSCS cluster. As usual the guides dont really cover this, only new installs. All disks are basic at the moment and my client only really wants SFW for DMP.
Questions
1. Do you have to install the MSCS option when installing on a MSCS or can it continue to use Physical disk mappings? I assume it must as the convertion to a dynamic quorum is optional.
2. If the installation of the MSCS option is required then one would need to add the current basic disks (with partitions on them) to a cluster disk group. Is this possible, and should/can one add the windows diskgroup protection feature on it?
3. If the option is used and the disks are added to new dynamic cluster group, then one would need to remove all the physical disk resources from the cluster config, and replace it with a Volume Manager diskgroup resource (which starts all the volumes)?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Riaan Badenhorst