Re: Problems with Virtual Test Environment setup

Thanks for the tip: I was able to configure the diskarray in a couple of
minutes. I, as you said, was trying to do too much on one channel. I did try
the second adapter earlier, but I must have mixed up the numbers and it
through an error.Anyway, using both SCSI adapters I have been able to create
both a Quorum and a DiskArray which mirrors our physical setup!
Excellent!!
W.
"Russ Kaufmann (MVP)" <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Wayne" <watkinson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Has anyone successfully created a test setup with Virtual Server 2005 RC2
using two shared resources: Quorum and Shared Disk Array. I have followed
the "Using MicroSoft Virtual Server 2005 to Create and Configure a
Two-Node Microsoft Window Server 2003 Cluster" document and everything
works fine but I am at a loss as to how I am supposed to add the Shared
Disk Array so it can be used/included as a Cluster resourse. I can add it
via Primary Channel (1) to both; however, it is not a true shared
resource and so I can only have one node on at a time if I add it that
way.
When I try to install the SQL 2005 ( failover cluster option) the only
resource that I see is the Quorum volume...

What I always do is create the disks first. Make sure they are fixed in
size. Then add the adapters. Make sure you add the SCSI adapters. Make
sure that you check the box to enable it for clustering.

Part of the problem is likely that you are trying to do too much with each
adapter. The way that VS 2005 works, you can only have one disk per SCSI
adapter, so create more than one and then attach the disks. So, for
example, one disk will be connected to SCSI 0, a second disk would be
connected to SCSI 1.

Make sure that you also configure the scsi adapter on one node to be ID of
6 and the other node with an ID of 7.


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