Re: Adding Virtual Print Server Resource No Physical Disk Appears Drop

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Jeff Hughes, MCSE
Support Escalation Engineer
Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support (Server Core/Cluster)


"levine_the_machine" <levinethemachine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B0B3B707-A23F-413F-98C6-1618C3FAC6B0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello.

Just created a two node cluster. This is purposed for file and print
services. Everything is online and working. I have one GROUP called the
CLUSTER GROUP and it all looks healthy.

A couple of questions...

1) NODE1 has three folders ACTIVE GROUPS, ACTIVE RESOURCES, and NETWORK
INTERFACES. NODE2 has the same thing but NODE1 has records in each of the
two folders, but NODE2 does not. DID I MISS SOMETHING?
No, this just means node 1 is the active node

2) In trying to set up a Virtual Print Server, I go through all of the steps
but when it is time to create the PHYSICAL DISK resource...on the DISK
PARAMETERS screen--nothing appears in the drop down for the DISK. So I can't
pick one and finish.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO GET PAST THIS?
If you look at your below comments about one disk with two partitions, there aren't any more disks to add. Your physical disk resource that's already in your cluster group is actually your two logical partitions on the same disk. Physical disk resources are per PHYSICAL disk, not logical disk.

My shared storage is a MP SCSI MSA device with a bunch of hot swap/hot
change disks in a RAID5 configuration. There are backup servers,
controllers, fans, powersupplies, etc. It is one array with one volume and
two partitions...one for QUORUM and one for DATA.

I would like to use this array for all disk resources-even if it is not
"recommended"--I know it adds some risk, but I am willing to take it-versus
buying more $900 disks.
This is poor design, since we can only failover at the 'physical disk' level, your one disk with 2 logical partitions will always have to be in the same group. Ideally, you should have a separate physical disk for your quorum and another for your data. There's nothing gained by having quorum and data partitions on the same drive.

Would one of the gurus out there provide me with some direction? I need to
get this cluster printing (file sharing works great!) and then I can move on.

My ideal situation would be to use my existing array for virutal print
spooler group, IP address, network name, and physical disk. Can I just
create a PRINT SPOOLER resource in the CLUSTER GROUP?
Yes you can but you have to make sure your spool folder is located on your data drive, not your quorum. Again, not a best practice to only have one disk for both quorum and data.

Thanks in advance!



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Thank you,

ltm

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