Creating a ServeRAID Disk Resource on a ServeRAID Server with MSCS


Creating a ServeRAID Disk Resource on a ServeRAID Server with MSCS



You can use a ServeRAID logical disk that has not already been designated as a cluster resource, or you can create a new array and logical disk using the ServeRAID Configuration Program or the ServeRAID Administration and Monitoring Utility.

Before creating the ServeRAID logical disk cluster resource, assign a sticky drive letter to the shared logical disk drive on both servers using the Windows NT Disk Administrator Program.
For information on how to assign sticky drive letters, see the MSCS documentation.
Use the IPSHAHTO.EXE utility to move the logical drive to the other server so an identical drive letter can be assigned.

Perform this operation on the cluster server that currently owns the shared logical disk drive.
The cluster server that owns the logical disk drives is the server on which you last ran the IPSHAHTO.EXE program.
  1.  On the system that owns the logical disk drive, run the Cluster Administration Utility program and make this server the preferred  owner of Cluster Group.
  2.  Using the Cluster Administration Utility program, close the connection to the MSCS cluster and then reopen the connection.  This ensures that your connection to the cluster is using the cluster server that owns the shared logical disk drive.
  3.  To create the ServeRAID disk resource in an existing group, ensure that the cluster server that owns the shared logical disk  drive is the owner of that group. If the cluster server is not the owner of the group, use Move Group to make this cluster server  the owner of the group where you will create the ServeRAID disk resource. Then, create the ServeRAID disk resource.
  4.  Bring the new ServeRAID disk group ONLINE.
  5.  If you create a new ServeRAID group. The cluster server that owns the shared logical disk drive will be the owner of this  group by default.
  6.  Create a ServeRAID disk resource as part of the new group.
  7.  Bring the ServeRAID disk group ONLINE.


  -Important- When adding logical drives to an already existing configuration after you assign them as disk resources from within Cluster Administrator you must restart your computer.
This restart will ensure that the MSCS software properly initializes the new drives.

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