minutes. I, as you said, was trying to do too much on one channel. I did try
"Russ Kaufmann (MVP)" <russ@clusterhelp.com> wrote in message
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> "Wayne" <watkinson@sd43.bc.ca> 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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