The main basic steps to set up a cluster on VRTX: - Install Windows on all blades, join a domain and patch them (including drivers from Dell's site) - add the hyper-v and cluster role - create virtual switch with the exact same name on both servers - add MPIO feature (usually requires a reboot) - add SAS support for MPIO (usually requires a reboot) - add the registry entry that allows SAS drives to be considered for clustered storage (see VRTX manuals) - carve out the raid setup for the VRTX' built-in SAN - change assignment from single to multiple - assign all disks to all blades - bring the disks online on 1 single server, initialize them (GPT), partition and format them, then bring them back offline, switch to the other servers (one at a time) and rescan disks, bring online, verify you see the proper disks and match drive letters. Repeat this for all blade servers and after the last blade, bring the disks offline again. - create the cluster and let it add all available storage - verify the correct disk was selected to be the quorum - make the other disk(s) cluster shared volume(s) - [optional] rename CSV folder to match the volume label and/or virtual disk name to make it easier in the future to identify what is stored where - build VM in cluster manager (not hyper-v manager) - test live migration feature
Hi, Can someone please confirm something for me regarding a VRTX and shared storage in how it should operate? I have a VRTX chassis with 2 blades and 7 disks. Disk config - 2 virtual, one for the quorum and one for VHD's Networking similar - one for Quorum and one for core. I've installed Server 2016, setup clustering and HyperV and configured the PERC drivers etc.. On Host 1 i can have a VM up and running on the shared storage no problem. ON host 2 though i can't see the shared storage on the main machine - it shows up in the Disk Management but offline and i'm led to believe that this is because in a clustered environment only 1 machine can 'own' the storage. I've configured the storage to be a Clustered Shared Volume so my expectation is this: I want to be able to run multiple VM's on each host all utilising the same shared volume so that i can move the VM's resources from host to host without affecting the disk. Is this expectation correct and if so what am i missing to see the shared storage LUN on both hosts to allow this? Thanks
VRTX Cluster and CSV confirmation (Shared storage operation)