Install windows server 2008 failover cluster

#Install windows server 2008 failover cluster how to

I'm bringing the disks online on Node1 only, as we are going to use these disks for our failover cluster. Now click 'Initialize.' This writes a signature to the disk drive and changes the status to 'Basic' and 'Unallocated.' Right-click the Disk, (Disk15 and Disk16) which are the disks we wish to add on the bottom-right pane of the disk management console. In the below screenshot, the new disks, 15 and 16, are shown asВ 'Unknown' and 'Not Initialized.' You will see your new drive listed as 'Unknown' and 'Not Initialized.' Right-click on 'Disk Management' and click 'Rescan Disks.' The disk management console will look for newly attached disks and display them in the bottom-right pane.

Right-click on 'My Computer' and click 'Manage.' Expand computer management (local) and then storage. T here is no downtime required to perform this activity there is no service disruption and zero downtime.

#Install windows server 2008 failover cluster how to

This article will show how to add a newВ disks to the SQL Server cluster. I have a SQL Server Cluster, with two nodes already set up, and the disks are been presented to each node. The below procedure is also applicable for a SQL Server cluster installed on Windows 2008 R2. I already have a two node SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition cluster installed on W indows 2008 Enterprise Edition. In this post I will show a procedure to add a new disk or drive to a SQL Server failover cluster.