Adding Disks

I would like to add another volume to my two node sql 2005 cluster. From
what i have been reading i need to shut one of the cluster nodes, add
the drive to the cluster then bring the backup node back on line. Am i
missing anything?
Thanks for the help
Noah Hamilton
Sr Systems Administrator
Carpathia Hosting, Inc
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Ashburn, VA 20147
voice: (703) 297-4451
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Once you have physically connected the disk (or carved a new LUN and
presented it to the host computers), you must create a clustered resource.
Use the cluster admin tool to create a disk resource and map it to the
physical disk. I usually create a temporary resource group to park it in
while I am setting things up. Test failover to make sure all host nodes can
"see" and use the clustered disk.
You then can move the disk into the SQL resource group. Finally, you must
make the SQL Service dependent on the new disk before SQL will use it for
data or logs. This will require stopping the SQL service while the
dependencies are changed.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Noah" <noah@.carpathiahost.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to add another volume to my two node sql 2005 cluster. From
>what i have been reading i need to shut one of the cluster nodes, add the
>drive to the cluster then bring the backup node back on line. Am i missing
>anything?
> Thanks for the help
> Noah Hamilton
> Sr Systems Administrator
> Carpathia Hosting, Inc
> 21711 Filigree Court, Suite A
> Ashburn, VA 20147
> voice: (703) 297-4451
> Fax: (703) 997 5577
> www.carpathiahost.com
>
|||Thanks for the help. I have the new drives up and running now.
Appreciate all the help.
Geoff N. Hiten wrote:
> Once you have physically connected the disk (or carved a new LUN and
> presented it to the host computers), you must create a clustered
> resource. Use the cluster admin tool to create a disk resource and map
> it to the physical disk. I usually create a temporary resource group to
> park it in while I am setting things up. Test failover to make sure all
> host nodes can "see" and use the clustered disk.
> You then can move the disk into the SQL resource group. Finally, you
> must make the SQL Service dependent on the new disk before SQL will use
> it for data or logs. This will require stopping the SQL service while
> the dependencies are changed.
>