Windows 2012 building cluster help

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AK_AK
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Windows 2012 building cluster help

Post by AK_AK »

Hi All,
I am using VBOX4.3.12. i am trying to build windows 2012 cluster with out using third party tools. previously i used starwind and configured the cluster with out any issues. i have experience in building windows cluster and installing SQL cluster.
I need help in configuring the shared drives between the nodes and creating the cluster.
i created using below commands:
(reference: http://www.oracledistilled.com/virtualb ... irtualbox/)
shared_disk.jpg
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"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" createhd --filename ssdisk1 --size 100 --variant Fixed
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" storageattach "CLnode01" --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium ssdisk1.vdi --mtype shareable
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" storageattach "CLnode02" --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium ssdisk1.vdi --mtype shareable
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" modifyhd ssdisk1.vdi --type shareable
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i can see from both nodes this shared disk is online.
i am not sure, i may be missing something here. can any one help me in configuring the shared disks between nodes and able to create the cluster successfully.
please see the attached screen shots.
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Re: Windows 2012 building cluster help

Post by Perryg »

Are you sure that you want to try to attach everything to the same port? Doing this will overwrite the last command with the new value.
Each node should have a new and unique port number and I would make sure to set the chipset to ICH9
AK_AK
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Re: Windows 2012 building cluster help

Post by AK_AK »

First of all thank you for your reply and sorry i did not get chance to check this as i was busy with some prod issue. now i can actively look in to it.
I appreciate any help in this.

yesterday i created two more shared disks with the below commands. from each node from the computer management i attached these disks to the both nodes.
re started the both nodes. now i can see these attached disks from my computer.

Then i from cluster manager i run the validation test. no issues there.
I created the cluster. cluster did not regonise the Quorum disk. Cluster is not showing the shared disks.

how do my cluster recongnise the shared disks.
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