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Configuring the File Share for Failover Clustering Support Since there is no shared storage in the environment, there is an additional requirement, if you are using a 2 node Failover Cluster, that the File Share will need to be the witness in the quorum configuration using Node and File Share Majority.
How do I make a disk available for cluster?
Add a disk to Available Storage In Failover Cluster Manager, in the console tree, expand the name of the cluster, and then expand Storage. Right-click Disks, and then select Add Disk. A list appears showing the disks that can be added for use in a failover cluster.
How do I create a new disk in SQL cluster?
Right click the storage in the console tree on the left-hand side of the Cluster Administrator tool. In the below screenshot, select storage, right click, and select “add a disk.” The tool will prompt for all the available disks that can be added to cluster. Select the disk or disks that you want to add and click OK.
How to create a failover cluster in SQL Server?
The first step in setting up a Failover Cluster instance for SQL Server that uses SMB for its shared storage is to configure the File Share server to support the clustered instance being able to connect to it with the appropriate permissions to manage the SQL Server databases.
Can a cluster fail over from one disk to another?
(In Windows Server 2012 R2, the disk can be provisioned as NTFS or Resilient File System (ReFS).) With CSV, clustered roles can fail over quickly from one node to another node without requiring a change in drive ownership, or dismounting and remounting a volume.
How to add disks to Cluster Shared Volumes?
Select one or more disks that are assigned to Available Storage, right-click the selection, and then select Add to Cluster Shared Volumes. The disks are now assigned to the Cluster Shared Volume group in the cluster. The disks are exposed to each cluster node as numbered volumes (mount points) under the %SystemDrive%ClusterStorage folder.
Can you create a failover cluster with SMB?
While teaching last week at our Tampa Immersion Event, I mentioned the support for SMB as a storage in SQL Server 2012, which is allows you to create a Failover Cluster without shared storage on a SAN, and is documented in the following Books Online topics. Install SQL Server with SMB fileshare as a storage option