5037: How to delete a disk ressource if not all nodes running

Hello,

in my configuration, it is not possible to have all nodes up and running.

So how could I delete a disk resource? Doing it in GUI will fail with

5037 - all nodes must be running for this operation!

Thanks and regards
Rudz

Can you explain why you cannot have all nodes up and running ?

This so we better understand your situation

Thanks,
Edwin.


"Rudz" <> wrote in message
news:CD8A189A-9C74-4041-B10F-...
> Hello,
>
> in my configuration, it is not possible to have all nodes up and running.
>
> So how could I delete a disk resource? Doing it in GUI will fail with
>
> 5037 - all nodes must be running for this operation!
>
> Thanks and regards
> Rudz

Hello Edwin,

for testing purposes of booting from SAN and clustering, one of the node is
a Dual-Boot-Server, so it can only have one System up and running, and I
don't like to evict the 3rd node, and I have at moment no free system, that I
can boot with the 3rd node-system from the SAN.

Thanks and regards
Rudolf


"Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote:

> Can you explain why you cannot have all nodes up and running ?
>
> This so we better understand your situation
>
> Thanks,
> Edwin.
>
>
> "Rudz" <> wrote in message
> news:CD8A189A-9C74-4041-B10F-...
> > Hello,
> >
> > in my configuration, it is not possible to have all nodes up and running.
> >
> > So how could I delete a disk resource? Doing it in GUI will fail with
> >
> > 5037 - all nodes must be running for this operation!
> >
> > Thanks and regards
> > Rudz
>
>
>

Unfortunately, there's no way to remove a disk resource w/o all nodes
running so your only options are to bring up all nodes, or evict the downed
node, delete the disk, then rejoin it to the cluster if and when it comes
back up.
--
Jeff Hughes, MCSE
Support Escalation Engineer
Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support (Server Core/Cluster)


"Rudz" <> wrote in message
news:2D782109-5FC9-4D8B-9CBF-...
> Hello Edwin,
>
> for testing purposes of booting from SAN and clustering, one of the node
> is
> a Dual-Boot-Server, so it can only have one System up and running, and I
> don't like to evict the 3rd node, and I have at moment no free system,
> that I
> can boot with the 3rd node-system from the SAN.
>
> Thanks and regards
> Rudolf
>
>
> "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Can you explain why you cannot have all nodes up and running ?
>>
>> This so we better understand your situation
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Edwin.
>>
>>
>> "Rudz" <> wrote in message
>> news:CD8A189A-9C74-4041-B10F-...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > in my configuration, it is not possible to have all nodes up and
>> > running.
>> >
>> > So how could I delete a disk resource? Doing it in GUI will fail with
>> >
>> > 5037 - all nodes must be running for this operation!
>> >
>> > Thanks and regards
>> > Rudz
>>
>>
>>

I would also add (if I understood your configuration description properly)
that it is not recommend to have one (or any) of your cluster nodes
configured as a dual-boot system. This is not a best practice and could
definitely cause issues for you and your HA environment, depending on your
configuration.

Hope this helps,
--Ryan

--
Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Clustering
MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x8, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP


"Jeff Hughes [MSFT]" <> wrote in message
news:A8207FFF-28E4-475A-A3E7-...
> Unfortunately, there's no way to remove a disk resource w/o all nodes
> running so your only options are to bring up all nodes, or evict the
> downed node, delete the disk, then rejoin it to the cluster if and when it
> comes back up.
> --
> Jeff Hughes, MCSE
> Support Escalation Engineer
> Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support (Server Core/Cluster)
>
>
> "Rudz" <> wrote in message
> news:2D782109-5FC9-4D8B-9CBF-...
>> Hello Edwin,
>>
>> for testing purposes of booting from SAN and clustering, one of the node
>> is
>> a Dual-Boot-Server, so it can only have one System up and running, and I
>> don't like to evict the 3rd node, and I have at moment no free system,
>> that I
>> can boot with the 3rd node-system from the SAN.
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>> Rudolf
>>
>>
>> "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>> Can you explain why you cannot have all nodes up and running ?
>>>
>>> This so we better understand your situation
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Edwin.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rudz" <> wrote in message
>>> news:CD8A189A-9C74-4041-B10F-...
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > in my configuration, it is not possible to have all nodes up and
>>> > running.
>>> >
>>> > So how could I delete a disk resource? Doing it in GUI will fail with
>>> >
>>> > 5037 - all nodes must be running for this operation!
>>> >
>>> > Thanks and regards
>>> > Rudz
>>>
>>>
>>>