Remove/Add Cluster Shared disk

Hello,

Does any one have the link to MS KB article that mentions about removing
(and adding) an existing Cluster Shared disk on Windows 2003? This cluster
hosts a SQL2000.

The below article deals with Windows 2000.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727114.aspx


TIA,
AbbA

W2k3 does not support this without reboots. See
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc782447.aspx
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To add drives on the shared storage bus
Turn off all nodes.
Important

Unless your shared drive supports hot swapping, you must shut down and
turn off all cluster nodes to add drives. If your shared drive supports
hot swapping, turn off all but one node.
--

Regards,

Peter

Abba wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does any one have the link to MS KB article that mentions about removing
> (and adding) an existing Cluster Shared disk on Windows 2003? This cluster
> hosts a SQL2000.
>
> The below article deals with Windows 2000.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727114.aspx
>
>
> TIA,
> AbbA
>
>

Well, that's not entirely accurate. It certainly works best if you can take
the downtime to add your disk into a cluster, though it is possible to add a
disk without shutting down nodes. The problem that you'll run into doing so
is that the cluster disk driver only really gets updated at boot time so if
you've added a disk after a system has been booted, this driver will
probably not see the disk properly.

To overcome this issue, you can manually add a disk to the cluster using
cluster.exe commands. This helps to kick the driver into reading these
disks. You can review http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312 for
instructions on adding a disk to a host using cluster.exe.

Regards,
John

Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner

"Peter Gibbons" <> wrote in message
news:...
> W2k3 does not support this without reboots. See
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc782447.aspx
> --
> To add drives on the shared storage bus
> Turn off all nodes.
> Important
>
> Unless your shared drive supports hot swapping, you must shut down and
> turn off all cluster nodes to add drives. If your shared drive supports
> hot swapping, turn off all but one node.
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
> Abba wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does any one have the link to MS KB article that mentions about removing
> > (and adding) an existing Cluster Shared disk on Windows 2003? This
cluster
> > hosts a SQL2000.
> >
> > The below article deals with Windows 2000.
> > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727114.aspx
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> > AbbA
> >
> >

The steps are pretty much the same on Windows 2003.


--
Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP


"Abba" <> wrote in message
news:eau%...
> Hello,
>
> Does any one have the link to MS KB article that mentions about removing
> (and adding) an existing Cluster Shared disk on Windows 2003? This cluster
> hosts a SQL2000.
>
> The below article deals with Windows 2000.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727114.aspx
>
>
> TIA,
> AbbA
>

Thank you Geoff.

BTW, just curious... what does a "Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant"
do? How different is it from a DBA?

"Geoff N. Hiten" <> wrote in message
news:...
> The steps are pretty much the same on Windows 2003.
>
>
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
>
> "Abba" <> wrote in message
> news:eau%...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Does any one have the link to MS KB article that mentions about removing
>> (and adding) an existing Cluster Shared disk on Windows 2003? This
>> cluster hosts a SQL2000.
>>
>> The below article deals with Windows 2000.
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727114.aspx
>>
>>
>> TIA,
>> AbbA
>>
>

DBA, tuning, architecture, pretty much any SQL related task. Usually i get
called in when there is a serious problem, though.


--
Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP



"Abba" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Thank you Geoff.
>
> BTW, just curious... what does a "Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant"
> do? How different is it from a DBA?
>
> "Geoff N. Hiten" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The steps are pretty much the same on Windows 2003.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Geoff N. Hiten
>> Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
>> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>>
>>
>> "Abba" <> wrote in message
>> news:eau%...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Does any one have the link to MS KB article that mentions about removing
>>> (and adding) an existing Cluster Shared disk on Windows 2003? This
>>> cluster hosts a SQL2000.
>>>
>>> The below article deals with Windows 2000.
>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727114.aspx
>>>
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> AbbA
>>>
>>
>
>