Windows 2008 Cluster

I currently have a two nodeWidows 2008 Cluster that has only print services
as a service. It has 2 cluster disks - one for the witness and one for the
print services.

Is there any issues with now adding file services to the cluster? Does it
have to be separate disk? Should it be separate disk

It is a best practice to keep all of your workloads (services/applications)
in separate groups. Each group should have its own disk resource and client
access point (network name/IP address).

It is possible to add a file server resource to your existing print server
service group. The only real issue with doing this is that a failure of the
print services affects your file server and visa versa. For highest
availablity, you should keep these separated.

Regards,
John

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"Bad Beagle" <> wrote in message
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>I currently have a two nodeWidows 2008 Cluster that has only print services
>as a service. It has 2 cluster disks - one for the witness and one for
>the print services.
>
> Is there any issues with now adding file services to the cluster? Does it
> have to be separate disk? Should it be separate disk
>

I currently have 7 luns on one file server. What would be the best way to
move these 7 luns to a cluster? Can I just assign the 7 disks to available
storage. Do you need a witness disk for each of the 7 luns or one witness
per cluster?
"John Toner [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> It is a best practice to keep all of your workloads
> (services/applications) in separate groups. Each group should have its own
> disk resource and client access point (network name/IP address).
>
> It is possible to add a file server resource to your existing print server
> service group. The only real issue with doing this is that a failure of
> the print services affects your file server and visa versa. For highest
> availablity, you should keep these separated.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
>
> "Bad Beagle" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I currently have a two nodeWidows 2008 Cluster that has only print
>>services as a service. It has 2 cluster disks - one for the witness and
>>one for the print services.
>>
>> Is there any issues with now adding file services to the cluster? Does
>> it have to be separate disk? Should it be separate disk
>>
>
>

Yes, you assign the LUNs to the Available Storage group and then create the
Applications/Services as needed.

You can only have 1 Witness disk per cluster.

Regards,
John

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

"Bad Beagle" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>I currently have 7 luns on one file server. What would be the best way to
>move these 7 luns to a cluster? Can I just assign the 7 disks to available
>storage. Do you need a witness disk for each of the 7 luns or one witness
>per cluster?