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Old 10-12-2008   #8 (permalink)
Chris


 
 

Re: Adding SCSI Adapter

Hi Guys,

I was setting this up ready for a 2node cluster. I read that the disks all
need to be attached to the shared scsi bus 0. Is this correct?

"Sameer Dhoot (http://intellects.in)" <Sameer Dhoot
(http://intellects.in)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Well I can add four adapters but I am confused if I can use the same id. I
> am
> trying to create two node windows cluster with SQL Server 2005. I have
> gone
> through couple of articles on how to go about these
>
> -
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cvs2005.mspx
> -
> http://www.sql-server-performance.co...server_p1.aspx
>
> As per these articles I cannot use the same ID for SCSI adapters as these
> needs to be on Shared Bus.
>
> From Page 8 of article (article on second link which I referenced)
>
> "In the above screen, you want to select "Share SCSI bus for clustering,"
> which I have already done above, and select the "SCSI adapter ID" as 6.
> Note:
> Do not use the default value of 7, as this will conflict with node1. Then
> click on "OK" to create the SCSI adapter. We are now done adding the
> virtual
> SCSI adapter."
>
> I have used one ID for each node to share the quorum disk. Now i need to
> two
> more adapters with unique ID so that I can add shared array to store SQL
> Server database.
>
> Maybe I am not clear on what is required but if anyone of you can read and
> clarify if unique ID are required?
>
> Thanks to all who have replied and anyone who will be replying in future.
>
> Sameer Dhoot.
> http://intellects.in/
>
> "Tim Walsh" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Using VMCR-Plus, just shutdown the VM and open the settings. At the top
>> is a
>> SCSI options window, change it from 1 to 3, and then go in and make the
>> changes to the SCSI addresses and share options. You still use addresses
>> 6
>> and 7 for each new card. I tend to keep all the cards on one node on the
>> same address when I build these.
>>
>>
>> "Sameer Dhoot" <Sameer Dhoot@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1EC1D854-3D22-4999-896D-40453473F6BC@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> > We are currenlty running Virtual Server R2 SP1 and wanted to configure
>> > SQL
>> > Server Clustering (Two nodes) which required atleast two shared drive
>> > (quorum
>> > and sqldata) i am able to add the quorum drive to both the nodes using
>> > up
>> > ID
>> > SCSI ID 6 and SCSI ID 7 for each node using shared SCSI bus option.
>> >
>> > How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to
>> > sqldata
>> > shared array.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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