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Windows 2003 cluster physical disk resource
Hi,
I just want to know what would be the best steps to follow to change drive letters on a shared physical disk resources in a windows cluster ?
here is what I am planning to do.
I need to replace Drive E: with new larger Drive I:. Both are currently in the cluster and online. Drive E: has a SQL dependency. Can I change the drive letters through disk managament while the disks are online in cluster ?
Any suggestions would be greately appreciated
Thanks,
I just want to know what would be the best steps to follow to change drive letters on a shared physical disk resources in a windows cluster ?
here is what I am planning to do.
I need to replace Drive E: with new larger Drive I:. Both are currently in the cluster and online. Drive E: has a SQL dependency. Can I change the drive letters through disk managament while the disks are online in cluster ?
Any suggestions would be greately appreciated
Thanks,
dynamox
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October 27th, 2009 03:00
SamCl
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August 11th, 2010 00:00
The cluster does indeed rely on signatures to identify the disk resources - however you can change the drive letters. I would recommend the following
1) disable SQL services in services
2) remove all dependencies on the 2 drive letters in cluster
3) remove the disks from cluster
4) disable cluster and reboot on all nodes (one by one)
5) change the drive letters at the OS level.on all nodes (one by one)
6) re-enable cluster and reboot
7) add the drives back in assigning the 'new' drive letters
8) test failover etc.