Verifying Disk Access and Functionality

Perform the steps below to verify disk access and functionality.

Step

Description

1

Click on Start.

2

Click on Programs. Click on Accessories, then click on Notepad.

3

Type some words into Notepad and use the File/Save As command to save it as a test file

 

called test.txt. Close Notepad.

4

Double-click on the My Documents icon.

5

Right-click on test.txt and click on Copy.

6

Close the window.

7

Double-click on My Computer.

8

Double-click on a shared drive partition.

9

Click on Edit and click on Paste.

10

A copy of the file should now exist on the shared disk.

11

Double-click on test.txt to open it on the shared disk.

12

Close the file.

13

Highlight the file and press the Del key to delete it from the clustered disk.

14

Repeat the process for all clustered disks to make sure they can be accessed from the first

 

node.

After you complete the procedure, shut down the first node, power on the second node and repeat the procedure above. Repeat again for any additional nodes. After you have verified that all nodes can read and write from the disks, turn off all nodes except the first, and continue with this guide.

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