Configuring Shared Disks
Perform the following procedure to configure the shared disks.
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2 | Click on Manage, then click on Storage. | ||
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4 | Make sure that all shared disks are formatted as NTFS and are designated as Basic. If you | ||
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| connect a new drive, the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard starts automatically. | |
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| If this occurs, click on Next to go through the wizard. The wizard sets the disk to | |
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| dynamic, but you can uncheck it at this point to set it to basic. | |
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| To reset the disk to Basic, | |
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| working with) and click on Revert to Basic Disk. | |
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6 | Click on Create Partition… | ||
7 | The Create Partition Wizard begins. Click on Next twice. | ||
8 | Enter the desired partition size in MB and click on Next. | ||
9 | Accept the default drive letter assignment by clicking on Next. | ||
10 | Click on Next to format and create a partition. | ||
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Assigning Drive Letters
After you have configured the bus, disks, and partitions, you must assign drive letters to each partition on each clustered disk.
Note: Mountpoints is a feature of the file system that lets you mount a file system using an existing directory without assigning a drive letter. Mountpoints is not supported on clusters. Any external disk that is used as a cluster resource must be partitioned using NTFS partitions and have a drive letter assigned to it. Use the procedure below to assign driver letters.
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2Select a new drive letter.
3Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each shared disk.
4Close the Computer Management window.
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