Did you not license CIFS on the NetApp? Have you considered using the NetApp as your file server? That is a far simpler and has several benefits (de-duplication, snapshots, replication).
Robert On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Patrick Hasenjager <[email protected]>wrote: > We want "services" clustering in addition to the hardware clustering > already in our ESXi environment. > > >>> Ken Cornetet <[email protected]> 12/5/2012 4:03 PM >>> > Why in the world would you use a Microsoft cluster when you have the > vastly superior and easier ESX clustering to provide failover? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Hasenjager [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 4:33 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: File Services Clustering in Server 2012 > > We are just getting into clustering services, now that we have been > allowed to purchase a SAN (we have only been asking for more years than I > can count!). I created a failover cluster in Server 2012 Standard and > attached 4 nodes to it (all virtuals with VMware ESXi 5.1 - the same > problem exists whether 1 node is connected or up to all 4). They are > connected to common LUNs on a NetApp appliance. > > Yesterday, everything went to hell. It started off that I could not > access one of the file shares and then two... then all 4 that we had > configured. Because this system was not yet being utilized for anyone > other than myself, I decided to just recreate it. Now that I have done > that, I cannot configure any file shares. > > When I click the "Add File Share" to the cluster role (File Server), the > "volumes" is blank and I cannot use the browse button. I can type a path, > but it states that it is not valid for the particular server. According to > the console, everything is "Running" and "Online." I also cannot access > the administrative share for the drive which is attached to the role. > > I am at a complete loss for ideas and Internet searches have turned up > absolutely nothing regarding the problem I am having. I'm sure I am > missing something simple, but cannot come up with what that is. Can anyone > assist me? Feel free to contact me off-list if it is more convenient. > > > > PATRICK HASENJAGER | Network Administrator Kansas City University of > Medicine and Biosciences | Information Technology phone 816.654.7712 | fax > 816.654.7701 email [email protected] | www.kcumb.edu > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
