Do to requirements and infrastructure, we need to do our file shares from the server side.
>>> On 12/5/2012 at 4:22 PM, Robert Cato <[email protected]> wrote: 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 ~ 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
