Expanding a quorum disk LUN

A few special steps are required when using SnapDrive for Windows to expand a LUN that is a quorum disk in a Microsoft cluster.

Step

1. Decide whether you would like to keep the LUN as quorum, or designate a new disk as quorum.

   If...	Then...
   You would like to create a new LUN and designate that disk as a quorum	Perform the following steps: Create a new LUN. Designate the newly created disk as the quorum using the Cluster Administrator on the owning node of your Windows cluster. For information about how to set a disk as a quorum, see your Windows documentation. Delete the original quorum disk.
   You would like to keep the original quorum disk and expand it	Perform the following steps: Create a new LUN. Designate the newly created disk as the quorum using the Cluster Administrator on the owning node of your Windows cluster. For information about how to set a disk as a quorum, see your Windows documentation. Expand the original quorum disk (which is now a regular LUN). Designate the expanded disk as the quorum using the Cluster Administrator on the owning node of your Windows cluster. Delete the disk you created in Step 1.