Using FC RDM LUNs in a Microsoft cluster
You can use SnapDrive to manage a Microsoft cluster using RDM LUNs, but you must first create the shared RDM quorum and shared storage outside of SnapDrive, and add the disks to the virtual machines in the cluster.
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- Requirements for using FC RDM LUNs in a Microsoft cluster
SnapDrive provides support for Microsoft clusters using FC RDM LUNs on two different virtual machines that belong to two different ESX servers, also known as Cluster Across Boxes, when you meet the specific configuration requirements.
- Microsoft cluster support limitations using FC RDM LUNs
SnapDrive supports Microsoft clusters using FC RDM LUNs on different virtual machines belonging to different ESX servers, but there are some instances when this feature is not supported.
- Creating a shared FC RDM LUN
Before you can use FC RDM LUNs to share storage between nodes in a Microsoft cluster, you must first create the shared quorum disk and shared storage disk, and add them to both virtual machines in the cluster.
