Configuring cluster quorum settings


Configuring cluster quorum settings
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The following procedure outlines the steps for configuring a clustered dynamic disk group resource.

Note:

You must perform these tasks from a cluster node where all the cluster resources are online. If the clustered dynamic disk group resource is online on a node other than the one where rest of the cluster resources are online, you must move the clustered dynamic disk group resource to the other node and then perform these tasks.

To move the resource, right-click the resource and from the context menu select, Move > Best Possible Node.

To configure a clustered dynamic disk group resource

From the Start menu (the Start screen on Windows 2012 operating systems), click Administrative Tools.
To launch the Failover Cluster Manager snap-in, click Failover Cluster Manager.
Right-click the cluster node and in the context menu, select More Actions > Configure Cluster Quorum Settings.
The Configure Cluster Quorum Wizard appears.

Click Next to continue.
On the Select Quorum Configuration Option panel, select Select the quorum witness.
Click Next to continue.
On the Select Quorum Witness panel, select Configure a disk witness and then click Next.
On the Configure Storage Witness panel, select the disk group that is added for cluster quorum, and then click Next.
Review the report that the wizard generates and click Finish to complete the operation.

Confirm that the VMDg resource moves to "Cluster Group" along with Network Name and IP resources.

The wizard configures the cluster quorum settings.

The Volume Manager Disk Group that is created for cluster quorum is now added in the Failover Cluster as a quorum resource.

The quorum data is mirrored on all the disks that are part of the Volume Manager Disk Group. Even if any of the disks fail, the quorum data is available on the remaining disks.