Adding a Volume Manager Disk Group resource for Exchange 2007 installation
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Adding a Volume Manager Disk Group resource for Exchange 2007 installation

Before installing Exchange 2007 in a Microsoft failover cluster with SFW, you add a Volume Manager Disk Group (VMDg) resource for the disk group that you created for the First Storage Group. By doing so, you can install the First Storage Group on a dynamic volume.

You add this resource to the Quorum group temporarily. After installation, you will move it to the Exchange group created by installation and set the appropriate dependencies.

Note:

Before creating the resource, start the cluster service on all the nodes in the cluster.

To create a Volume Manager Disk Group resource for the application

  1. From the Start menu (the Start screen on Windows 2012 operating systems), click Administrative Tools.

    Launch the Failover Cluster Manager snap-in by clicking Failover Cluster Manager.

    Ensure that you are connected to the required cluster.

  2. In the left pane (tree view) of the Failover Cluster Management tool, right-click the Quorum resource group under Services and Applications. Select Add a resource > More resources > Add Volume Manager Disk Group.
  3. In the center panel under Disk Drives, double-click New Volume Manager Disk Group to open its Properties dialog box.
  4. On the General tab of the Properties dialog box, type a name for the resource.

    For example, type EXCH_DG_RES.

  5. On the Properties tab, in the Disk Group Name field, type the name of the disk group you previously created for the First Storage Group (for example, EVS1_SG1_DG), and click OK to close the dialog box.
  6. To bring the resource online, right-click the newly named resource and click Bring this resource online.
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