Adding a Volume Manager Disk Group resource for the quorum
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Adding a Volume Manager Disk Group resource for the quorum

You add a Volume Manager Disk Group resource corresponding to the disk group that you created for the quorum. You do not set any dependencies for this resource.

You first create a service or application for the quorum resource, name it (for example, QUORUM), and add the resource to it.

To add a Volume Manager Disk Group resource for the quorum

  1. From the Start menu (the Start screen on Windows 2012 operating systems), click Administrative Tools.
  2. Launch the Failover Cluster Manager snap-in by clicking Failover Cluster Manager.
  3. Verify that the cluster is online on the same node where you created the disk group.
  4. In the left pane of Failover Cluster Management, right-click Services and Applications and select More Actions > Create Empty Service or Application.
  5. Right-click the new group and rename it, for example QUORUM.
  6. Right-click QUORUM and select Add a resource > More resources > Add Volume Manager Disk Group.
  7. Right-click New Volume Manager Disk Group in the center pane and click Properties.
  8. In the General tab of the Properties dialog box, type a name for the resource in the Resource Name field, for example, QUORUM_DG_RES.
  9. On the Properties tab, in the Disk Group Name field, type the name of the disk group that you previously created for the quorum, and click OK to close the dialog box.
  10. Right-click the Quorum disk group resource (for example, QUORUM_DG_RES) in the left pane and select Bring this resource online.

    The specified disk group resource, QUORUM_DG_RES resource, is created under the Quorum group (for example, QUORUM).

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