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Windows Server Forum / Virtual Server / October 2008Adding SCSI Adapter
We are currenlty running Virtual Server R2 SP1 and wanted to configure SQL Server Clustering (Two nodes) which required atleast two shared drive (quorum and sqldata) i am able to add the quorum drive to both the nodes using up ID SCSI ID 6 and SCSI ID 7 for each node using shared SCSI bus option. How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to sqldata shared array. Using VMCR-Plus, just shutdown the VM and open the settings. At the top is a SCSI options window, change it from 1 to 3, and then go in and make the changes to the SCSI addresses and share options. You still use addresses 6 and 7 for each new card. I tend to keep all the cards on one node on the same address when I build these. > We are currenlty running Virtual Server R2 SP1 and wanted to configure SQL > Server Clustering (Two nodes) which required atleast two shared drive [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to sqldata > shared array. Hi Guys, Can i just check something with you. I have 4 virtual scsi adapters on 1 guest. each has scsi id 7. Each has a Virtual Scsi disk attached, each on Scsi id 0. Does this sound correct? > Using VMCR-Plus, just shutdown the VM and open the settings. At the top is > a SCSI options window, change it from 1 to 3, and then go in and make the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to sqldata >> shared array. Why would you have 4 adapters??? One adapter and 4 disks is more typical.  SignatureCharlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel > Hi Guys, > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to sqldata >>> shared array. Charlie, I treid to add more disk to same adapter but then its erroring out saying that the location is already in use. the virtual server documentation says you can have four adapters with 8 disk attached to each adapter. but there no way in interface(atleast which i know) to add more disk to same adapter. I would appreciate if you can share the knowledge on how do this. It will help me. Thanks, Sameer Dhoot. > Why would you have 4 adapters??? One adapter and 4 disks is more typical. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >>> How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to sqldata > >>> shared array. Certainly you can add more disks. You just select SCSI ID 0 for the first disk (that's the default), and then SCSI ID1 for the second disk, SCSI ID 2 for the third, etc. Your SCSI "Adapter" will have SCSI ID 7, and you can connect 7 disks to each adapter. SignatureCharlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel > Charlie, > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> >>> sqldata >> >>> shared array. Chris, i have replied to this and hope this should provide you an explanation. You can do this if the disk are not shared. In my case i need these adapters to on a shared SCSI bus so cannot have same ID. And articles i read says i cannot use same ID's. > Hi Guys, > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >> How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to sqldata > >> shared array. Well I can add four adapters but I am confused if I can use the same id. I am trying to create two node windows cluster with SQL Server 2005. I have gone through couple of articles on how to go about these - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/virtualserver/deploy/cvs2005.mspx - http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/clustering/installing_sql_cluster ing_virtual_server_p1.aspx As per these articles I cannot use the same ID for SCSI adapters as these needs to be on Shared Bus. From Page 8 of article (article on second link which I referenced) "In the above screen, you want to select "Share SCSI bus for clustering," which I have already done above, and select the "SCSI adapter ID" as 6. Note: Do not use the default value of 7, as this will conflict with node1. Then click on "OK" to create the SCSI adapter. We are now done adding the virtual SCSI adapter." I have used one ID for each node to share the quorum disk. Now i need to two more adapters with unique ID so that I can add shared array to store SQL Server database. Maybe I am not clear on what is required but if anyone of you can read and clarify if unique ID are required? Thanks to all who have replied and anyone who will be replying in future. Sameer Dhoot. http://intellects.in/ > Using VMCR-Plus, just shutdown the VM and open the settings. At the top is a > SCSI options window, change it from 1 to 3, and then go in and make the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to sqldata > > shared array. Hi Guys, I was setting this up ready for a 2node cluster. I read that the disks all need to be attached to the shared scsi bus 0. Is this correct? > Well I can add four adapters but I am confused if I can use the same id. I > am [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] >> > sqldata >> > shared array. I have found the answer here https://blogs.msdn.com/blakhani/archive/2008/01/19/how-to-create-sql-server-2005 -clustering-with-virtual-server-2005-part-2.aspx I was confused that i need unique scsi id for each adapter. But actually i can add upto 4 scsi adpater using same id 7 (Shared Bus) on one vm node and four adapters using scsi id 6 on other vm node. Thanks to all for taking time to answer. Sameer Dhoot. > Well I can add four adapters but I am confused if I can use the same id. I am > trying to create two node windows cluster with SQL Server 2005. I have gone [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > > How do i go about adding two more adpaters which will connect to sqldata > > > shared array. |
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