Hi all,
We plan to create Active-Active Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster in vSphere 4.x
Here is the requirements:
1.Node1 should have the following disks during normal operation
C drive (VMDK)
P drive (pRDM)
2.Node2 should have the following disks during normal operation
C drive (VMDK)
Q drive (pRDM) This is Quorum Disk
R drive (pRDM)
3.If Node1 fails, Node2 should have
C drive (VMDK)
P drive (pRDM)
Q drive (pRDM)
R drive (pRDM)
4.If Node2 fails, Node1 should have
C drive (VMDK)
P drive (pRDM)
Q drive (pRDM)
R drive (pRDM)
Based on www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_mscs.pdf to set up the Active-Passive Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
the Active Node should use Raw Device Mappings and the Passive Node should use Existing Virtual Disks.
How about the Active-Active mode??
For Node1, use Raw Device Mappings for:
P drive (pRDM)
and use Existing Virtual Disks for
Q drive (pRDM)
R drive (pRDM)
And for Node2, use Raw Device Mappings for
Q drive (pRDM)
R drive (pRDM)
and Existing Virtual Disks for
P drive (pRDM)
OR
For Node1, use Raw Device Mappings for
P drive (pRDM)
Q drive (pRDM)
R drive (pRDM)
And for Node2, use Existing Virtual Disks for
P drive (pRDM)
Q drive (pRDM)
R drive (pRDM)
OR other suggestions??
Thanks in advance!!