Comments on: Building a Windows Server 2008 Cluster, Part 1

By: Edwin Sarmiento

Edwin Sarmiento — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:33:24 +0000

I’ve downloaded Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 but have not installed it yet as I still am running the StarWind software. I’ll be trying it out soon

By: SQL Warrior

SQL Warrior — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:57:03 +0000

Ed, have you tried Windows Storage Server 2008 R2? It’s available to MSDN and technet subscriber now.

By: bayu

bayu — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:53:08 +0000

Myangzki, any update on this? i experienced the same thing “Failed to write file data on cluster disk 0 partition 1, failure reason: The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable”.

By: clusterlösungen

clusterlösungen — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:44:11 +0000

Very good Job!

By: jerry

jerry — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:06:34 +0000

Ever succeed without iscsi?
By default the shared disks is created with “lsisas1068″ as the virtual device driver, but I got issues that the disk resource could not be created and brought online after creating the clusters under windows 2008.
anyone has any comments on that? (iscsi will work of course)

By: ssmman

ssmman — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:39:39 +0000

Not all the iSCSI disks can do it, because it needs SCSI-3 persistent reserve features, you can try KernSafe iSCSI target, here is an article gives you detailed step-by-step instructions on configuring Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 failover clusters.
http://www.kernsafe.com/article_product.aspx?id=5&&aid=41
or PDF
http://www.kernsafe.com/tech/iStorage-Server/iStorage-Server-iSCSI-SAN-for-Windows-Clustering.pdf

By: Building a Windows Server 2008 Cluster, Part 3

Building a Windows Server 2008 Cluster, Part 3 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:31:17 +0000

[...] Part 1 of this series, we prepared our Windows Server 2008 servers to be a part of a cluster. Part 2 [...]

By: Myangzki

Myangzki — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:18:13 +0000

Hi Edwin,

Your blog is really a big help for me. After spending few days figuring out SAN simulator without any success, your write up is heaven-sent solution. But I still need your help. After following your steps, Configuration Validation still fails. I encounter Validate Disk Failover Error

“Writing file data on cluster disk 0 partition 1
Failed to write file data on cluster disk 0 partition 1, failure reason: The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable.
Failed to write file data on cluster disk 0 partition 1, failure reason: The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable.”

I’ve already checked if the disk are writable and they are. I was able to save a document on both drives.

I am wondering if you encountered the same error and might be able to give me a hand.

I am truly thankful for your help.

Sincerely,

Myangzki

By: Building a Windows Server 2008 Cluster, Part 2

Building a Windows Server 2008 Cluster, Part 2 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:14:23 +0000

[...] Part 1 of this series, we prepared our Windows Server 2008 servers to be a part of a cluster. In this part, we will look [...]

By: Zorian Rotenberg

Zorian Rotenberg — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:57:16 +0000

Hi Edwin,
I noticed you are using StarWind iSCSI Target and just wanted to let you know that we just announced this morning a spin-off from Rocket Division and we just opened a new office and will be planning a release of Ver.4.0 later this month. You can take a look at the newly formed company at http://www.StarWindSoftware.com.

Thanks and regards,
Zorian Rotenberg
CEO, StarWind Software Inc.