How to Move Master Database to a New Location in SQL Cluster

Recently, we had a situation where a customer asked us to move Master Database from Local Drive to SAN drive. I have outlined the steps for the task:

Moving Master in SQL Server Cluster
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1. Connect to the server
2. Open Configuration Manager -> SQL Server Service
3. Right click and select Properties
4. Click on the Startup Parameter
5. Remove startup parameter (the highlighted one)

         -dS:\SqlData\master.mdf
         -eG:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Log\ErrorLog
         -lS:\SqlData\mastlog.ldf

1. Add new startup parameters with new values (per your configuration)
2. Check and confirm which node is active
3. PAUSE current PASSIVE node  to avoid fail-over
4. Take SQL Server resources offline, i.e. SQL Server, SQL Agent, MSDTC, SQLCLUSTER Name (Do not take SQL Cluster IP Offline.)
5. Copy MASTER.MDF and MASTLOG.LDF to NEW Location ( S:\SQLDATA, but yours could be different)
6. Log into Cluster Administrator and bring SQL Server Resources online
7. Resume current PASSIVE Node

-dS:\SqlData\master.mdf
-eG:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Log\ErrorLog
-lS:\SqlData\mastlog.ldf