topic Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering in MSA Storage

MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

jorge torralba — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:11:29 GMT

We are moving forward with windows 2008 and SQL server 2008 in a failover cluster using an MSA 1500. However, I have heard that the MSA 1500 may not support Windows 2008. Does anyone have experience implementing a failover cluster environment with the MSA 1500 and Windows 2008? Is it SCSI3 compliant? Does it support persistent reservation?

Thanks,

JT

Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

Phil West — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:45:55 GMT

I see no reason why it should not but take a look on SPOCK http://h20272.www2.hp.com/index.aspx

Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

Mike Jenne — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:31:21 GMT

I can confirm that this should work. Just remember to use the Cluster Validation Wizard. If you configuration passes those tests, then it will be supported by MS. If it doesn't than you likely have a configuration problem.

Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

2legit2quit — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:52:18 GMT

Not sure, but I am leaning towards it not being compatible. For the last 3 days I have been attempting to get my MSA1500 to run on 2 servers with identical hardware, I went as far as updating the firmware on both servers, and Windows 2008 R2 unsuccessfully. The Cluster Validation Wizard is run, all test pass except the following:

Validate Disk Arbitration Canceled

Validate that a node that owns a disk retains

ownership after disk arbitration.

Validate Disk Failover Canceled

Validate that a disk can fail over successfully with

data intact.

Validate File System Canceled

Validate that the file system on disks in shared

storage is supported by failover clusters.

Validate Multiple Arbitration Canceled

Validate that in a multiple-node arbitration process,

only one node obtains control.

Validate SCSI device Vital SCSI device Vital Product Data (VPD) Warning

SCSI page 83h VPD descriptors for the same cluster

disk 0 from different nodes do not match. SCSI

inquiry data is identifier information returned by

the storage device about a specific LUN. The cluster

expects that if a disk is shared the SCSI inquiry

data should be unique for each disk and consistent

across all the nodes for a given LUN. This condition

may be expected if you are using replicated storage.

Please contact your storage vendor for further

information.

Validate SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation Failed

Successfully accessed cluster disk 0 from node

fourier.dyn.datasys.swri.edu while it should have failed.

Cluster Disk 0 does not support Persistent Reservations.

Some storage devices require specific firmware versions

or settings to function properly with failover clusters.

Please contact your storage administrator or storage

vendor to check the configuration of the storage to allow

it to function properly with failover clusters.

Validate Simultaneous Failover Canceled

Validate that disks can fail over simultaneously with

data intact.

I simply want to know if it is support or not, so I can stop wasting my time and install Windows 2003 Enterprise on the servers. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

ChorZ — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:13:41 GMT

Even i too have the same isse wth MSA 1500 and Win 2008, i had even disabled one of the controller , still facing the same issue.

Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

ChorZ — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:38:50 GMT

As per the HP release , HP MSA 1500 with firmware V7.1 only support clustering

Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

ChorZ — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:53:44 GMT

MSA 1500 will work with Windows 2008 cluster

I had tested the same

U have to make the system in active-active mode

upgrade the firmware to V7.1

and non of the multipatchin software will work for Win 2008 and MSA 1500

U have to make 1:1 connection for individual server, cluster validation will be success after that

Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

John Kufrovich — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:02:17 GMT

Don't confuse Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 r2. Windows 2008r2 is not supported on the MSA1500.

Re: MSA 1500 and Windows 2008 with Failover Clustering

Sebastian.Koehler — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:58:01 GMT

Windows 2008 and R2 require a SCSI-3 compliant array, especially for clustering. This is not true for MSA1x00.

Regards,
Sebastian