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6. When prompted to select an operating system, select Windows NT/Windows
2000 ; then, click Next .
7. When prompted to install Windows NT Service, click Yes ; then, click Next .
8. Select the Destination Folder ; then, click Next .
9. After setup completes copying the files, click Finish .
Installing the Microsoft Cluster Server
To install the Microsoft Cluster Server, complete the following procedure:
1. Use the ServeRAID Manager program to scan for new drives on all ServeRAID
controllers.
2. On Server A, run the utility IPSHAHTO.EXE program from the IBM ServeRAID
Windows NT Cluster Solutions Diskette or the IBM ServeRAID Support CD.
3. At a Windows 2000 command line, type one of the following:
If installing from CD
e :\winsrv\cluster\support\ipshahto
If installing from diskette
a :\support\ipshahto
where a is the diskette drive letter and e is the CD-ROM drive letter.
Running the program makes all the shared logical drives available for access
by Server A.
4. Using the right-mouse button, click My Computer on the desktop; then, click
Manage . The Computer Management window opens.
5. In the left pane, click to expand the Storage icon; then, click Disk
Management . The Disk Signature and Upgrade Wizard window opens.
6. To assign disk signatures for the shared disks, click Next .
7. Microsoft Cluster Server using Windows 2000 requires you to set shared
logical drives to Basic Disk. To do this, click Cancel in the Upgrade Disks pane
of the window.
8. Format all shared logical drives to NTFS (NT File System), assign volume
labels, and specify drive letters for each.
Important
Before creating the ServeRAID logical cluster resource, you must assign a permanent
(sticky) drive letter to the shared logical drive on both servers. The two servers must have
the same drive letters on each shared drive. If you do not assign permanent drive letters,
Windows 2000 might assign different drive letters on each server. Assigning a permanent
drive letter ensures that Windows 2000 assigns the same drive letter to the partition on both
servers.
Notes:
a. It is helpful if the volume label contains the drive letter you assigned to the
drive, such as DRIVE E.
b. If you want to use the disk in a cluster, create only one partition on the
disk. Make the partition the full size of the disk and format the partition to
NTFS.
c. Make sure that all shared logical drives are the type Basic Disk. If they are
marked Dynamic Disk, change them to Basic Disk by doing the following:
1) Right-click the Disk icon at the bottom of the Disk Management window
(see Figure 40 on page 128).
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