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That's not enough - I need to be able to see this as a disk resource on the sql server itself
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That's not enough - I need to be able to see this as a disk resource on the sql server itself

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I need the sql server itself to see the drive<br />

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I need the sql server itself to see the drive


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Is it possible to add a drive to an existing clustered SQL Server 2008 instance? &nbsp;How is it done? &nbsp;I have added the extra shared drive to the Cluster resource and of course the drive is seen by everything on the server except SQL Server. &nbsp;How can I add this to SQL Server as a real drive? &nbsp;One that is seen by the engine as a resource it can back up to or restore from?
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Is it possible to add a drive to an existing clustered SQL Server 2008 instance?  How is it done?  I have added the extra shared drive to the Cluster resource and of course the drive is seen by everything on the server except SQL Server.  How can I add this to SQL Server as a real drive?  One that is seen by the engine as a resource it can back up to or restore from?

Adding a drive to Existing SQL Server 2008 instance

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.