Can I turn an existing 2008 file server into a failover cluster by adding a second server that will share the data with out formatting
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we have an existing standalone server with an iSCSI attached data volume and want turn it into a windows server failover cluster without losing any data. Can I turn an existing 2008 file server into a failover cluster by adding a second server that will share the data with out formatting? We have a vmware environment if that helps...
thanks!
we have an existing standalone server with an iSCSI attached data volume and want turn it into a windows server failover cluster without losing any data. Can I turn an existing 2008 file server into a failover cluster by adding a second server that will share the data with out formatting? We have a vmware environment if that helps...
thanks!
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So the most important question I need to confirm, can this be done with out losing any data ?
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so to be clear can i take a data disk that is currently on a standalone server and make it that shared disk
Yes it can be do e without like sing data or reformatting.
The data disk remains unchanged.
The data disk remains unchanged.
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Ok I will give it a try since you personally guaranteed that absolutely nothing will go wrong with all of my mission critical data! lol jk
You should always have a backup of Production Data. Always before experimenting.
That's good ITIL Practice and common sense and change control!
That's good ITIL Practice and common sense and change control!
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agreed.
thanks!!!!
thanks!!!!
What edition of Server are you using? Standard, Enterprise, or Data Center?
Standard cannot do clustering. (You don't need to wipe out your data, but your servers may need upgrading to a better edition/newer version (in 2012, Standard supports clustering, in 2008 R2 Standard DOES NOT support clustering).