Adding Volume Mount Points to a Windows Failover Cluster

Windows Cluster – Adding Volume Mount Points

1. I have three empty shared iSCSI drives connected to my server. Disk2 I will be using as my V: and will be the root volume mount point. Disk 3 and Disk 4 will contain mount1 and mount2 volume mount points.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
2. Open up your Failover Cluster Manager. Right click Storage and select Add a disk.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
3. First up we’ll select the Disk 2 and Disk 3. I won’t be selecting Disk 4 yet as I want to show you later on how to add a volume mount point to an existing setup. Click Ok.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
4. Disk 2 and Disk 3 have now been added to the Cluster and brought online.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
5. Jump back into Disk Management. Right click on Disk 2 and select New Simple Volume.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
6. The New Simple Volume Wizard pops up. Click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
7. For the root volume mount point, which is going to be V:, I have only created a 250MB volume. It doesn’t need to be any bigger. Click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
8. I will assign the letter V: and click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
9. Type in Volume Mounts in the Volume Label field and click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
10. The wizard is now complete, and you have successfully setup your root volume mount. Click Finish.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
11. Back in Disk Management, right click on Disk 3 and select New Simple Volume. At the screen asking you to assign a Drive Letter or Path select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder and click Browse.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
12. Select the V: and click on New Folder.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
13. For the new Folder, type in a name, I will type in Mount 1 and click Ok.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
14. The mount point will be V:Mount1 Click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
15. Format the volume and give it a volume label. I will label this volume mount point as Mount1. Click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
16. A summary of your volume is displayed. click Finish.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
17. Disk 3 is now formatted and ready for use.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
18. If you open up your Failover Cluster Manager you can see that Cluster Disk 3 has a mounted volume of V:Mount1.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
19. Now suppose you have all your disks setup and you wish to add another volume mount point, which in this case is Disk 4.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
20. In Failover Cluster Manager, right click the Storage Folder and select Add a disk.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
21. Select Cluster Disk 4 and click Ok.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
22. The disk is added into the cluster resources and brought online.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
23. Back in Disk Management, right click on Disk 4 and select New Simple Volume.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
24. The wizard begins, click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
25. Select the size of the volume and click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
26. Select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder and click Browse.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
27. Select the V: and click on New Folder. I will give this new volume mount point folder a name of Mount 2. Click Ok.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
28. The volume mount point is presented as V:Mount2 Click Next.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
29. Format the volume and give it a Volume Label of Mount 2. Click Next and then Finish.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
30. In your Failover Cluster Manager you can now see Cluster Disk 4 with a volume mount point of V:Mount2 along with the other volume mount points.


Microsoft Windows Cluster Volume Mount Points
Disclaimer:
All the tutorials included on this site are performed in a lab environment to simulate a real world production scenario. As everything is done to provide the most accurate steps to date, we take no responsibility if you implement any of these steps in a production environment.

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