HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.2.1 Windows Storage Server Edition Setup Guide (February 2006)

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If you should later need to repartition a disk containing a membership
partition, you will need to stop HP Clustered File System before you
change the layout. While the cluster is stopped, you will not be able to
access other disks in the cluster. You will also need to take one of the
above steps to force the servers in the cluster to recognize the changes.
Partition Sizing
It is important to properly size the partitions that will be used for
membership partitions. (8 MB is adequate.) When you add membership
partitions in the future, the new partitions cannot be smaller than any of
the original membership partitions. (There is one exception: if the original
partitions are all larger than 950 MB, the new partition can be 950 MB.)
9. Run the mxcheck Utility
Before installing the cluster software, it is important to verify that the
server’s configuration meets the requirements for running HP Clustered
File System. You can use the HP mxcheck utility to do this.
The utility performs the following checks on the server:
• System check: hardware, operating system version, service pack
version, available physical memory.
• Network check: IP network and interface assignments, forward and
reverse hostname lookup.
• Storage check: Host Bus Adapters, drivers, and settings.
• Miscellaneous check: other checks such as the non-paged pool setting.
To run mxcheck, insert the HP Clustered File System CD into the CD
drive or go to the directory where you downloaded the product, and then
double-click the file mxcheck.exe.
Output from the utility is displayed and is written to the Application Log
section of the Event Viewer. We recommend that you fix any problems
identified by mxcheck before you install HP Clustered File System.