HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Installation Guide (418975-003, January 2008)

Chapter 3: Install HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 24
Changes to the Disk Partition Table
We recommend that you do all necessary partitioning on disks that will
contain membership partitions before assigning the membership
partitions. It is best to do the partitioning before multiple servers have
access to the disk. If this is not possible, ensure that all servers having
access to the disk through the SAN detect the partition table changes
before continuing on with membership partition initialization.
This can be done either by rebooting the servers after you make the
partition table changes, or by manually disabling the ports on the
FibreChannel switch that connect the servers to the SAN. If using the
second method, disable the ports before making the partition table
changes, and then re-enable the ports afterwards.
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. When HP Clustered File System is
restarted on the server, it will recognize the changes to the partition table.
(You will need to restart HP Clustered File System on each node to enable
it to see the changes.)
Partition Sizing
It is important to properly size the partitions that will be used for
membership partitions. (The minimum size is 1 GB.) When you add
membership partitions in the future, the new partitions cannot be smaller
than any of the original membership partitions.
12. Log Into iSCSI Targets (iSCSI Configurations
Only)
Log into each iSCSI target via the iSCSI initiator and set the iSCSI Initiator
Properties. On the Log On to Target dialog, be sure to check
“Automatically restore this connection when the system reboots.”
You will need to complete this step on each server.