Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 Administrator Guide

Managing the ProLiant Cluster HA/F500
ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for MA8000 Administrator Guide 5-9
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4. Format the new partition using NTFS.
5. Assign a drive letter for the new partition.
6. Close Disk Administrator or Disk Management.
Adding a Physical Disk Resource to the Cluster
To add a disk resource to the cluster:
1. Open Cluster Administrator and connect to the cluster.
2. If you want to add the disk resource to an existing group, then skip to step 5.
Otherwise, select File, New, Group from the menu bar.
3. Enter a name (description is optional) for the new group. Click Next.
4. Select the preferred nodes and preference order for this group. Click Finish.
Click OK after creating the new group.
5. Select File, New, Resource.
6. Enter a name (description is optional) for the new resource.
7. For Resource Type, select Physical Disk.
8. Select the group to which you want to add the disk resource. Click Next.
9. Accept the default nodes for which the resource may be brought online.
Click Next.
10. Specify which resources you want the new disk resource to be dependent on.
Click Next.
11. Select the disk volume you want to assign to the disk resource. Click Finish.
Click OK after creating the new resource.
12. Bring the new physical disk resource online by right-clicking its icon and
selecting Bring Online.
13. Power up Node A and log on to the Microsoft operating system.