HP ProLiant DL380 G5 High Availability Storage Server installation instructions (5697-7748, November 2008)

3 Setting up an active/active cluster
The following procedures allow you to change an active/passive cluster to a basic active/active
cluster with a shared quorum disk, a file share on Server 1, and a file share on Server 2.
Before completing the following procedures, set up an active/passive cluster as described in
“Setting up an active/passive cluster” on page 13.
Create additional volumes in the MSA
For the purposes of this document, the volumes created in the MSA for the active/active cluster are
basic file shares. The example figures are labeled as NFS and CIFS to reflect NFS and CIFS file share
resources.
1. Use the HP StorageWorks MSA Storage Management Utility to log in to the MSA (see
“Log in to the MSA” on page 20 for login instructions).
2. Click Manage, then click Volume Management.
3. Click Add volume.
4. Under Add Volumes to Virtual Disk, enter a volume size between 512MB and 1024MB, the
volume name (for example, NFS for an NFS file share), a LUN number, and then click Add
Volume.
Figure 23 Adding a volume in the MSA
5. Repeat the preceding step, adding another volume, such as an additional file share volume.
At this point, there should be 3 volumes on the MSA: the quorum disk and the two volumes created
for the active/active cluster configuration.
6. Map the two newly-created volumes as described in “Map the quorum disk volume” on page 22.
7. Log off of the HP StorageWorks MSA Storage Management Utility.
Initialize and format the disks
1. Log in to the Server 1 desktop.
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