Win 2003 Cluster does not see disk to be added as a physical resou

I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to a W2003
cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management and My
Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow it to be
added as a physical resource.

Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this? Thanks

Try rebooting the active node if it hasn't already been restarted since
presenting the disks to the cluster. Also, make sure the disks are not
'dynamic'.
--
Jeff Hughes, MCSE
Support Escalation Engineer
Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support (Server Core/Cluster)


"Sukhpal" <Sukhpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:241CCE26-93EC-49DE-B2D7-8160E6B3CC03@microsoft.com...
> I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to a W2003
> cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management and My
> Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow it to be
> added as a physical resource.
>
> Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this? Thanks

I have rebooted, made sure that both nodes when they are active can see the
disks. The disks are all basic disks.

"Jeff Hughes [MSFT]" wrote:

> Try rebooting the active node if it hasn't already been restarted since
> presenting the disks to the cluster. Also, make sure the disks are not
> 'dynamic'.
> --
> Jeff Hughes, MCSE
> Support Escalation Engineer
> Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support (Server Core/Cluster)
>
>
> "Sukhpal" <Sukhpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:241CCE26-93EC-49DE-B2D7-8160E6B3CC03@microsoft.com...
> > I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to a W2003
> > cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management and My
> > Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow it to be
> > added as a physical resource.
> >
> > Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this? Thanks
>

Try adding the disks manually using cluster.exe commands. See KB 555312 for
a procedure how to accomplish this:

How to Create a Physical Disk Resource with Cluster.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312

Regards,
John

Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner

"Sukhpal" <Sukhpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:241CCE26-93EC-49DE-B2D7-8160E6B3CC03@microsoft.com...
> I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to a W2003
> cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management and My
> Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow it to be
> added as a physical resource.
>
> Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this? Thanks

I have tried this as well and it came back with errors can't remember what
the exact message was. If it helps i will try to let you know.

"John Toner [MVP]" wrote:

> Try adding the disks manually using cluster.exe commands. See KB 555312 for
> a procedure how to accomplish this:
>
> How to Create a Physical Disk Resource with Cluster.exe
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
>
> "Sukhpal" <Sukhpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:241CCE26-93EC-49DE-B2D7-8160E6B3CC03@microsoft.com...
> > I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to a W2003
> > cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management and My
> > Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow it to be
> > added as a physical resource.
> >
> > Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this? Thanks
>
>
>

in Explorer and Disk Managementd do the Disks show up with drive letters,
could there be a letter conflict? I know when we migrated LUNs from our
Win2k cluster to our Win2k3 cluster we had to do a mountvol /e on the Win2k3
node for the LUN to show up on the Win2k3 server. Also, we only presented
the new LUN to one node on the Win2k3 cluster to make sure there was not any
chance of any disk reservation issues. Then we configured the physical disk
resource etc and then presented the LUN to the remaining Win2k3 cluster nodes
and tested failover.
--
Mark


"Sukhpal" wrote:

> I have tried this as well and it came back with errors can't remember what
> the exact message was. If it helps i will try to let you know.
>
> "John Toner [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Try adding the disks manually using cluster.exe commands. See KB 555312 for
> > a procedure how to accomplish this:
> >
> > How to Create a Physical Disk Resource with Cluster.exe
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312
> >
> > Regards,
> > John
> >
> > Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
> >
> > "Sukhpal" <Sukhpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:241CCE26-93EC-49DE-B2D7-8160E6B3CC03@microsoft.com...
> > > I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to a W2003
> > > cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management and My
> > > Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow it to be
> > > added as a physical resource.
> > >
> > > Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this? Thanks
> >
> >
> >

Yes, when presented to one of the nodes the disk appeared in explorer and
disk management with the drive letters that were associated to it in W2K. We
didn't do a mountvol at all.

"Mark" wrote:

> in Explorer and Disk Managementd do the Disks show up with drive letters,
> could there be a letter conflict? I know when we migrated LUNs from our
> Win2k cluster to our Win2k3 cluster we had to do a mountvol /e on the Win2k3
> node for the LUN to show up on the Win2k3 server. Also, we only presented
> the new LUN to one node on the Win2k3 cluster to make sure there was not any
> chance of any disk reservation issues. Then we configured the physical disk
> resource etc and then presented the LUN to the remaining Win2k3 cluster nodes
> and tested failover.
> --
> Mark
>
>
> "Sukhpal" wrote:
>
> > I have tried this as well and it came back with errors can't remember what
> > the exact message was. If it helps i will try to let you know.
> >
> > "John Toner [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> > > Try adding the disks manually using cluster.exe commands. See KB 555312 for
> > > a procedure how to accomplish this:
> > >
> > > How to Create a Physical Disk Resource with Cluster.exe
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > John
> > >
> > > Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
> > >
> > > "Sukhpal" <Sukhpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:241CCE26-93EC-49DE-B2D7-8160E6B3CC03@microsoft.com...
> > > > I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to a W2003
> > > > cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management and My
> > > > Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow it to be
> > > > added as a physical resource.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this? Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >

We have the same issue. We can see the LUN from explorer and disk management.
But cannot see when adding as a Physical disk resource in the cluster admin
gui.

where you able to fix..

"Sukhpal" wrote:

> Yes, when presented to one of the nodes the disk appeared in explorer and
> disk management with the drive letters that were associated to it in W2K. We
> didn't do a mountvol at all.
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
> > in Explorer and Disk Managementd do the Disks show up with drive letters,
> > could there be a letter conflict? I know when we migrated LUNs from our
> > Win2k cluster to our Win2k3 cluster we had to do a mountvol /e on the Win2k3
> > node for the LUN to show up on the Win2k3 server. Also, we only presented
> > the new LUN to one node on the Win2k3 cluster to make sure there was not any
> > chance of any disk reservation issues. Then we configured the physical disk
> > resource etc and then presented the LUN to the remaining Win2k3 cluster nodes
> > and tested failover.
> > --
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > "Sukhpal" wrote:
> >
> > > I have tried this as well and it came back with errors can't remember what
> > > the exact message was. If it helps i will try to let you know.
> > >
> > > "John Toner [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Try adding the disks manually using cluster.exe commands. See KB 555312 for
> > > > a procedure how to accomplish this:
> > > >
> > > > How to Create a Physical Disk Resource with Cluster.exe
> > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
> > > >
> > > > "Sukhpal" <Sukhpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:241CCE26-93EC-49DE-B2D7-8160E6B3CC03@microsoft.com...
> > > > > I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to a W2003
> > > > > cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management and My
> > > > > Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow it to be
> > > > > added as a physical resource.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this? Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >

Have you tried using the command line to add the disk? See MSKB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312

Regards,
John

Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner

"pramod" <pramod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46CE2A18-4330-4602-8A97-DF8D13122640@microsoft.com...
> We have the same issue. We can see the LUN from explorer and disk
management.
> But cannot see when adding as a Physical disk resource in the cluster
admin
> gui.
>
> where you able to fix..
>
> "Sukhpal" wrote:
>
> > Yes, when presented to one of the nodes the disk appeared in explorer
and
> > disk management with the drive letters that were associated to it in
W2K. We
> > didn't do a mountvol at all.
> >
> > "Mark" wrote:
> >
> > > in Explorer and Disk Managementd do the Disks show up with drive
letters,
> > > could there be a letter conflict? I know when we migrated LUNs from
our
> > > Win2k cluster to our Win2k3 cluster we had to do a mountvol /e on the
Win2k3
> > > node for the LUN to show up on the Win2k3 server. Also, we only
presented
> > > the new LUN to one node on the Win2k3 cluster to make sure there was
not any
> > > chance of any disk reservation issues. Then we configured the physical
disk
> > > resource etc and then presented the LUN to the remaining Win2k3
cluster nodes
> > > and tested failover.
> > > --
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sukhpal" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have tried this as well and it came back with errors can't
remember what
> > > > the exact message was. If it helps i will try to let you know.
> > > >
> > > > "John Toner [MVP]" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Try adding the disks manually using cluster.exe commands. See KB
555312 for
> > > > > a procedure how to accomplish this:
> > > > >
> > > > > How to Create a Physical Disk Resource with Cluster.exe
> > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555312
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > > > > Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
> > > > >
> > > > > "Sukhpal" <Sukhpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:241CCE26-93EC-49DE-B2D7-8160E6B3CC03@microsoft.com...
> > > > > > I have moved SAN disks that were connected to a W2000 server to
a W2003
> > > > > > cluster. The active nodes can see the disk in disk management
and My
> > > > > > Computer, but can not be seen by cluster administrator to allow
it to be
> > > > > > added as a physical resource.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas please as i can not find any information on this?
Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >