I have been managing my Cluster with MMC, HyperV Manager and the FailoverClustering tools. Recently, I decided to give SCVMM 2012 a try, and after installing it, and adding my cluster, Its all there, but the cluster says "Succeeded with Warning". within
the report file, I see the following messages under "Storage":
List Potential Cluster Disks.
Disk with identifier a2ccab51 has a Persistent Reservation on it. The disk might be part of some other cluster. Removing the disk from validation set
Disk with identifier a2ccab56 has a Persistent Reservation on it. The disk might be part of some other cluster. Removing the disk from validation set
Disk with identifier e2b030e3 has a Persistent Reservation on it. The disk might be part of some other cluster. Removing the disk from validation set
No disks were found on which to perform cluster validation tests. To correct this, review the following possible causes:
* The disks are already clustered and currently Online in the cluster. When testing a working cluster, ensure that the disks that you want to test are Offline in the cluster.
* The disks are unsuitable for clustering. Boot volumes, system volumes, disks used for paging or dump files, and disks that do not use NTFS are examples of disks unsuitable for clustering.
* The disks are not visible to two or more nodes. Review the "List All Disks" test to see which disks are visible to the nodes. Ensure that the disks you want to test are unmasked, that is, your masking or zoning does not prevent access to the disks. If
the disks seem to be unmasked or zoned correctly but could not be tested, try restarting the servers before running the validation tests again.
* The cluster does not use shared storage. A cluster must use a hardware or software based replication solution to replicate data between nodes. If your solution is in fact based on replication between nodes, you do not need to rerun Storage tests. Instead,
work with the provider of your replication solution to ensure that data is being replicated between nodes.
No disks were found on which to perform cluster validation tests.
As I mentioned, the cluster has been working fine, and my CSVs are fully functional, however It just doesnt seem to be working properly within VMM.
The system is an IBM Bladecenter E with 3 blades, all connected via FC to an IBM DS4700 Express.
Im hoping to use VMM later on so that I can storage migrate the servers and disk over to a new Set of servers and iSCSI SAN. For now though, Id be happy to just be able to use VMM with this setup. ANy tips gratefully received.