Hyper-converged solution in Windows Server
  • Introduction
  • Intro
    • Introduction
    • Requirements
    • Topology
  • Preparing the servers
    • Server 1: The Domain Controller
    • Prepping the 2 HC servers
    • Server 2: HyperConvergence 1
    • Server 3: HyperConvergence 2
  • Set up the Fail over cluster with storage spaces direct
    • Test the cluster
    • Build the cluster
    • Add a cluster witness
    • Clean the disks
    • Enable storage spaces direct
    • Create cluster-volumes
  • Setup Hyper-V and test
    • The next steps
    • Edit Hyper-V Paths
    • Create a High Available VM
    • Test it
    • Where to go from here
  • Extra
    • Add a 3rd node
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  1. Set up the Fail over cluster with storage spaces direct

Add a cluster witness

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Last updated 5 years ago

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Precaution

Here I will deviate from Microsoft's proposed solution. I originally thought of creating a witness using the. I couldn't really get my head wrapped around why the guide would want me to create a whole new cluster just for this. That just seems a bit... over the top. Especially for just a lab-setup and especially since the 2-node hyperconvergence setup is made to save money for 's

Another means of doing so would be Microsoft Azure (Cloud Witness), which I already said I wouldn't.

On with the cluster witness

I just created a goold old-fashoined File Share Witness, which is supported and also recommended by Microsoft by the way.

Go to your Failover Cluster Manager, connect to your cluster if needed. And go to "configure cluster Quorum settings".

Choose the advanced option

Click next

Give the share a name on your Witness computer (my DC in my case) and create a folder for it. Check the necessary rights as well

Just make sure the UNC-path is mentioned. Not the actual local path. And you can just click "next" until the finish

"scale out file server" method
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