Assigning Permanent Drive Letters To Shared Disks; Assigning Permanent Drive Letters For Server 1 - IBM eserver x Series Installation Manual

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10. When the domain controller responds with a welcome message, click OK; then,
11. Click OK to save the changes made and close the System Properties window;
12. Login to Server 2 using the Administrator account; then, close the Windows 2000
13. Repeat step 2 through step 11 for Server 2.
Proceed to "Assigning permanent drive letters to shared disks" to continue configur-
ing your cluster.

Assigning permanent drive letters to shared disks

Drive letters for the EXP300 shared storage and server CD-ROM drive are subject to
change until you explicitly assign them. After you assign permanent drive letters on
both servers, you will always access the shared storage through the same drive let-
ters. Use the following procedure to assign permanent drive letters.
Note: You must configure Server 1 before you configure Server 2.
Attention: If you are restoring your cluster and have important data on the shared
storage, proceed to "Assigning permanent drive letters after restoring the cluster" on
page 17.

Assigning permanent drive letters for Server 1

Use the following procedure to assign permanent drive letters for Server 1.
1. From the Logon to Windows window on Server 1, click Options.
2. In the Logon to field, select your domain. Type your password, and click OK.
3. Close the Windows 2000 Configuring Your Server window.
4. On Server 1, open a command prompt and then type
5. Click Start
click OK again to acknowledge the message informing you that your server must
restart for these changes to take effect.
Note: If an error message opens informing you that the domain controller could
not be contacted, contact your network administrator.
then, when asked to restart your server, click Yes.
Configuring Your Server window.
cd\IBM\cluster\support
and press Enter; then, type
ipshahto synchoff
and press Enter. This ensures that Server 1 has control of the shared disks.
g
g
Settings
Tools
and double-click Computer Management. Click Storage and double-click
Disk Management.
Control Panel; then, double-click Administrative
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