Setting Up Shared Disks - LSI MegaRAID 320 User Manual

4.4.9

Setting Up Shared Disks

4.4.9.1 Quorum Disk
7. Point to New and click on User.
8. Type in the cluster name and click on Next.
9. Set the password settings to User Cannot Change Password and
Password Never Expires.
10. Click on Next, then click on Finish to create this user.
Note: If your company's security policy does not allow the use of
passwords that never expire, you must renew the password
on each node before password expiration. You must also
update the Cluster Service configuration.
11. Right-click on Cluster in the left pane of the Active Directory Users
and Computers snap-in.
12. Select Properties from the context menu.
13. Click on Add Members to a Group.
14. Click on Administrators and click on OK. This gives the new user
account administrative privileges on this computer.
15. Close the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
Warning: Ensure that Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows
2000 Datacenter Server and the Cluster Service are
installed and running on one node before you start an
operating system on another node. If the operating system
is started on other nodes before you install and configure
Cluster Service and run it on at least one node, the cluster
disks have a high chance of becoming corrupted.
To continue, power off all nodes. Power up the shared storage devices.
Once the shared storage device is powered up, power up node one.
The quorum disk stores cluster configuration database checkpoints and
log files that help manage the cluster. Windows 2000 makes the following
quorum disk recommendations:
Cluster Installation
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