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Setup for Windows Server Failover Clustering describes the supported configurations for a WSFC with shared disk resources you can implement using virtual machines with Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 and above releases. You get step-by-step instructions for each configuration and a checklist of clustering requirements and recommendations.

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Unless stated otherwise, the term Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) applies to Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2008 and above releases.

Setup for Windows Server Failover Clustering covers ESXi and VMware® vCenter® Server.

At VMware, we value inclusion. To foster this principle within our customer, partner, and internal community, we have updated this guide to remove instances of non-inclusive language.

Vmware Windows Cluster Shared Disk

This is simple step by step for adding shared storage to virtual machine on VMware ESXi using vCenter. I am doing this for Creating a MS SQL cluster for MS SharePoint 2013. Clustered disks are always recognized as part of the cluster: Whether you use the failover cluster interface, Windows Explorer, or the Share and Storage Management snap-in, Windows recognizes whether a disk has been designated as being in the cluster storage.

Vmware Windows Failover Cluster Shared Disk

Intended Audience

Virtual — if you want to share a virtual disk between VMs on the same ESXi host; Physical — used when you need to share vmdk file between VMs on different ESXi hosts (if you have multiple ESXi hosts in VMWare vSphere cluster then you must select this bus sharing mode). None mode is used only for not clustering Multi-writer drives. Microsoft office 2010 product key free.

This information is for system administrators who are familiar with VMware technology and Failover Clustering for Windows.

Note: This is not a guide to using Failover Clustering for Windows. Use your Microsoft documentation for information about installation and configuration of Microsoft Cluster Service or Failover Clustering.
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All instances of 'WSFC' in this document and elsewhere is intended to refer to all Windows OS and Microsoft application clustering configurations which utilize one or more shared disks among the clustered nodes, namely:

  • The Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS)
  • The Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC)
  • Microsoft SQL Server Always On Failover Cluster Instances (FCI)

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Note: Other WSFC-based solutions not accessing shared storage such as SQL Server Always On Availability Groups or Exchange Database Availability Group, require no special storage configurations on the vSphere side using VMFS or NFS. This guide should not be used for such configurations.