Cannot add drive using Failover Cluster Manager - no disks suitable for cluster disks were found

Question

I am creating a new SQL cluster to replace out old cluster. I created a new, two server cluster running Server 2022. I am told I need to add the disk to the cluster before I can install our SQL server software. I created a new volume in our PowerStore. The servers in the cluster can see the drive in Disk Management. They are online and visible in File Explorer. I then used the Failover Cluster Manager and revalidated the configuration. When I expand Storage and right-click Disks, to add disks, it says there are no suitible disk.

Answer 1

Also remember that you should offline the disks on both nodes before attempting to add the storage to the cluster. If the Validation succeeded and ran storage tests, it could be that the disks are online in the OS. I would offline them in Disk Management and then attempt to add them to the cluster.

Answer 2

Hi Doug V,

Thanks for your post. Please open Disk Management and check if the disk has already been initialized. If the status of the disk is Not Initialized, right click on it and select Initialize Disk.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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Answer 3

Hey,

As mentioned, you should bring the LUN online and initialize it on one of the nodes and it should appear as the available storage in Failover Cluster. https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/7531/add-new-disk-to-windows-failover-cluster-for-sql-server-and-move-database/

The following guide shoul help with configuration.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-installing-and-configuring-sql-server-2019-tp-failover-cluster-instance-on-windows-server-2016/

Cheers,

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind Software

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Answer 4

Environment: VMware Sphere 6.7, Windows 2019, SQL 2019

In Disk Management the disk has already been initialized and is online.

In Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC), when I click on the Disks under Storage. Right-click on the Disks and select Add disk.

Get the following message...

No disks suitable for cluster disks were found. For diagnostic information about disks available to the cluster, use the Validate a Configuration Wizard to run Storage tests.

Any assistance is much appreciated.