Problem Backing up Clustered Storage

Question

I have a server that is connected with SAS to a storage area that's also used for a failover cluster. This is an inherited setup which was not documented. So, the digital asset management system has a volume which is presented to Windows as if it's clustered storage - it's a volume without a drive letter and it doesn't appear anywhere other than disc administrator. The only volumes visible to the backup (Veeam agent) are C and E, and this Mounted Volume appears on E.

I have realised that this configuration doesn't successfully back up my files. I've got another file server with more or less the same hardware (Proliant DL380 gen 9/10 and an HPE MSA 2040/2050) but the storage is direct attached.

The colleague who set this up suggested that I talk to the maker of the DAMS, but obviously that's not going to get me anywhere... Is there an easy way to convert a mounted volume into a direct attached storage? I am assuming that assigning a drive letter (an option in Disk Administrator) is not going to do any good...

Tim

Answer 1

Hi Tim,

You have posted in the general Windows Server forum, since your issue is related to Clustering I suggest you ask over at the dedicated Windows Server Clustering forum over here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/topics/windows-server-clustering.html

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Best regards,
Leon

Answer 2

You can add the tag 'windows-server-clustering' to your original post to get the clustering experts involved.

But, a better explanation of your configuration would be helpful. What does "I have a server that is connected with SAS to a storage area that's also used for a failover cluster" mean? Is the server you are asking about part of a cluster? From the above statement, I'm not sure. It sounds like you have a server connected to a SAS storage array, and the storage array is also used for a cluster. But I am not sure if the server you are talking about is part of that cluster or if the server is a standalone server.

Answer 3

Hi,
What does "convert a mounted volume into a direct attached storage" mean? Do you want to assign a drive letter to a volume currently added to CSV and mounted at C:\ClusterStorage? If yes, you could open Failover Cluster Manager and selcet your CSV volume in Storage - Disks, then select "Remove from Cluster Shared Volumes".

Best Regards,
Ian