Query on storage pools

Glenn Maxwell 10,146 Reputation points
2022-09-01T21:16:00.83+00:00

Hi All
i want to setup SQL cluster, i have provisioned two Azure VMs node1 and node2 which are windows server 2019.
i have not joined the servers to the domain. i have setup three storage pools on each server and each storage pool has 2 disks(simple).
i have joined the servers to domain and i have setup failover cluster manager and added both the nodes. i am using azure storage account as my cloud witness.
When i have added both the nodes to failover cluster manager, in storage pools i can see storage pool is changed from windows storage to clustered storage pool.

i dont want these storage pool to go to clustered storage pool after installing failover cluster manager. i read one article and it tells me to execute the below syntax.

Get-StorageSubsystem -FriendlyName "Clustered" | Set-StorageSubSystem -AutomaticClusteringEnabled $False

When do i need to execute this syntax i.e provision the VMS, install failover cluster manager, add both the nodes, execute this syntax and setup storage pools is it correct?
can i use any name as friendly name.

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  1. Limitless Technology 39,351 Reputation points
    2022-09-05T07:29:31.037+00:00

    Hello there,

    You should configure the Storage Pools locally on each node before adding the servers into the Windows Server Failover Cluster

    If you are creating a SQL Sever failover cluster instance (FCI) in Azure, you can use Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and configure Storage Pools to set-up the Cluster Storage.

    Storage Spaces Direct overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/concepts/storage-spaces-direct-overview

    I hope this information helps. If you have any questions please let me know and I will be glad to help you out.

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