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The interface appears significantly different to justity publishing a revised step by step guide. It confounds me how Microsoft can make the most foundational steps of sharing a folder more difficult with each released version of Windows server. NT was a piece a cake compared to this confusion. Office Office Exchange Server.

Not an IT pro? Windows Server TechCenter. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. High Availability Clustering. Sign in to vote. Shares configured on the server vice the cluster node are accessible.

The Computer Shogun. Wednesday, February 20, AM. I found the answer in another forum post. Shared folder in a Windows virtual machine is not accessible over the network The Computer Shogun. Marked as answer by jaxdagger Wednesday, February 20, PM. Wednesday, February 20, PM. The following scenario describes how a file server failover cluster can be configured. The files being shared are on the cluster storage, and either clustered server can act as the file server that shares them.

The following list describes shared folder configuration functionality that is integrated into failover clustering:. Display is scoped to clustered shared folders only no mixing with non-clustered shared folders : When a user views shared folders by specifying the path of a clustered file server, the display will include only the shared folders that are part of the specific file server role.

It will exclude non-clustered shared folders and shares part of separate file server roles that happen to be on a node of the cluster. Access-based enumeration: You can use access-based enumeration to hide a specified folder from users' view. Instead of allowing users to see the folder but not access anything on it, you can choose to prevent them from seeing the folder at all.

You can configure access-based enumeration for a clustered shared folder in the same way as for a non-clustered shared folder. Offline access: You can configure offline access caching for a clustered shared folder in the same way as for a nonclustered shared folder. 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.

If such a disk has already been configured in Failover Cluster Management as part of a clustered file server, you can then use any of the previously mentioned interfaces to create a share on the disk. If such a disk has not been configured as part of a clustered file server, you cannot mistakenly create a share on it.

Instead, an error indicates that the disk must first be configured as part of a clustered file server before it can be shared. By installing the role service and configuring shared folders with Services for NFS, you can create a clustered file server that supports UNIX-based clients.

For a failover cluster in Windows Server or Windows Server to be considered an officially supported solution by Microsoft, the solution must meet the following criteria. All hardware and software components must meet the qualifications for the appropriate logo.

For more information about what hardware and software systems have been certified, please visit the Microsoft Windows Server Catalog site. The fully configured solution servers, network, and storage must pass all tests in the validation wizard, which is part of the failover cluster snap-in.

Servers: We recommend using matching computers with the same or similar components. The servers for a two-node failover cluster must run the same version of Windows Server. They should also have the same software updates patches.

Network Adapters and cable: The network hardware, like other components in the failover cluster solution, must be compatible with Windows Server or Windows Server In the network infrastructure that connects your cluster nodes, avoid having single points of failure. There are multiple ways of accomplishing this. You can connect your cluster nodes by multiple, distinct networks. Alternatively, you can connect your cluster nodes with one network that is constructed with teamed network adapters, redundant switches, redundant routers, or similar hardware that removes single points of failure.

If the cluster nodes are connected with a single network, the network will pass the redundancy requirement in the Validate a Configuration wizard. However, the report will include a warning that the network should not have a single point of failure. Storage: You must use shared storage that is certified for Windows Server or Windows Server For a two-node failover cluster, the storage should contain at least two separate volumes LUNs if using a witness disk for quorum.

The witness disk is a disk in the cluster storage that is designated to hold a copy of the cluster configuration database. For this two-node cluster example, the quorum configuration will be Node and Disk Majority. Node and Disk Majority means that the nodes and the witness disk each contain copies of the cluster configuration, and the cluster has quorum as long as a majority two out of three of these copies are available.

The other volume LUN will contain the files that are being shared to users. When deploying a storage area network SAN with a failover cluster, the following guidelines should be observed. Confirm certification of the storage: Using the Windows Server Catalog site, confirm the vendor's storage, including drivers, firmware and software, is certified for Windows Server or Windows Server Isolate storage devices, one cluster per device: Servers from different clusters must not be able to access the same storage devices.

In most cases, a LUN that is used for one set of cluster servers should be isolated from all other servers through LUN masking or zoning. This provides the highest level of redundancy and availability. You will need the following network infrastructure for a two-node failover cluster and an administrative account with the following domain permissions:. Network settings and IP addresses: When you use identical network adapters for a network, also use identical communication settings on those adapters for example, Speed, Duplex Mode, Flow Control, and Media Type.

Also, compare the settings between the network adapter and the switch it connects to and make sure that no settings are in conflict. If you have private networks that are not routed to the rest of your network infrastructure, ensure that each of these private networks uses a unique subnet.

This is necessary even if you give each network adapter a unique IP address. For example, if you have a cluster node in a central office that uses one physical network, and another node in a branch office that uses a separate physical network, do not specify For more information about the network adapters, see Hardware requirements for a two-node failover cluster, earlier in this guide. The DNS dynamic update protocol can be used. Domain role: All servers in the cluster must be in the same Active Directory domain.

This can result in communication issues with the guest cluster in the VM. If you are deploying any workload other than Hyper-V with guest clusters, enabling the NetFT Virtual Adapter Performance Filter will optimize and improve cluster performance.

Cluster network prioritization. We generally recommend that you do not change the cluster-configured preferences for the networks. IP subnet configuration. No specific subnet configuration is required for nodes in a network that use CSV. CSV can support multi-subnet stretch clusters. Policy-based Quality of Service QoS.

We recommend that you configure a QoS priority policy and a minimum bandwidth policy for network traffic to each node when you use CSV. For more information, see Quality of Service QoS. Storage network. For storage network recommendations, review the guidelines that are provided by your storage vendor. For additional considerations about storage for CSV, see Storage and disk configuration requirements later in this topic. For an overview of the hardware, network, and storage requirements for failover clusters, see Failover Clustering Hardware Requirements and Storage Options.

However, at any time, a single node called the coordinator node "owns" the physical disk resource that is associated with the LUN. Additionally, ownership is automatically rebalanced when there are conditions such as CSV failover, a node rejoins the cluster, you add a new node to the cluster, you restart a cluster node, or you start the failover cluster after it has been shut down.

When certain small changes occur in the file system on a CSV volume, this metadata must be synchronized on each of the physical nodes that access the LUN, not only on the single coordinator node. For example, when a virtual machine on a CSV volume is started, created, or deleted, or when a virtual machine is migrated, this information needs to be synchronized on each of the physical nodes that access the virtual machine.

These metadata update operations occur in parallel across the cluster networks by using SMB 3. These operations do not require all the physical nodes to communicate with the shared storage.

File system format. Resource type in the cluster. By default, a disk or storage space that is added to cluster storage is automatically configured in this way. Choice of CSV disks or other disks in cluster storage. When choosing one or more disks for a clustered virtual machine, consider how each disk will be used. If a disk will be a physical disk that is directly attached to the virtual machine also called a pass-through disk , you cannot choose a CSV disk, and you must choose from the other available disks in cluster storage.

Path name for identifying disks. Disks in CSV are identified with a path name. This path is the same when viewed from any node in the cluster. You can rename the volumes if needed but is recommended done before any virtual machine if Hyper-V or application such as SQL Server is installed.

CSV cannot be renamed if there are any open handles i. For storage requirements for CSV, review the guidelines that are provided by your storage vendor. This section lists planning considerations and recommendations for using CSV in a failover cluster.

Ask your storage vendor for recommendations about how to configure your specific storage unit for CSV. If the recommendations from the storage vendor differ from information in this topic, use the recommendations from the storage vendor. To make the best use of CSV to provide storage for clustered virtual machines, it is helpful to review how you would arrange the LUNs disks when you configure physical servers.

When you configure the corresponding virtual machines, try to arrange the VHD files in a similar way. For an equivalent clustered virtual machine, you should organize the volumes and files in a similar way:. If you add another virtual machine, where possible, you should keep the same arrangement for the VHDs on that virtual machine. When you plan the storage configuration for a failover cluster that uses CSV, consider the following recommendations:.