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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 8:45 PM
Hi there,
just set up a 2 node cluster with HCL listed hardware:
Windows Server 2012 R2 DC fully patched with latest Fujitsu MPIO DSM
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6 with 2 QLogic 2560 FC HBA each (latest drivers)
Fujitsu Eternus DX90S2 FC storage (latest firmware)
All volumes are visible/accessible by both nodes. Volumes are initialized, partitioned and NTFS formatted and set online for the 1st node. Volumes are offline for the 2nd node.
Running cluster validation tests ends up with error "Physical disk {...} does not have the inquiry data (SCSI page 83h VPD descriptor)". Additionally no disks are available as cluster resources.
Any idea welcome.
Thanks a lot.
Te.Be.
All replies (7)
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 4:48 PM ✅Answered
Problem solved. Many thanks to the guys from Fujitsu and Microsoft.
There are different types of "inquiry VPD IDs" a storage system (target) can show to the host (initiator).
While failover cluster service in Windows Server 2008 R2 runs with inquiry VPD ID type 1, windows server 2012 R2 requires type 3. (no idea whats the difference)
By setting inquiry VPD ID type to 3 in the host response settings of the Fujitsu Eternus DX90S2 storage controller Windows recognises all FC LUNs as cluster available disks.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:28 PM ✅Answered | 1 vote
Found some more information regarding inquiry VPD ID types here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh830493(v=vs.85).aspx
There are these types available:
8 (SCSI Name String)
3 (FCPH Name) -> this seems to be required for Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster
2 (EUI64)
1 (Vendor Id) -> this works with Windows Server 2008 R2 failover cluster
0 (Vendor Specific)
You can check which type your storage provides using Powershell:
PS C:\ Get-Disk | FT FriendlyName, UniqueIdFormat -AutoSize
FriendlyName UniqueIdFormat
LSI RAID SAS 6G 0/1 SCSI Disk Device FCPH Name -> type 3
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Vendor Id -> type 1
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Vendor Id
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Vendor Id
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Vendor Id
Thursday, April 2, 2015 11:02 AM
Can you make disks online on both the nodes and run validation?
Thanks,
Umesh.S.K
Thursday, April 9, 2015 2:30 PM
Hi Sir,
>>Windows Server 2012 R2 DC fully patched with latest Fujitsu MPIO DSM
I searched for this storage running on 2012R2 , it seems that it is supported .
Also I only found the similar issue on 2008R2 SP1 :
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2531907?wa=wsignin1.0
I also suggest you to check if the recommended windows updates were installed on each cluster Nodes :
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2920151
Best Regards,
Elton Ji
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Monday, April 13, 2015 11:59 AM
Hi Umesh,
still same problem. After setting disks online on both nodes CVT shows error in List Disk tests and Get-ClusterAvailableDisk does not return any disks.
This is the output:
PS C:\ Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ClusterNodes -ScriptBlock { Get-Disk | FT $Env:COMPUTERNAME, FriendlyName, Operati
onalStatus -AutoSize }
BVVSVS00319 FriendlyName OperationalStatus
LSI RAID SAS 6G 0/1 SCSI Disk Device Online
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Online
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Online
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Online
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Online
BVVSVS00318 FriendlyName OperationalStatus
LSI RAID SAS 6G 0/1 SCSI Disk Device Online
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Online
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Online
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Online
FUJITSU ETERNUS_DXL Multi-Path Disk Device Online
PS C:\ Get-ClusterAvailableDisk
PS C:\ Test-Cluster -Node $ClusterNodes -Include $TestList.DisplayName -ReportName $env:HOMEPATH\Documents\ClusterValid
ationReport
WARNING: Storage - List Disks To Be Validated: The test reported failure..
WARNING: Storage - Validate Disk Access Latency: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate Microsoft MPIO-based disks: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate SCSI device Vital Product Data (VPD): The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate Storage Spaces Persistent Reservation: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate Disk Arbitration: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate Multiple Arbitration: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate Disk Failover: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate File System: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Storage - Validate Simultaneous Failover: The test was canceled..
WARNING: Cluster Configuration - Validate Quorum Configuration: The test reported some warnings..
WARNING:
Test Result:
HadFailures, ClusterConditionallyApproved
Testing has completed, but one or more tests indicate that the configuration is not suitable for clustering.
Test report file path: \Users\AdmBenkert\Documents\ClusterValidationReport.mht
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
-a 4/13/2015 1:44 PM 522026 ClusterValidationReport.mht
Thanks a lot.
Cheers,
Te.Be.
Monday, April 13, 2015 12:14 PM
Hi Elton,
both nodes have latest hotfixes including all recommended updates listed in http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2920151.
PS C:\ Get-HotFix | where HotfixID -in "KB2919355", "KB3000850", "KB3013769"
Source Description HotFixID InstalledBy InstalledOn
BVVSVS00318 Update KB2919355 BVVSVS00318\Admin... 3/24/2015 12:00:00 AM
BVVSVS00318 Update KB3000850 BVVSVS00318\Admin... 3/23/2015 12:00:00 AM
BVVSVS00318 Update KB3013769 BVVSVS00318\Admin... 3/23/2015 12:00:00 AM
Thanks.
Regards,
Te.Be.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 7:11 AM
Hi Sir,
Thanks for your sharing .
Best Regards,
Elton Ji
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