Hi. Our customer has set up an Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover (MSCS) cluster in vSphere 5.0 on their HP P2000SA G3 SAN, which is connected using SAS.
The VMware guide (http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-mscs-gu...) states the following:
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The following environments and functions are not supported for MSCS setups with this release of vSphere:
- Clustering on iSCSI, FCoE, and NFS disks.
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And later in the same document:
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Cluster Virtual Machines Across Physical Hosts
You can create a MSCS cluster that consists of two virtual machines on two ESXi hosts.
A cluster across physical hosts requires specific hardware and software.
ESXi hosts that have the following:
- Fibre Channel (FC) SAN. Shared storage must be on an FC SAN.
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No mention of SAS-connected SANs.
So, my questions are:
1. Will the "Cluster Virtual Machines Across Physical Hosts" method be supported on a HP P2000SA G3 SAN, and if so, can you point me to a VMware source for this?
2. Will it be supported by Microsoft, and if so, can you point me to a Microsoft source for this?
Are there any other sources than the MSCS guide above that have any info on this?
Thanks in advance!
