Hello,
I am looking for some options or ideas on how to migrate my Microsoft fail-over cluster to new storage array. Currently i have a Microsoft Server 2008 R2 fail-over cluster, with a two nodes and a number of VM's. Recently we decided to invest in new HDD's to increase the capacity of our existing array. Upon adding the HDD's in the array, i configured the new HDD's in a RAID6 array. I am now looking for options or migration paths, to move my failover cluster to the new storage volume, so that we can re-use the old volume for archived data. Has anyone ever done this before? Can you offer and pros and cons, or advice on how this should be completed?
I thought we could use two new nodes, build a new failover cluster on the new volume, then migrate the VM's from one volume to the next. However this would require sourcing two additional Nodes for this process. I have also seen some migration tools, however i want to do due diligence as this is a production failover cluster.
I can provide additional information if needed, and i would appreciate any help in this matter so that i can complete the task at hand. I have never migrated a failover cluster before.
Thanks,
Kristopher