Hi,
I am struggling to find a definitive answer as to how I can safely validate a windows server 2012 hyper-v failover cluster. The cluster passes all non-storage validation tests, but I need to run a full validation, including storage.
I am led to believe via this blog post, that if I present a scratch LUN from my storage to the to the cluster and add it as a clustered disk and publish it to the CSV, that I can perform a FULL validation by selecting only the newly presented "test" disk, which is not supporting any clustered workloads.
When I step though the validation wizard however, the below screen makes me apprehensive...
The ..."select ADDITIONAL storage..." bit is a little confusing given that ALL of my storage is listed below. The Warning at the bottom regarding stopping all roles using the CSV also makes me want to back away slowly. It's just not clear whether at this point I am selecting a single disk to run tests on.
So, the question is. Can I SAFELY run a full validation test with the lights on by using this method?
Thanks in advance.
Ben