Hi everybody and thank you in advance.
Environment:
- I have 2 separate servers (physical) each running Windows Server 2012 R2.
- Each one having its own local storage attached via DAS using HBAs (SATA SSD Drives). None of the disks are replicating to the other host, so completely separate. I used Storage spaces to create a storage pool on each server, so the volumes are the sizes I want.
- I enabled MPIO for iSCSI devices only
- I created a windows failover cluster with no special configuration.
Issue:
The cluster took the storage spaces and made them clustered storage spaces. In server manager the storage pools show that they are available to the cluster, but managed by both servers (both are listed under each one). The pools are not replicated, so of course this presents a problem.
When running validation tests, the cluster takes each node offline and detaches each one of the virtual disk during the test. This is where the problem is occurring as it is detaching virtual disks that are not replicated, so it causes programs installed on these storage spaces to crash instantly.
Question:
How do I remove the storage spaces from being clustered? I have searched the web, searched each cmdlet matching *cluster*, *disk*, removed the cluster and re-added it, created on completely separate hosts which produce the same result. I tried creating the stroage pools after the cluster has been created, but the premordial storage is owned by the cluster even though none of the disk ids match up across the 2 host, so I am lost and frustrated beyond belief. Any advice would trully be appreciated. Searching here and google and everywhere returns "How to...storage spaces" which I'm not looking for how to create storage spaces. Thanks again. Here is a screen shot of how it detaches the virtual disks while running the validation tests.