Hi experts,
I am aware the question I bring today is conceptual, however I don't get it.
My small lab consists of:
1ª phisical node Esxi:
- Win 2008 enterp
- Win 2008 enterp
2ª phisical node with Workstation:
- Openfiler
Labs goals:
- Test openfiler and ISCSI
- Test cluster of microsoft with openfiler
So far, I have configured Openfiler with ICSI. In Esxi server I have created the datastore pointing to openfiler server. The datastore is ISCSI.
Now, I have the following question:
Once the datastore is added to the Esx server, I could:
- To use the datastore like a data disk, mapping to any server, adding a disk in the virtual machine (through Edit settings option....)
- On the other hand, If I wanted to set a MIcrosoft cluster with these two nodes, what would it be the right way to set it? thorught the ISCSI Initiators on each node? Is it necessary to configure the datastore in the Esxi node previosly? does I configure the shared disk through ISCSI initiators directly without considering what is happening on the Esxi datastores?
I think the datastore in a Esxi server is used to vmotion, ha, etc. and when we want to provide cluster service, the quorum disk, etc would have to be mapped directely to the Openfile Server by using iSCSI initiatiors. Is that right?
Please, I would thank you to give me a hand!