Mount SAN volume on another server

[Guest gjb]

Hi,

 

We recently had a W2K cluster shared volume on a SAN require to have chkdsk

run on it. We detached the LUN and reallocated it to another (standalone)

server (running W2K3) but although the server could see the new disk it

appeared as unreadable in disk management. Is this because of the NTFS

differences between W2K and W2K3. I had imaged W2K3 would recognize and

mount the W2K volume.

 

TIA,

 

Geejay

[Guest John Toner [MVP]]

Re: Mount SAN volume on another server

 

Did it actually show up "Unreadable" in disk management or just show up

unmounted? In 2003 enterprise and datacenter versions, Windows will not

automatically mount a newly added disk. You just need to manually assign a

drive letter and then you should be able to access the disk.

 

See the following KB for more details.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822653

 

Regards,

John

 

Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner

 

"gjb" <gjb@ntl.com> wrote in message

news:OESB2lJoIHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Hi,

>

> We recently had a W2K cluster shared volume on a SAN require to have

chkdsk

> run on it. We detached the LUN and reallocated it to another (standalone)

> server (running W2K3) but although the server could see the new disk it

> appeared as unreadable in disk management. Is this because of the NTFS

> differences between W2K and W2K3. I had imaged W2K3 would recognize and

> mount the W2K volume.

>

> TIA,

>

> Geejay

>

>

[Guest gjb]

Re: Mount SAN volume on another server

 

It showed up as "unreadable" and the right-click option to assign a drive

letter wasn't available.

 

 

"John Toner [MVP]" <jtoner@DIE.SPAM.DIE.mvps.org> wrote in message

news:OECxTvNoIHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Did it actually show up "Unreadable" in disk management or just show up

> unmounted? In 2003 enterprise and datacenter versions, Windows will not

> automatically mount a newly added disk. You just need to manually assign a

> drive letter and then you should be able to access the disk.

>

> See the following KB for more details.

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822653

>

> Regards,

> John

>

> Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner

>

> "gjb" <gjb@ntl.com> wrote in message

> news:OESB2lJoIHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Hi,

>>

>> We recently had a W2K cluster shared volume on a SAN require to have

> chkdsk

>> run on it. We detached the LUN and reallocated it to another (standalone)

>> server (running W2K3) but although the server could see the new disk it

>> appeared as unreadable in disk management. Is this because of the NTFS

>> differences between W2K and W2K3. I had imaged W2K3 would recognize and

>> mount the W2K volume.

>>

>> TIA,

>>

>> Geejay

>>

>>

>

>