2012 R2 - Clustering a High Availability File Server (File Server for General Use)

as per post title.

i have new 2012 r2 cluster on dell vrtx (2 blades , local shared storage)

quorum created plus large csv hyper-v's etc.

i run wizard create high availability file server, choose 'file server general use', enter server name , ip address. window asking me select storage - empty , tells me don;t have storage.

i have 2.7tb csv, not available use?

what need make available this?

am missing obvious?

any help, assistance, suggestions appreciated, thanks!

remove volume csv.   use csv scale-out file server, not general purpose file server.

thanks!
elden

so can't use existing csv this? have create separate virtual disk on vrtx hardware share through windows gpfs use?

that seems crazy, thought whole purpose of csv's , virtualisation can share disk space more efficiently?

the dell vrtx has local shared storage, available node (if want). no iscsi, no san needed.

i want have clustered file server utilisies storage space , uses dfs name spaces ensure users don't have issues when servers rebuilt/replaced. (name changes etc) 

am maybe not going best way achieve want?

make vm file server workload , make in run in guest vm cluster. need existing csv + shared vhdx kept on cvs. sofs not way go because 1) not acceptable workloads , 2) wastes physical nodes (blades in case)

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starwind vsan [virtual san] clusters hyper-v without sas, fibre channel, smb 3.0 or iscsi, uses ethernet mirror internally mounted sata disks between hosts.

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