Server 2012 Clustering

hi

i've rolled out windows server 2012 installation. i've moved functional 2008 cluster destroyed , trying recreate on win 2012 platform.my storage validation keeps failing following error:

failed find or allocate arbitration sectors physical disk {f0b2efae-d845-478c-9745-d6a09059a16b} node server2012r1.mydomain.com  these sectors used test reads , writes disk. on gpt disk, these sectors located within cluster metadata partition, , partition may need created microsoft reserved partition storage validate. please ensure gpt disks have microsoft reserved partition (msr) present. error: 0x80070022

i've searched answer error have come out blank.any suggestions?

hi,

you need create msr partition can using following command:

open cmd use:

diskpart

select disk (an gpt disk)

create partition msr size=(size in mb here)

and read following information on how build server 2012 failover cluster

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/05/01/10299698.aspx

kind regards,

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- dion

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