Question : Windows 2008 R2 cluster on HP MSA 1000

Hello,

I'm trying to install windows 2008 64B R2 on HP DL380G5 + MSA 1000 that connecting with fiber.
I have no problem to install the cluster but I'm getting this error message

Successfully accessed cluster disk 0 from node SQLLAB02.MyDomain.com while it should have failed
Cluster Disk 0 does not support Persistent Reservations. Some storage devices require specific firmware versions or settings to function properly with failover clusters. Please contact your storage administrator or storage vendor to check the configuration of the storage to allow it to function properly with failover clusters.

Answer : Windows 2008 R2 cluster on HP MSA 1000

You shall upgrade to firmware 7.10 on MSA1000. After cold reboot of MSA1000 (not possible to do remotely) start flash application again and check if the version displayed is 7.10. Then try.

Good that you have just ONE fibre connection from server to MSA1000. Otherwise there is no active-active multipath support driver for MSA1000 and WIndows 2008 R2. HP compatibility web site is not yet updated for 2008 R2 (located here: http://h20272.www2.hp.com/index.aspx)