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Recovering a Cluster Quorum Disk with No Node Failures in the Cluster

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Recovering from a Cluster Failure 3. Follow the restoration procedure to recover the data to a non-quorum shared disk. Select the full volume restore to recover all lost volumes in the shared disks. 4. Connect the shared disks to a secondary node. 5. Start the secondary node. Your cluster should now be back online. Recovering a Cluster Quorum Disk with No Node Failures in the Cluster You can use two methods to recover cluster quorum disks. Use the first method to recover your quorum disk by utilizing the integrated cluster support included with the option. Method 1 If cluster nodes are not Active Directory Servers: 1. Stop cluster services on the secondary node. 2. Shut down the secondary node. 3. If the cluster quorum disk is physically damaged, perform the following steps: a. Shut down the primary node. b. Replace the cluster quorum shared disk with new disks. c. Restart the primary node. d. Have your disaster recovery checklist handy. e. Recreate the partitions on the non-quorum shared disk. f. Format the partitions according to the checklist. 4. Start the cluster service on primary node. At this point the cluster service startup fails. 5. To start the cluster service on primary node, enter: %windir%\cluster\clussvc -debug -noquorumlogging The cluster shared disk should now be visible. 6. Restore system state backup. In BrightStor ARCserve Backup, select System State session. Right-click to select the local option. Recovering a Cluster B-9

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Recovering from a Cluster Failure
Recovering a Cluster
B–9
3.
Follow the restoration procedure to recover the data to a non-quorum shared
disk. Select the full volume restore to recover all lost volumes in the shared
disks.
4.
Connect the shared disks to a secondary node.
5.
Start the secondary node. Your cluster should now be back online.
Recovering a Cluster Quorum Disk with No Node Failures in the Cluster
You can use two methods to recover cluster quorum disks. Use the first method to
recover your quorum disk by utilizing the integrated cluster support included
with the option.
Method 1
If cluster nodes are not Active Directory Servers:
1.
Stop cluster services on the secondary node.
2.
Shut down the secondary node.
3.
If the cluster quorum disk is physically damaged, perform the following steps:
a.
Shut down the primary node.
b.
Replace the cluster quorum shared disk with new disks.
c.
Restart the primary node.
d.
Have your disaster recovery checklist handy.
e.
Recreate the partitions on the non-quorum shared disk.
f.
Format the partitions according to the checklist.
4.
Start the cluster service on primary node. At this point the cluster service
startup fails.
5.
To start the cluster service on primary node, enter:
%windir%\cluster\clussvc -debug -noquorumlogging
The cluster shared disk should now be visible.
6.
Restore system state backup. In BrightStor ARCserve Backup, select System
State session. Right-click to select the local option.