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Install and configure Microsoft Windows Server 2016 g. Right-click the unallocated space of the new disk and select New Simple Volume. h. The New Simple Volume Wizard starts. i. Click Next. j. On the Specify Volume Size screen, keep the default size, and click Next. k. On the Assign Drive Letter or Path screen, use the drive letter or mount point listed in Table 4 for the volume and click Next. l. On the Format Partition screen: i. In the File system drop-down list, select NTFS. ii. In the Allocation unit size drop-down list, select the value from Table 4. iii. In the Volume label text box, enter the value from Table 4 and click Next. m. Review the settings and click Finish. Once the volumes have been mapped and formatted, perform the following steps: 1. Verify that the odd-numbered SQL Server data volumes are on one controller and the evennumbered SQL Server data volumes are on the other controller. This can be corrected by remapping the volume and specifying the correct controller. 2. Verify that the tempdb data volumes are on different controllers. This can be corrected by remapping the volume and specifying the correct controller. 3. Create a folder named Data on each mount point under M:\ft, with the exception of M:\ft\SQLSystem, by doing the following: a. Open the File Explorer. b. Select the mount point (for example, M:\ft\SQLData01) in the directory tree. c. Right-click the mount point, select New, and select Folder. d. Name the folder Data. e. Repeat until all mount points (except for M:\ft\SQLSystem) have a Data folder. 19 Deploying the 385TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2017 using Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 and SC9000 | 4033-CD-SQL

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Install and configure Microsoft Windows Server 2016
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Deploying the 385TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2017 using
Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 and SC9000 | 4033-CD-SQL
g.
Right-click the unallocated space of the new disk and select
New Simple Volume
.
h.
The New Simple Volume Wizard starts.
i.
Click
Next
.
j.
On the
Specify Volume Size
screen, keep the default size, and click
Next.
k.
On the
Assign Drive Letter or Path
screen, use the drive letter or mount point listed in Table 4
for the volume and click
Next.
l.
On the
Format Partition
screen:
i.
In the
File system
drop-down list, select
NTFS
.
ii.
In the
Allocation unit size
drop-down list, select the value from Table 4.
iii. In the
Volume label
text box, enter the value from Table 4 and click
Next
.
m. Review the settings and click
Finish.
Once the volumes have been mapped and formatted, perform the following steps:
1.
Verify that the odd-numbered SQL Server data volumes are on one controller and the even-
numbered SQL Server data volumes are on the other controller. This can be corrected by remapping
the volume and specifying the correct controller.
2.
Verify that the tempdb data volumes are on different controllers. This can be corrected by remapping
the volume and specifying the correct controller.
3.
Create a folder named
Data
on each mount point under
M:\ft
, with the exception of
M:\ft\SQLSystem
, by doing the following:
a. Open the
File Explorer
.
b.
Select the mount point (for example, M:\ft\SQLData01) in the directory tree.
c.
Right-click the mount point, select
New
, and select
Folder
.
d. Name the folder
Data
.
e.
Repeat until all mount points (except for M:\ft\SQLSystem) have a Data folder.