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Support for load balancing in, Failover Cluster Server environment, for Windows Server 2008

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2 Support for load balancing in Failover Cluster Server environment for Windows Server 2008 By default, the load balancing for the cluster devices is enabled and cannot be turned OFF in Windows Server 2008. • Recovering inaccessible disks Recovering inaccessible disks If there is a stray reservation on a disk device, the device becomes inaccessible to the host systems connected to it. This is because the strong reservation type (persistent resevations) supports load balancing in clusters. You can use the persistent reservation utility that comes with the HP MOIO MSA DSM package to remove the stray reservations. For more information on how to use this utility, see HP MPIO MSA DSM persistent reservation clear utility. HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) Disk Arrays 3.00.00 19

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2 Support for load balancing in
Failover Cluster Server environment
for Windows Server 2008
By default, the load balancing for the cluster devices is enabled and cannot be turned OFF in Windows
Server 2008.
Recovering inaccessible disks
Recovering inaccessible disks
If there is a stray reservation on a disk device, the device becomes inaccessible to the host systems
connected to it. This is because the strong reservation type (persistent resevations) supports load
balancing in clusters. You can use the persistent reservation utility that comes with the HP MOIO MSA
DSM package to remove the stray reservations. For more information on how to use this utility, see
HP MPIO MSA DSM persistent reservation clear utility
.
HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) Disk Arrays 3.00.00
19