1 node Virtual San free, for 2 node file server cluster. Possible?

[Eds89]

Hi Guys,

I heard of Star Wind virtual San some time ago, but never found a project I could use it for or test with.

This is no longer the case, as I have a small lab I am trying to set up and I think Virtual San FREE could fit the bill.

I am trying to set up a two node Windows 2012 R2 file server cluster. I have two file server VMs running in Hyper-V on my Windows 10 machine. I need to attach some shared storage to them, and I think iSCSI disks should do the trick.

So I installed Virtual SAN free on my PC, created a target, and attached a disk to it. Great! I can mount that disk to both file servers without issue.

The issue now is, if I drop some files on that volume from one VM, they do not appear on that volume on the other. If I offline and then online the disk, they show up, but then Windows the volume needs scanning and repair.

Is this a possible setup, or do I have to do the two node Virtual SAN, with replication between the two, and point one VM to each?

Many thanks
Eds

[Dmitry (staff)]

Hi
What I can see.
If you are using your environment is not for production, you can kindly ask for NFR license here https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwi ... ense-users
With this license you can deploy complete Hyper Converged Scenario.
This document can help you with https://www.starwindsoftware.com/techni ... manual.pdf

[Eds89]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

That scenario is every so slightly different to the one I have in mind. For mine, I have 1 iSCSI datastore, that is connected to two Windows nodes for failover. In the scenario you link to, we have two datastores, with replication between the two, each attached to their own node.

I managed to set up a cluster in the end with one StarWind node, and two Windows nodes, and it seems to handle the failover correctly.
I think this means I no longer need help, as I have achieved what I set out to.

Many thanks
Eds

[Dmitry (staff)]

That`s great
Don`t hesitate to ask any additional questons