Server clusters do not support GPT shared disks (284134)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition
This article was previously published under Q284134 SYMPTOMS The Cluster service does not support GUID Partition Table
(GPT) disks for shared disks. CAUSE Windows Server 2003-based server clusters cannot read GPT
disks, and make GPT disks unavailable to programs or services that are
dependent on these disk resources in the server cluster. Because GPT disks are
not supported for shared disks, the option to upgrade these disks to or from
GPT is unavailable after the Cluster service is installed.
If all the
disks are converted to GPT before the Cluster service is configured, the
Configuration Wizard does not detect that the dynamic disks are available for
use in the server cluster; therefore, the wizard creates a single node cluster
with a local quorum resource. RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, remove the Cluster service, and then
convert all of the disks back to basic disks with the master boot record (MBR)
format.
For more information about how to remove the Cluster service, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
282227
How
to Uninstall MSCS on a Windows Server 2003 Cluster
For additional
information about how to convert disks, click the article number below to view
the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 282793 How to Change a GPT disk into an MBR Disk (64-Bit Only)
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/20/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kbprb KB284134 |
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