To use a different disk for the quorum resource

1. Open Cluster Administrator.
2. If one does not already exist, create a Physical Disk or other storage-class resource for the new disk.

   For more information, see "Checklist: Installing a Physical Disk resource" in Related Topics.

3. In the console tree, click the cluster name.
4. On the File menu, click Properties.
5. On the Quorum tab, click Quorum resource, and then select a new disk or storage-class resource you want to use as the quorum resource for the cluster.
6. In Partition, if the disk has more than one partition, click the partition where you want the cluster specific data kept.
7. In Root path, type the path to the folder on the partition; for example:

   \MSCS\

Important

• If Cluster Administrator does not open, it may be because the Cluster service is not started. To start the Cluster service, see "To set the Cluster service to only start manually" in Related Topics.
• If the quorum resource becomes corrupted, you cannot move it until it is repaired. For more information, see "Node-to-node connectivity problems" in Related Topics.
• If the Cluster service is stopped on any other node, or the node is shut down, that node will not be able to form a cluster. Only nodes that are online when this change is made can form the cluster. However, nodes that are offline can still join the cluster and will be able to form a cluster after they have joined the cluster at least once.

Notes

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• Of the default resource types, only the Physical Disk, Local Quorum, or Majority Node Set resource can be a quorum resource. However, third party vendors can supply other storage class resource types that are quorum capable.

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