July 14, 2011 at 5:00 am
Trying to install SQL server failover clustering on windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64 bit using VM ware.
created clusterdc , node1,node2 virtual machine names on VMware.
Allocated 15GB hard drive for each .
After installing windows server 2008 R2 my hard drive got out of space.
can suggest me how to freeup space ?or how much HD space should i allocate to complete this task?
Thank you
July 14, 2011 at 1:41 pm
logicinside22 (7/14/2011)
Trying to install SQL server failover clustering on windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64 bit using VM ware.created clusterdc , node1,node2 virtual machine names on VMware.
Allocated 15GB hard drive for each .
After installing windows server 2008 R2 my hard drive got out of space.
can suggest me how to freeup space ?or how much HD space should i allocate to complete this task?
Thank you
you'll need at least 25GB C drive for the Windows 2008 VMs, 40GB ideally. These can be thin provisioned rather than pre allocated. To create the disks manually use the following example
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server>vmware-vdiskmanager -c -s 25GB -a ide -t 2
"C:\Virtual Machines\Node1\Node1-C.vmdk"
This will create a 25GB pre allocated disk using ide adapter called "Node1-C.vmdk" in the path "C:\Virtual Machines\Node1\"
To create a thin growable disk use -t 0
To use lsi scsi adapter use -a lsilogic
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July 18, 2011 at 4:00 am
You will be lucky to get the install running on only 25 GB. And if you do then you have no space available for service packs, windows fixes, etc.
I certainly agree that a system partition size of 40GB is about the optimum size for SQL 2008 R2 on W2008 R2. This should allow you to install 2 or 3 SPs and maybe 12 CUs plus windows fixes over the normal 3 to 4 year lifetime of a server. Expect your 40 GB drive to be near full after this time - SQL Server installs many GB of components in the GAC, which must live on the system drive.
Original author: https://github.com/SQL-FineBuild/Common/wiki/ 1-click install and best practice configuration of SQL Server 2019, 2017 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008 and 2005.
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