While we were installing SQL 2008 on our Server 2008 cluster, we received the following error during the validation steps:
Failed at Validate SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation
After searching around, I came across a few posts which led me to this pdf from HP – Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers. On page 17, it states the following:
Configuring EVA host connections
Make sure the Windows LH Host mode is enabled for each node on the Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) through command view. Depending on what command view you have installed, if in the drop-down there is no “Microsoft Windows LH” then choose custom and type in the custom type field the following HEX number 00000004198009A8 (Figure 1). If the wrong connection type is configured, you cannot share the disks between the cluster nodes and the cluster check will fail with a non-SCSI-3 compliant message.
The image below, taken from that document, shows where to enter that value if you aren’t familiar with Command View.
Since we had an EVA with a slightly older firmware, we selected the custom field, entered the value in, and everything installed successfully.
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