We have an environment as follows:
2 node SQL Server Cluster running SQL Server 2016 instances. The failover cluster is running on Windows Server 2012 R2. All storage resides in a Compellant SAN. We have just about run out of drive letters for new instances and want to move to mount points but I have run into an issue when trying to change the moint point volumes to Cluster Shared Volumes.
On each node of the cluster, I set up a mount point base drive and assigned it the same drive letter. Created the moint point volumes and mapped them to the base drive. Added the disks as disk resources for the cluster. However, I believe, I need to change the disks as a Cluster Shared Volume resource so each node in the cluster can have access to it during a failover.
In FC Manager, as soon as I changed the moint point from Available Storage to Cluster Shared Volume, it loses the mapping to the base drive.
This is my first time setting up mount points in a cluster, I have looked at so many webites and have't found any resolution. Any advice will help.