Cluster Shared Volumes Mount Point

windows-server-2008-r2 hyper-v failovercluster

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You can just rename the mount points like any regular folder in Windows: Right-click the mount point in Windows explorer and select rename.

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Ryan H

I was the student tech at my High School, Running the Windows Server 2003 Domain and File Servers. On my own time, I played with Fedora Core for a bit. Then, coming to College, I became the administrator of the Computer Science department, and became familiar with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, File Services, etc. This is where I gained my experience with Debian Linux (my preferred distro), and with routing and web technologies under Linux (dns, apache, dhcp, iptables). I use Cisco routers, but much prefer the procurve hardware from HP. I worked at Pacific Union College as the Network Security Specialist, dealing with various Windows Server technologies and Networking Infrastructure. Now I work for NWA Media, doing web development, primarily in Python.

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Ryan H almost 2 years

I am using Cluster Shared Volumes on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. The different volumes available have different sizes, and are physically located on different disks on the SAN. These volumes defaulted to labels such as C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1. I know that it is not possible / recommended to change where the CSV mount points are (C:\ClusterStorage), but I want to change the rest of the path to be a more useful name than "Volume1".

In the Failover Cluster Manager, under Cluster Shared Volumes, I can see these CSVs, and they are working just fine. When I go into their properties, I can see a list, which has the mount point listed, but the entries are not modifiable.

How can I change the mount point of a Cluster Shared Volume in Windows Server 2008 R2?
Ryan H over 13 years

That makes sense, as I understand that you can't make a CSV out of a disk that has VMs on it. However, I'm not understanding how to change the mount point at all, even when it is empty. Am I looking in the wrong place?
Ryan Ferretti over 13 years

You'll want to change it in Computer Manager's Disk Management I think. (I don't have a Hyper-V box handy to look at.) Just remove the existing mount point reference and add in a new one. You'll probably have to remove it from the cluster administrator first.
Ryan H over 13 years

Sorry it took me so long to mark the answer as correct, I wasn't able to try it out till today. It really is as simple as renaming the mount point just like you would rename any other folder. The only gotcha is that Hyper-V and VMM don't see the change, and so you really should clear the volume before you rename it, or expect some pain and down time as a result.