>I have Windows 2008 Hyper V in a test environment attached to a fibre
>channel SAN. I have created 2 hosts that I would like to test Clustering
>on. My Hyper V server sees the LUN that I am dishing up through the SAN
>but I cannot initialize the disk. The disk is offline and if I try and put
>it online I get an "incorrect function" error. On the hosts I can see the
>disk if I go to create a new disk but I cannot initialize the disk here
>either.
>
> Can someone please give me some pointers on this?
>

> This doesn't sound like a Hyper-V or Clustering issue, but more of a SAN /
> FC challenge. Do you have the zoning setup correctly for your physical
> servers? Are you trying to do pass-through disks into your VMs and
> initializing the LUNs from there or are you attempting the initialization
> from the physical servers? Have you tried deleting and recreating the
> entire LUN?
>
> Just some thoughts - hope this helps,
> --Ryan
>
> --
> Ryan Sokolowski
> MVP - Clustering
> MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x8, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
>
>
> "Bad Beagle" <(email address - cut out)alias> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>I have Windows 2008 Hyper V in a test environment attached to a fibre
>>channel SAN. I have created 2 hosts that I would like to test Clustering
>>on. My Hyper V server sees the LUN that I am dishing up through the SAN
>>but I cannot initialize the disk. The disk is offline and if I try and
>>put it online I get an "incorrect function" error. On the hosts I can see
>>the disk if I go to create a new disk but I cannot initialize the disk
>>here either.
>>
>> Can someone please give me some pointers on this?
>>
>

>I do have the zoning setup properly. I only have one physical server (they
>hyper V box). The Hyper V box can see the LUN I have assigned so I am
>assuming it isn't a zoning issue.
>
> I have tried the pass-through on the Physical server and the VMs. From
> what I have read I have to initialize the disks on the Physical server and
> then take them offline. Obviously I have to put them online first to
> initialize and this is when I get the "incorrect function" error.
>
> I have tried deleting and recreating the LUN.
> "Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> This doesn't sound like a Hyper-V or Clustering issue, but more of a SAN
>> / FC challenge. Do you have the zoning setup correctly for your physical
>> servers? Are you trying to do pass-through disks into your VMs and
>> initializing the LUNs from there or are you attempting the initialization
>> from the physical servers? Have you tried deleting and recreating the
>> entire LUN?
>>
>> Just some thoughts - hope this helps,
>> --Ryan
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Sokolowski
>> MVP - Clustering
>> MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x8, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
>>
>>
>> "Bad Beagle" <(email address - cut out)alias> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>I have Windows 2008 Hyper V in a test environment attached to a fibre
>>>channel SAN. I have created 2 hosts that I would like to test Clustering
>>>on. My Hyper V server sees the LUN that I am dishing up through the SAN
>>>but I cannot initialize the disk. The disk is offline and if I try and
>>>put it online I get an "incorrect function" error. On the hosts I can
>>>see the disk if I go to create a new disk but I cannot initialize the
>>>disk here either.
>>>
>>> Can someone please give me some pointers on this?
>>>
>>
>
>