Hi,
I'm setting up my first AG using 2 nodes at two sites. We setup a DFS path that points to and replicates a share on both nodes that I'd like to use as the Quorum File Share. That way my Quorum would have a vote as long as one of the sites is online. When using the wizard, it says the DFS path is not valid. I have permissions set so that the cluster object, nodes, and service accounts have write permissions on the share. I found one reference that said DFS is not recommended for a Quorum, but I haven't found anything that says why or that I can't do it.
Is it possible to set the Quorum File Share Witness to be a DFS path? If so, how do I do it (can it be scripted instead of using the wizard)?
I have yearly mandatory shutdowns at each site that i want to avoid by replicating the Quorum rather than losing the cluster if the site containing my Quorum goes down. My other option is to deploy at a third site, but that site too has mandatory shutdowns. I need to support automatic and manual failovers. It's an entirely company-internal environment; I can't use any external cloud computing solutions.
Thanks greatly for your time.
cheers.