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Create the data stores required for the Windows failover cluster and for the SQL Server failover cluster setup. Once data stores are created, enable clustered VMDKs on them so that the VMDKs can be presented to the Windows failover cluster as shared disks.
Follow these steps to enable cluster on the data store:
Figure 45. Setup cluster enabled VMDKs