Failover on 2008R2 Fileserver cluster takes 7 minutes when a server reboots...
I have a 2008R2 domain with (2)2008R2 nodes in a cluster. I have 2 questions1. If I "validate the cluster" and it is a cluster with several 10TB disk on it, etc. will it take a long time to validate?...
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Multi-Subnet Failover Cluster & SQL AlwaysOn Availabity
HelloI am working on designing 3 node multi-subnet cluster using Windows Server 2012. I have private WAN link between 2 data centers. I also have DNS & AD server running at both location. 2 nodes...
View ArticleCAU Hotfix Plugin - The plug-in argument HotfixRootFolderPath has invalid value
Hi. I have 2012R2 cluster configured for CAU in self-updating mode with both WindowsUpdate and Hotfix plugins. The configuration went fine, however when I try to run CAU using these options, it will...
View Articlecluster shared volume has entered a paused state because of (c000000e)
I am running a windows server 2012 r2 hyper-v cluster with via datacore attached jbod storage (via iscsi).Situation: within the last 6 month this situation occured 3 times. It happened on different...
View ArticleLoad Balancing VMs across a Cluster. No VMM server
Howdy,We have a 3 node Hyper-V cluster with a bunch of VMs on it. None of the VMs are setup with Preferred Hosts and the Failback setting is set to Prevent Failback. Both of these are set just...
View Article3-node active/passive/passive multi site cluster
Configuration:Primary Data Center:2 of 3 nodes - One is active and one is passive.HA/DR Data Center:The 3rd node is located here in passive mode.Configured as above, if both nodes go down in the...
View ArticleFailed state for writers at start of backup
Can anyone help or advise with this one please?We are using Hyperoo to backup VMs held on 2 CSVs, which are running from a SoFS.At present, as soon as the backup is scheduled to kick in, event ID 1544...
View ArticleCluster Services is DOWN
i have Windows Server 2012 R2 and the cluster services is down if i do restart for it , it will work for 30 Second then go down again when i checked the event viewer i found the main reason behind this...
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Clustered storage iscsi path used
windows 2012 failover cluster , iscsi exposed targets , clustered storage get iscsi path used by shared clustered volumeI am attempting to discover the iscsi target used by my failover clustered...
View ArticleIs it possible to create Windows server 2003 Ent 64b bits guest clustering on...
Scenario:VM1 Guest: Windows Server 2003 Ent 64b.VM2 Guest: Windows Server 2003 Ent 64b.Physical Host 1: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper V.Physical Host 2: Windows...
View Articleso I need simple answers with step if possible
kindly help me to understand definitions of below topics. I know it is difficult to answer in simple but still I am trying understand logics so I need simple answers with step if possible0)Hyper V1)...
View ArticleHyper-V Cluster 2012R2- I can see VM which are Offline using Get-VM after...
HiI use Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012R2 (so without GUI) for all two nodes in cluster.I've got problem with manage VM after shuting down Hyper-V cluster (all nodes down) and turning it on.When I turn...
View ArticleIs it feasible to configure shadow copy for mounted volume of cluster disk...
HiI am trying to configure shadow copy for one of my mount point volume of cluster disk in 2008R2. I don't want to assign any drive letter to mount point as per requirement.Once I created a shadow copy...
View ArticleCluster disk disappear after upgrading SAN Switch firmware
Hello All,Need you help here. We had an activity of firmware upgrade for SAN Switch, and after upgrading firmware we have found LUNs which we presented on windows server 2008 R2 got disappear. These...
View ArticleFailover on 2008R2 Fileserver cluster takes 7 minutes when a server reboots...
I have a 2008R2 domain with (2)2008R2 nodes in a cluster. I have 2 questions1. If I "validate the cluster" and it is a cluster with several 10TB disk on it, etc. will it take a long time to validate?...
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Multi-Subnet Failover Cluster & SQL AlwaysOn Availabity
HelloI am working on designing 3 node multi-subnet cluster using Windows Server 2012. I have private WAN link between 2 data centers. I also have DNS & AD server running at both location. 2 nodes...
View ArticleDisk space dissapearing in CSV volumes at an alarming rate
Hello everyone.I recently ran into some issues with my Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster where CSV's were running low on space causing the Cluster service to crash on a host. I cleaned up space then...
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Cluster auto-recovery after network down on all nodes
I work with MSCS since Windows Server 2000My typical config is 2-node clusters with shared storage and 2 networks (internal for cluster-only and external for clients). without service personnel on...
View Articlehyper v over smb3 access denied
Hello Yall's, Wanted to get some advise im getting some error .Domain Dc 2003 and 2008, forest level is 2008.failover cluster setup: 4 servers, 2 Hyper-v 2012r2 and 2 SOFS (CIB) 2012r2.Hyper-v Setup...
View ArticleFailover Cluster SQL 2012 - Is a Second NIC Still needed in separate VLAN
Hi All:I am trying to get clarification on best practices building out a 2 node SQL Failover Cluster Instance. I have read it is best to have a secondary NIC in another subnet for redundancy (I have...
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