Need help to remove a role from a Server 2012 R2 Cluster
Morning AllI'm stuck and its my own fault :(I have setup a 4 node cluster and configured a test VM role and allocated it a CSV drive.I have then decided the CSV needed re-configuring from RAID 5 to...
View ArticleWhat is the best Quorum mode?
Dears,I have basic questions and I hope expert implementers can help me in this: What is the best Quorum mode?? and can I use it with any service and multisite clustering?ThanksRegards
View ArticleHigh latency
Hi,I encountered weird situation where high latency happened when I ping to ip address of Windows Failover Cluster (WFC) and SQL Instance. The ping resulted return average 10-15ms However, when I ping...
View ArticleCluster and SAN Configuring Hard Drives
Good evening, I have implemented a new Dell Compellent and Windows Server environment with the intention of setting a cluster. I have configured the servers to connect to the SANs and they see each...
View Articlecluster quorum
Hi I am basic conspcet of clusters like what is difference between odd and even Cluster, types of quorum which secanrio used each quorum settings, it is possible to change quorum types after Cluster...
View ArticleKMS Service High Availability
All,I have two Machine with windows server 2012 R2 DC and connected with Failover cluster. " Is it possible to make High Availability for (Volume Activation Services) KMS through Microsoft Failover...
View ArticleCSV and live migration from another server not in cluster
Good evening, I created a CSV in a server 2012 hyper V set up with failover clustering so that they could all share the same disk in order to create VMs and live migrate that way. My question is if it...
View Articlelive migrating from a non-csv to a cluster share volume Windows server 2012 r2
Good evening, I am trying to migrate a VM and it's VHDs from a local storage to a CSV; but when I perform it, it fails with not enough space even though there is more then enough in the CSV. I read...
View ArticleWeb Server 2012 Failover
Hello,I will have a new web server and was wondering what are my options with setting up a failover. I want to be able to failover to the secondary web server while doing application updates on the...
View ArticleRebuilding CSV Volume
I have a 3 host Hyper-V 2008 R2 cluster with iSCSI storage on the back end. There are 3 CSV volumes. Two of the volumes were created properly, but I need to rebuild the 3rd. I didn't have enough...
View ArticleNetwork Load Balancer -- Multicast VIP is not able to ping from outside VLAN
I configured NLB on Windows 2012 with Multicast setting. I am not able to pingNLB virtual IP from outside VLAN. However I am able to ping dedicated IP on machines from outside VLAN.Any comment will be...
View ArticleEquallogic VSS Requestor Memory Leak( HIT KIT 4.8 Windows)
Hello,I have a 8 node cluster (W2K12R2) with Equallogic VSS service( EqlReqService.exe) on each node ( Dell PowerEdge M620) utilizing +/- 20Gb of memory. The only workaround i have is to restart the...
View ArticleExtending Clustered Drives
Hi All,We have a request to extend one of the clustered drives on an SQL 2008 Cluster hosted on windows 2008 r2. We will follow the below steps to extend it. Kindly let us know if these are correct...
View Article2012 R2 Cluster - Active Node ejects all other nodes - random times
ISSUEWe have a 4 node 2012 R2 Cluster - Active\Passive \File Share\ and Passive DR ServerOur issue is that our active node appears to be losing all cluster communication and is ejecting all other...
View Article2 node server 2012 R2 file cluster goes offline when i change nodes
I have a 2 node cluster.2 - server running clustering with file server service installed. both are inside vSphere 6.0u2 hosted in a UCS blade system. Both have 2 nics, 1 for client communications with...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 host keeps pausing
I'm working with a 6 node Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V failover cluster. One of the hosts was recently paused (using failover cluster manager) for some maintenance. (configured the delayed ack for the...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster - Losing connectivity to vLANs
Hi Everybody,I am experiencing a strange issue with a Server 2012 R2 Hypervisor. There are two physical NICs teamed (one from on-board and one from expansion board), this team is assigned to a hyper-v...
View ArticleMicrosoft HPC Scheduler is crashing
Hi All,We are having Microsoft HPC 2012 R2, so far which was running fine. But all of a sudden HPC Scheduler service is crashing whenever we submit jobs.I do see all are up and running until we submit...
View ArticleCluster Name not coming online
Hi,We have a 2 node cluster on Windows 2012 R2 Standard and suddenly the cluster name is failing to come online. Both nodes are up and have joined the cluster, the IP address for the cluster is also...
View Articlewindows 2012 r2 CSV report enter pause c0130021
Hi,i use windows 2012 r2 cluster 2 nodes fully patched with ibm storage v3700 FC connect and for the backup i use veeam backup and replication.i get this error few times a day.i must say that the VM's...
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