Mixed Cluster Roles
I have a 2012R2 failover cluster running multiple VMs. All VHDx storage is on CSVs mounted via iSCSI. Lets say there are 8 VM roles being managed by the cluster. Is it ok to add a 9th role, File...
View ArticleNeed script to add nodes into cluster.
I want to use 'Add-ClusterNode' cmdlet in script but before that I want to ensure script that validation report is OK. How I can allow script to use 'Add-ClusterNode' if results of 'Test-Cluster' are...
View ArticleFailed to create NLB
Hi. i've got problem here about creating nlb cluster. i use windows server 2012i got this error messageProcessing update 2 from "NLB Manager on DC1.sarah.net"Cannot proceed because Microsoft Cluster...
View ArticleAdding server to DAG
Hi,I have 2 node DAG (exch2010 multi role)I'm adding the server to the DAG fully patches with sp3 with roll up 9. But when i add the server to DAG i get warning msg below. All server fully patched with...
View ArticleActive-Passive to Passive-Active
I have Active-Passive Fail-over clustering of Node1 and Node2 here i would like to Flip two nodes( change the current active node1 to passive and passive node2 to active), please let me know what home...
View ArticleCAU Self Updating is running at the wrong time?!
So I setup the Self Updating feature in CAU and scheduled two clusters to install on the 4th Saturday of the Month at 11PM (Servers are in NY). Both of the clusters started their install an hour...
View ArticleHighly available VM has same drive letter on different nodes of...
The issue we are facing is that some of the vm's has same drive letters on different nodes of cluster.so when the vm moves to other node of cluster, it failed to start because another vm is using the...
View ArticleFailed to write data to VHD
I have an 8 blade cluster running Windows 2008R2 SP1. We are running about 350 virtual Windows 7 workstations that users RDP into via Wyse Win7e thin clients. The servers each are running dual 12...
View ArticleNew design for SQL Server ERP system
Hello, everybody:I'm looking for feedback on a purpose HA solution for a ERP system that run on SQL Server 2012. Server1 - Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V with SQL Server 2014 with SSD RAID-5 clustered as a...
View ArticleDisabling CAU Schedule
Hello Everyone,after disabling the schedule for Cluster Aware Updating, I receive some warnings in the Cluster Validation Reports as the CAU Role and it's resources are offline in the Cluster.Question:...
View ArticleCluster-aware updating - Self updating not working
Hi,I have a Windows Server 2012 failover cluster with 2 nodes, and I am having problems gettign the Self updating to work properly.The Analyze CAU Readiness does not report any issues, and I have been...
View ArticleNetworking hyper-v cluster
Hi,I am coming from a vmware environment to hyper-v and building a two-node cluster with shared storage and I have some questions regarding NIC configuration. My hosts have 8 nics each. I was planning...
View Article2-node SQL Failover Cluster (Crossover cables)
Hello,I have 2 HP servers and an HP MSA. The goal here is to cluster these 2 machines together and have them share the MSA storage for use with SQL server. The HP MSA has dual controllers so it...
View ArticleFailover Cluster WMI Provider detected an invalid character
Hi,Another thread on the event log warning 6230: Failover Cluster WMI Provider detected an invalid character."The private property name 'Volume ID' had an invalid character and has been changed to...
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...
View ArticleDriver developer question. How to save metadata inside the CSV volume before...
I have a CSV-volume problem on which I have got stuck. I am attaching my minifilter below CSVFs, and during InstanceTeardownStart callback I am failing to save(write) metadata file with...
View ArticleMonitoring Server (Opmanager) shows clear/online status for one of the MS SQL...
Environment:-Opmanger monitoring server across multiple WAN connections installed on subnet 10.250.1.xx3 x MS SQL Server 2012 Enterprise edition installed on two MS Windows 2012 R2 virtual machines on...
View ArticleCluster node starts and stops constantly
One node of a two node cluster constantly stops and starts with the following errors. They are virtualized in VMWare. Both nodes are on the same host and on the same subnet. The file share witness is...
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 ArticleCluster fail over issue
HiI have a cluster with three nodes2 Nodes are in one datacenter ( 1.0.1.1 , 1.0.1.2)1 Node is in secondary data center (2.0.1.1)Cluster Name is ( CBCLUS01) and there are few roles in there.Wherever a...
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