Cluster Aware Updating - Possible owners causes drain failure
Hello all,I have a question regarding possible owners that a VM can have and Cluster Aware Updating. We have several servers that cannot be moved between HyperV hosts, because the high availability is...
View ArticleNot able to see cluster resources in the failover cluster manager
We are using Windows Server 2008 R2 and configured SQL Server Cluster services. Randomly every 10-15 days cluster service gets hang and to load resource list in Failover Cluster manager it takes very...
View ArticleExchange 2013 Creating DAG database when cluster already created
Working creating an Exchange DAG on a pair of clustered Exchange 2013 (both running at Build Number 15.0.1210.3).Both Exchange 2013 servers are part of Windows 2012 R2 native active directory domain...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 Clustering across datacenters
Hi Team,We are setting up Windows Server 2012 R2 standard edition failover cluster between primary and DR sites.2 nodes will be in Primary datacenter and 1 node will be in DR site. All 3 nodes will be...
View ArticleWitness Client failed to Register
I have a recently built pair of W2012 R2 servers with all of the applicable updates applied via WSUS. They are clustered servers but are not using shared storage. Instead they are using Vision...
View ArticleServer 2012 NFS - 10 minutes to resume after failover?
I've got a Server 2012 Core cluster running an HA file server role with the new NFS service. The role has two associated clustered disks. When I fail the role between nodes, it takes 10-12 minutes for...
View ArticleReplication of VMs with shared VHDX is not supported
A typical Microsoft half baked solution (shared vhdx) - can use them, but nothing else, no backup, no replication.Obviously for DR purposes that is unacceptable!How can I DR my environment offsite when...
View ArticleFailover Manager displays VM's as off but are on?
A strange odd thing I'm experiencing right now in my Failover Manger. I have a cluster environment that has 8 host servers. About 61 servers total. I had divided the host servers into 3 dedicated...
View ArticleWindows Cluster Update without CAU
Hi,I have a Windows 2012 Std Cluster with two nodes Active/Passive.When I use CAU to update, I get a [Partially Failure], Error code: -2146233088.My Question is: Can I perform a Windows Update to each...
View ArticleStorage Cluster
Hi!Can we use windows 2012 as a storage cluster to assign the disks to other servers? If yes then what is the best way to configure arrays for OS and Data (Clustered Disks). Can we create RAID-5 for...
View ArticleWindows 2008 SP2 CLuster- failover or hang Everyday in night
Hi,I am working on windows 2008 cluster file server and cluster node getting failover or hang everyday in night in between (9:30PM to 6:30AM).also i contacted with Hardware vendor and after analysis...
View ArticleCluster validation test - Node not seeing shared storage
When attempting to add a node to an existing Hyper-V cluster, the cluster validation test fails on the 'Validate Hyper-V Virtual Machine Storage Configuration' test. All permissions on Hyper-V shares...
View ArticleServer 2012 NFS - 10 minutes to resume after failover?
I've got a Server 2012 Core cluster running an HA file server role with the new NFS service. The role has two associated clustered disks. When I fail the role between nodes, it takes 10-12 minutes for...
View ArticleReplication of VMs with shared VHDX is not supported
A typical Microsoft half baked solution (shared vhdx) - can use them, but nothing else, no backup, no replication.Obviously for DR purposes that is unacceptable!How can I DR my environment offsite when...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Cluster disk access
Hi I want to test my cluster disks before I start the cluster service Is there a way I can connecte to my cluster disks when the cluster services is not running. They are in the state reserved in...
View ArticleLUNs Disappear after Running Cluster Validation Wizard
Greeting,I am setting up a new Hyper-V Windows 2012 R2 cluster. I configured 2 external storage LUNs, which are attached to the 2 Windows 2012 R2 via iSCSI connection.The 2 disks [1 GB and 250 GB] are...
View ArticleHyper V Cluster Migration
Hi All,I am currently in the process of migrating from hyper v 2008 r2 to 2012 r2. I have built 4 x new host servers with 2012 r2, i am in the process of connecting them to the same Dell MD3600 SAN as...
View ArticleCSV Volume No Access State
Good Afternoon,I setup a new Hyper-V cluster 2012 R2 with 2 nodes. I am seeing the new CSV volume goes off line [No Access] periodically.The errors I see in cluster manager:1- The Cluster service...
View ArticleVM status is Off but machine is actually On
Anyone run across this before? On one of our 2012 R2 clusters, many of our VMs show Off Status but are actually on. Curious if someone has run into this before.Orange County District Attorney
View ArticleCan we include NAS share mount path (UNC path) as part of Windows Cluster?
Hi All,I want to know in Windows 2008 R2/Windows 2012, can we include NAS share mount path (UNC path) as part of Windows Cluster? Why I am asking because we are configuring backup of SQL DB (Normal and...
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