Issue with adding a file share witness
Hi,I've a 2 SQL Servers clustered but no file share witness has been added to them, so I'm trying to add a file share witness now and I got the following error:Configure Cluster Quorum SettingsWitness...
View ArticleStop and start cluster nodes on same time
We have a cluster with 4 nodes and File Witness (5 votes) on same enclosure. We need turn off all nodes. Which is the best procedure to stop and start the cluster ??
View ArticleHigh Availability Configuration is possible on Server 2016 Workstation
We are planned to setup domain controller in hyper-v with High Availability. Is it possible to configure High Availability on Server 2016 Workstation. Is it necessary the nodes are in member server.
View Article2016 S2D Cluster, SMB failover not working
Hi,we have a 3-node 2016 S2D Cluster on Dell 730xd with 12x4TB SATA and 4x480GB SSD pools/tiers installed according to a guide by Lenovo. Everything clusterwise is working well, except if we have a SMB...
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server 2016 Rolling upgrade with regular file server roles
I have a cluster with a rather important scale-out-file-server, consisting of just two nodes. Both nodes are running 2012 R2. Apart from the scale out, a couple of regular file server roles are hosted...
View ArticleCan I configure fail-over cluster between 2012 R2 and 2016?
Old Server install Windows Server 2012 R2. It is HyperV host.I bought new server for HyperV high availability. I bought new Windows Server license too, it is Windows Server 2016 license.So, Can I...
View ArticleNFS mounts
Does Microsoft support configuring 2012 R2 failover cluster using nfs mounts?
View ArticleChange Subnet mask in Windows 2012/SQL 2012 Always On Cluster
Hello,We have a three node Windows 2012 cluster and it has SQL 2012 Always on configured on it. Three nodes have incorrect subnet mask values and we would like to change it.Can anyone please provide...
View ArticleStorage spaces direct - STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT
Hi Everyone,I configured cluster of 4 Supermicro X10DRIservers to test storage spaces direct. Supermicro server configuration:- 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2640v3 CPU - 10 x 32GB 2133MHz DDR4 RAM - 2 x SSD 400GB...
View ArticleHow to Activate DR site when Preferredsite Goes Down
We're testing the two site scenario where you have a primary and a DR site using the Site-aware FC. How do you bring up the DR site when the preferredsite goes down? I've tried using fq switch for the...
View ArticleError validating cluster computer resource name (Server 2016 Datacenter Cluster)
An error occurred while executing the test. The operation has failed. An error occurred while checking the Active Directory organizational unit for the cluster name resource. The parameter is...
View ArticleWindows Hyper-V cluster goes down if one node is up
Hi,We have a two node Hyper-V CSV Cluster, node 1 is down. As soon as this server comes up all cluster goes down. Currently all VMs are working on Node 2.What possibly could be the issue?
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 SQL Cluster Issue
Hi,I'm getting the below error in every 15 minutes on Windows 2012 R2 SQL cluster.event id 1069Cluster resource 'Cluster Disk 4' of type 'Physical Disk' in clustered role 'Cluster Group' failed. Based...
View ArticleProcess to evict and replace node from windows failover cluster
Hi Team, We need to evict and remove 1 node from windows failover cluster , could anyone pls .point me or share any step by step article or document or steps to follow?Basically we want to evict and...
View ArticleCannot create checkpoint when shared vhdset (.vhds) is used by VM - 'not part...
We are trying to deploy 'guest cluster' scenario over HyperV with shared disks set over SOFS. By design .vhds format should fully support backup feature.All machines (HyperV, guest, SOFS) are installed...
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Software Updates missing on Node B
Hello,When running the cluster validation I have "Software Updates missing on Node B" Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.e.g.: KB3087985 requested by the cluster validation but see below refused by...
View ArticleUnable to configure server 2016 cluster aware updating.
Initially got a WinRM error when trying to set options in the CAU gui so ran test-causetup which reported the same errors after rule 11 below. It's also reporting several other failures though which...
View ArticleAccess denied in Failover Cluster manager for non-domain admin with read-only...
Hello all,I observe the following:When giving a user explicitely permissions to the cluster with Grant-ClusterAccess <domain>/<user>The user cannot connect to the cluster in the failover...
View ArticleStop and start cluster nodes on same time
We have a cluster with 4 nodes and File Witness (5 votes) on same enclosure. We need turn off all nodes. Which is the best procedure to stop and start the cluster ??
View Article2 node failover clustering
please explain , how to make 2 node failover cluster , both nodes are directly connected to 5nos 60 bay HGST JBODs .ThanksMuhammed Rashid
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