2012 R2 failover cluster requirements
Are there different requirements for failover clustering between Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2?It appears that requirements are the same according to TechNet link...
View Article2008R2 cluster, 1 node states: DNS server failure
Hello,I have a 2 node cluster (for SQL services).One of the 2 nodes keeps giving an error in the error log every 15 minutes. Actually there is an error and a warning:ERROR eventid (1196): Cluster...
View ArticleFile Share Witness is not a valid File share path
I have two Windows 2008 R2 VMs (ESXi) running Double-Take.We currently have a Health-check running on our Netscaler to force a failover from the primary VM to the secondary VM if the Netscaler cannot...
View ArticleHow to correctly cahnge the IP address of MSCS Cluster 2008 with no service...
Hi Folks,Can anyone please suggest me how can I safely change the 2 node Windows Server 2008 cluster as follows:Server A - production Node Active, Server B - recovery Node Passive.I will be changing...
View ArticleRemove Cluster Configuration
Hello,I have inherited a cluster at one of my clients that has given them nothing but headaches and is introducing more complexity than what their environment needs. The quorum configuration is Node...
View ArticleAn error occured while starting the New Virtual Machine Wizard - Server 2012...
Full error (wall of) text:Unable to cast COM object of type 'System._ComObject' to interface type 'System.Management.IWbemServices'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 ADMIN$ share on Cluster IP address
Hi, We have a new 2012 cluster with 2 nodes. We're trying to get a backup solution (Asigra) working to back up the cluster but it requires that the ADMIN$ share on the cluster IP address is reachable...
View ArticleUnable to create a cluster in Windows server 2012
Hi,I am trying to create a cluster between 2 nodes and it failing although it is passing the validation test successfully.The error I am getting is while creating the cluster and is as follows: Forming...
View ArticleGetting started with Cluster - Design advice
We have a new Dell VRTX server with 2 blades and shared storage.Its my first Cluster so I'm trying to get to grips with the design and terminology.What I want to achieve (Goals):-Hyper-V Cluster to...
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Windows 2008 R2 enterprise and has two node for SQL 2005 cluster node and disk majority quorum Recently, we had hard time to bring it online when failovers. I just check the public NIC which has...
View Articleerror code 0x80070001 incorrect function
Hi,I have 2 VMs Windows 2012 Datacenter in a fail-over cluster. Each VM resides over VMware ESXi 5.1 U1 server. Every ESXi has SAS HBA HP H221 in Pass-through mode and every VM is connected to this...
View ArticleLinux NFS share to Windows 2008 R2 cluster
Hello,I would like to share a directory on RHEL 5 Linux server with Windows 2008 R2 server cluster having 2 nodes via NFS read only access. Tried sharing in /etc/exports file as following, got...
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Cluster-Aware Updating configuration failed
Hi All,I'm trying to configure Cluster-Aware Updating for my Windows 2012 Hyper cluster.I have a separate management server (also Windows 2012).First I created a prestage computer account. I changed...
View ArticleCluster install Issue Server 2012 SP1
Hi I'm using Windows 2012 Sp1 Standard edition . When I create the cluster on the node where I have installed Failover Clustering feature using below PowerShell...
View ArticleMultiple Clusters For Network load balancing on a Single Network Adapter
HiI want to create multiple NLB clusters on a single network adapter on windows 2012 server to support load balancing for multiple different web sites , each with different DNS Name.(Two Hosts)In the...
View ArticleMA DSM mismatch between hosts
All our servers are fresh server 2012 running the HP DSM\MPIO. But when I the MS Cluster Failover Validation check it failed with the following: "For the device-specific module (DSM) named Microsoft...
View Articlecluster failovered often
Hi all,We have two-node Windows 2008 R2 cluster which is set up for DHCP. (two VMs on VMware)Both public and private NICs are teamed. The private team has gateway set up and DNS set up.The cluster...
View ArticleCluster Disk i/o Timeout
Hi ,We are stuck in problem with our private cloud protection , when ever DPM trying to backup virtual machines the cluster shared volume i.o timeout and the disk disappeared for a moment and that...
View ArticleCluster Shared Volume is no longer accessible from cluster node
Hello, We have a 3 nodes Hyper-v Cluster running Windows Server 2012. Recently we start having error below intermittently on a node, and the VMs running on this host and LUN will power off.Alert:...
View ArticleServer 2012R2 Cluster will not start after failure
Hello,we have a two node cluster running server 2012R2, at the weekend we had a power failure and one of the nodes (I presume it was the active node) has a hardware failure and won't come back up. I...
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