Forming cluster "GCLUSTER" failed with "The operation is taking longer than...
i am trying to create a cluster. ALL the cluster validation test was passed but when i tryn to create the cluster. i got the message belowForming cluster "GCLUSTER" failed with "The operation is taking...
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Dear Friends I have created fail over cluster in windows 2008 r2 after long working hours i have made the cluster service up and now i am unable to the add the node to the cluster following is...
View ArticleProblem with Hyper-V clusters after switch change
Hi allWe had a huge outage recently, whereby the cisco DTP feature was turned off on a core switch. Our 2012 (R2 and non-R2) hyper-v clusters fell over. they are HP blades across two chassis with FC...
View ArticleMSCS - Communication failure after failover
Good Afternoon! The scenario is: 4 Physical Hosts (VMware). 2 vms with MS cluster. Within the VMS have: 2 Discs RDM (Physical) one for the Quorum and the other for data. 2 NICs one for private network...
View Articlewindows server 2012 R2 clustering issue with disks
we have a two node clusterwe have volumes configurred on both the clusters.we are using EVA san storage.Data(C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1)Logs(C:\ClusterStorage\Volume2)i am able to change/move Clustered...
View ArticleProblems live migrating some VMs between nodes - 2012 R2 Cluster
Today we migrated from a old 2008 R2 cluster to a new 2012 R2 cluster, we are having problems with live migration of selected VMs between the 2 nodes currently in the cluster.When we attempt this we...
View ArticleRecommended Free Space for CSV
Hi All,What's the recommended free space for each Cluster shared volume within a 6 node Hyper-V cluster?We do not use Hyper-v snapshots or anything so would an extra 2-3GB free space be sufficient?is...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Standard File Server Clustering SMB Share Error: Access is denied.
Hi All,My setup consist of 2 nodes clustered with File Server role. I can successfully failover role to either node with no issues. But if I try to modify the permissions of any file share on my file...
View ArticleFailover Clustering Issue
I have failover cluster with two nodes one is physical server other one is virtual Server. In the failover cluster I am getting errorIt is showing me that one node is off.it is showing that Quram Disk...
View ArticleWhen one node is unavailable another one fails
We had a node crash due to a memory failure which has been fixed now, but one strange event still persists.We have a five node cluster with 5 nic's on each node (1-Management, 2-LAN for VM's,...
View ArticleDo SameSubnetDelay or SameSubnetThreshold setting need restart windows...
Hi ,I set SameSubnetDelay=2000 and SameSubnetThreshold = 10,but after a failover, when i check the cluster log, we still found SameSubnetDelay and SameSubnetThreshold use default setting.So i want to...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Hyper-v Cluster Live Migration Failure
This is a fairly new deployment. When I first started having this issue, I foundhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2779204, which suggests that gpupdate /force will temporarily resolve the issue. That...
View ArticleMulti Site Server 2008 R2 Cluster
I am looking to migrate my 2003 cluster to 2008. I am currently serving the following from this cluster: File Shares, Printers, and DHCP. My current cluster configuration includes 2 nodes at my main...
View ArticleHeartbeat Configurations
Hello everyone,Is it possible to have different heartbeat thresholds for clustered instances within the same clusters?(if Yes how?)Example:I have a cluster (lets say cluster1), in this cluster I have 3...
View ArticleFailover Cluster Validation Report with warnings
Hi,I have 2 Node cluster on windows 2008 R2.I have run cluster validation report and found following warnings pls suggest and guide me health of cluster and how to fix and remove these warnigns....
View ArticleNLB And Gateways
We have a set of Web Servers grouped in 'clusters' using NLB. We are replacing the Transparent Firewall in front of the Web Servers. Originally, the Web Servers were using the IP of the Firewall as...
View ArticleCan I mix NLB 2008R2 with 2012 R2 ?
I have a NLB setup for our IIS 7.5. Both servers are running 2008 R2 Web. Can I add a 2012 R2 or 2012 server to the NLB or do I need to stay with 2008 R2 Web?Thanks.Bill
View Articlehow to sync the data between the two iSCSI target server
Hi experts:I have double HP dl380g8 server, i plan to install the server 2012r2 iSCSI target as storage, i know the iSCSI storage can setup as high ability too, but after some research i doesn't find...
View ArticleCluster fails validation
An error occurred while executing the test. There was an error getting information about the SAS controllers installed on the nodes. There was an error retrieving information about the SAS host bus...
View ArticleMigrate Roles failes when migrating VMs with legacy network adapters (2008R2...
I'm working on a upgrade of Hyper-V 2008R2 cluster to Hyper-V 2012 cluster. I am using the "migrate roles" feature of failover clustering to migrate the CSV's and VM's. The wizard ask to which switch...
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