Creating Cluster over existing infrastructure
HelloRight now we have two servers: one server running Exchange, shared drives, Active Directory, other software (camera, etc.) and one running our ERP and MSSQL Database.I just bought a new server. My...
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating
I have 2 Storage Server 2012 boxes set up as a clustered file server. I have the Cluster Aware Updating role installed on both. When i run the wizard to install security updates, it seems to start OK,...
View Articlehow to convert CentOs running in VMware workstation 9, to .vhd or .vhdx to...
Hi there! i've a CentOs running in VMware Workstation 9.0, and i want to convert it in .vhd or .vhdx file to run it in Microsoft HyperV 2012 R2. i've used Disk2Vhd for windows OS, but i don't know what...
View ArticleNLB problem
Hi I have NLB between two virtual machines , they are hosted via VcenterServer A IP : 192.168.1.1Server B IP: 192.168.1.2VIP: 192.168.1.3the mode is unicast and the affinity is single host if I ping...
View ArticleTesting Network failure with Windows Failover Cluster on Windows server 2012 R2
Hi,We have Windows fail over cluster with two Node (Node A & Node B) on Windows Server 2012 R2. Also i install SQL fail over on my cluster with SQL Server 2012 Enterprise. Quorum is disk based.Node...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 setup failed with erro code 0x85940001 and messsage "Error...
SQL Server 2012 setup failed during installation because of this error with error code "0x85940001" and message"Error while enabling Windows feature : NetFx3, Error Code : -2146498298 , Please try...
View ArticleMirrored Storage between two servers
Hello,Is it possible to create redundant storage using two Windows 2012 r2 servers? I've been looking all over and any HA options always reference having external shared storage presented to the...
View ArticleGentoo Linux and Microsoft Failover Clusters / Hyper-V
Hello, Hoping there are a few people on the boards familiar with running Gentoo Linux guests under Microsoft FailOver Cluster / Hyper-V hosts. I have four Gentoo Linux guest VMs (running kernel...
View ArticleWindows 2008 failover clustering fails with Event ID 1205 1069 1558
I have a two nodes Windows 2008 and SQL 2008 cluster running in active\passive. I was restarting my nodes after applying windows update then I received the following error message below within...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Hyper-V clustering using "share nothing" strategy
Greetings,I have been trying to embrace the share nothing strategy Microsoft has put forth with Hyper-V clustering. By definition, "A shared nothing architecture is a distributed computing...
View ArticleCAU - ignore WSUS
I just installed new Windows Server 2012R2 cluster with Cluster Aware Updating. I'm testing CAU before going live with this cluser. CAU shows "No updates", but when I manually scan for updates from...
View ArticleConnection was interrupted between Failover cluster and shared storage
Hi guys,My Hyper-V server was composed of 2 HP servers, the OS is win2008, they formed a cluster, and the VM’s storage is shared by NetApp Snapdrive. I met an issue yesterday; one of the Failover...
View ArticleWhat is the value of the 'Name' attribute of an Instance of Resource Type...
See subject. I'm writing a Powershell script which is supposed to return the configured hostname and IP Address for a service associated with a role on a failover cluster. I'm using, e.g.. the...
View Articleiscsi initiator question
hello Forum,i am trying to setup iscsi on vm running server windows2012.I created a target, assigned disk to it - file on local drive, assigned servers which would access this resource.Now i try to...
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating Fails if Windows Firewall service is disabled
Hi,I have installed the cluster aware updating feature on a Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster and it fails if the Windows Firewall service is disabled on cluster nodes. If I enable and start the service...
View ArticleCluster nodes
Hi Team,we have 2 nodes cluster set up, here if it is possible for 1 node put in to one data center and another node is put into different data center.ex :node 1 placed into [ABC DATA CENTER]node 2...
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Missing disks in a guest cluster
Hello!There's a guest cluster named GuestCluster which consists of the two VMs (Win2012R2) - Guest1 and Guest2.Their vhdx-files along with the two guest cluster disks (wich are shared vhdx files...
View ArticleMSMQ Clustering with load balancing
Hi,I understand the MSMQ clustering creates an active and a failover node. My intention is to have both active nodes and if one fails the other to take it's traffic. I don't want to waste a machine...
View Articlecannot add port rule to NLB
Hello,I have set up two Exchange 2010 CAS + HUB in a NLB cluster. ( W2K8 R2)I added some port rules: 25, 587, 995, 993 (All TCP traffic related to email, as you know).The thing is that I want to add...
View ArticleNLB Unicast and certificate for the machine
Hello,I have set up a two node nlb cluster, in unicast.On the other hand, I have a GPO with which every computer in the network gets acertificate from the CA, through autoenrollment.I am new to NLB ,...
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