NLB configured on two Windows 2008 virtual machines 2nd disappears
I have tried to configure Windows Load Balancing using Microsoft multicast network load balancing (NLB) on two windows 2008 R2 ESX5.1 virtual machines. I am able to configure 2 host on NLB cluster of...
View ArticleSOFS How many spaces to create.
We are building a 2 node server 2012 R2 SOFS cluster. This will be used for backend storage for existing Hyper-V cluster. The 3 JBODS on the backend have 16 HDD and 16 SSD.I am wondering if I would get...
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"Invalid Query" when opening failover cluster manager
I have a two node Hyper-V cluster running on 2012 R2 but I can no longer open failover cluster manager on either one of the servers.When it tries to connect it just fails with:I've tried both nodes and...
View ArticleAny event entry when CSV is moving?
Is there are any event entry in event log when CSV is moving between nodes?
View ArticleLosing CSV LUNS during back-up
We have a problem that during the back-up of our 4 node Hyper-v cluster, the CSV's are placed in redirected mode and do not return back in the normal state when the back-up finishes on one of the...
View ArticleUnable to connect via Failover Cluster
I'm trying to use the Failover Cluster Manager MMC to manage a Server 2012 R2 cluster on Windows 8.1. When it attempts to connect, it says "Cluster CLUSTERNAME not found". I can successful manage it...
View ArticleLive migration RDP disconnection if part of RDS, Fine if not
We have a Failover Cluster(HA) that if you are RDP'ed into a guest and live migrate everything is fine. We also have a Failover Cluster(HA) in and RDS 2012R2 setup anytime you live migrate the RDP...
View ArticleCAU DNS error
Hiwe run Hyper V core cluster with latest updates, the error we get is:Cluster network name resource 'CAUSynCrgt8' failed registration of one or more associated DNS name(s) for the following reason:...
View ArticleHYPER V Disaster
I was upgrading my Hyper V cluster from 2008R2 to 2012R2 and disaster has hit.I built my second cluster, with one of a three node cluster and an older server everything went really well up until the...
View ArticleMSCS cluster question - SQL server 2012 cluster
When configuring the nodes for MSCS h/w configuration, apart from the components being identical - is there any norm that all nodes should be of the same size (RAM size, #CPUs, #HBAs, etc)? I read...
View ArticleCluster Storage
We currently have a large (4TB) database attached to a shared NAS via 1Gbe. The limited bandwidth is killing our backup performance.I am investigating using a dedicated JBOD as an alternative. The...
View ArticleScale out file server client access point using public nic
Thoughts on this one.I have a Scale Out File Server cluster with a Client Access Point. Whenever i talk to the Client Access Point it uses the public nics.If i talk to the Scale Out File Server...
View ArticleQuestion on windows cluster
Hi Experts, I am new clusters. But I have to support win 2003 clusters in my environment. I know it is deprecated but asking as we are still supporting win 2003 cluster environments. Assume I have 2003...
View ArticleMigrate SOFS Role between 2012 R2 Clusters
I have a sofs role configured on a 2012R2 3 node cluster, and I need it moved to a different cluster so that the nodes on the current cluster can be rebuilt. Both clusters use a CSV. The share that is...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Nodes - Slow CSV Performance - Need help to resolve my iSCSI...
I spent weeks going over the forums and the net for any publications and advice on how to optimize iSCSI connections and i'm about to give up. I really need some help in determining if its something...
View ArticleCluster-Aware Updating on error action
Can't seem to find the answer to this: If CAU encounters an issue, will it continue patching other systems (potentially deploying the issue to all cluster nodes)? What happens exactly? Am I correct if...
View Articleask your advice
Windows 2008 R2 clustering with two nodes: somehow, when the cluster was created, there are two IP resources in the cluster group. one is for ipv6 and another one is IPv4 (up and running). ipv6...
View ArticleCluster Disk keeps going offline. Service or application failed
We currently have 2 servers, both housing 3 VMs (6 nodes total). 2 Disk are used to house these VM's. Cluster Disk 1 keeps going offline, which kicks 2 of our servers offline until we migrate the...
View ArticleRemote management and SMB share access
I have a 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster. I have configured an EMC VNX array with SMB 3.0. I configured the shares with full access for each of teh cluster nodes and the cluster name. From a node of the...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 SP1 Exchange DAG event 1196 and 1579 Bad DNS Key
Hi,I'm running an Exchange 2010 SP1 DAG on Windows 2008 R2 SP1. We are using an INFOBLOX appliance for DNS resolution.DNS resolution is working and SRV records are created.On one of the two...
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