Cannot start a WSFC node with -ForceQuorum in a cluster that's lost quorum
Hi,I've got a really simple setup: a two node healthy cluster constisting of SRV1 and SRV2. Current Vote is 1 for SRV1 and 0 for SRV2. To simulate a lost node (and in this case cluster losing quorum) I...
View ArticleWindows 2012 - File Cluster Performance
Hi,We have a file server cluster in windows 2012 that is used as backend access to our app servers. This is a large environment and lots of access 24/24h a day by our app servers.Each node has 64GB of...
View Articlecan not RDP to remote 2012R2 server
Hi experts,I meet a problem when i remote to 2012r2 server, it occur after i insatll all the latest update by Windows update, i can enter my credential, but after found it can not logon, the origional...
View ArticleHow to use CAU in 2012R2 to install the specific kind of update
Hi all,Can any body heklp me how to use CAU to install the specifc kind of update, such only insatll hotfix but not the function update, Thanks.
View ArticleLive migration and Quick Migration failing
Hopefully someone can help with this mysteryI have a 3 Node 2008R2 Hyper-v cluster connected to NetApp iscsi storage Cannot live migrate or quick migrate if the underlying cluster shared volume is not...
View ArticleMicrosoft update KB 3002657 and 2008 R2 failover cluster for virtualization
After installing Microsoft update KB 3002657 on my Windows 2008 R2 failover cluster for virtualization, nodes in cluster lost connection to CSV and all my VM's were moved to node owning the volume.I...
View ArticleCluster Resource Failed in Clustered Role
Hello All.We’re running our VMs on the Cluster of Hyper-V hosts of Windows Server 2012 R2.We frequently encounter the following error in the Cluster Events:“Cluster resource 'Virtual Machine VM123' of...
View ArticleFailover Occured manually or automatically (SQL Server AlwayOn with...
Hello everyone,we had a Failover today on a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster with SQL Server Always On and now I'd like to know if the failover was done by the Cluster (or SQL?) or manually from a...
View ArticleNetBIOS disabled but clusterlog full of "Netbios: Slow Operation"
Hello,I have a question about the cluster log:Even if I have disabled NetBIOS on every NIC, I can see tousands of Netbios messages in the cluster.log...0000225c.000014d4::2015/03/10-15:20:51.587 INFO...
View ArticleFailover Cluster Scenario - Suggestions?
I am attempting to create a 2 node SQL Server 2012 Failover Cluster and am trying to gather information about what might be a better configuration in my particular case.This is home lab environment in...
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Uprading deployed Cluster from Ipv4 to Ipv6
Hi Friends,i have already running and deployed a windows cluster for my SQL 2008 and Exchange 2010 Dag in different servers with ipv4 however the company management decided that we have to upgrade all...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 Cluster service shows as failed
We have a cluster configuration for a software called LIVELINK.This has been working fine for very long (close to 5 years) and we did our usual monthly maintenance and now in the cluster administrator...
View ArticleSQL Cluster on Windows 2012 R2 Failover cluster and SQL 2014
Hi,This is crossposted in the sql server forum as well. Mia culpa!I've been watching stuff from teched. I want to install SQL server 2014, in cluster mode, on a Windows failover cluster that has 4...
View ArticleNAS File Share as File Share Witness for Windows 2012 R2 Stretched Cluster
I've been unable to official documentation stating whether using a NAS file share (in my case, NetApp) as File Share Witness is supported for a Windows 2012 R2 Stretched Cluster. The cluster will...
View ArticleWin Server 2012 Failover Cluster - Error: Failed to bring cluster disk online
Hi TechnetI'm currently running running 2 VMs Win Server 2012 and would like to test Failover Clustering for one of our FTP server I've added on both servers an additional partition, formatted and...
View Articlefailover cluster validation tool report
I have two same model and config HP server form 2 nodes cluster, in Windows 2008R2 enterprise, when use failover cluster manager validate a configure, the result report said system configuration -...
View ArticleCluster Validation Errors
Scenario:Trying to do "cluster across box" with Server 2012 R2 and ESXi 5.5 using http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-55-setup-mscs.pdf and I am...
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Failover Cluster networking issue
Normally when configuring a SQL cluster you put the communication to the shared storage (usually a SAN) on a separate network, and so your config looks something like this (long live ms paint!):So in...
View ArticleCluster RESOURCE how can I get clusterowner (preferred Owner List) in...
Hello,I'm trying to list the Preferred Owner list of some cluster Resources, but we have many nodes and the output is not readable from powershell if I use the standard command but it shows somethink...
View ArticleBest design for HA Fileshare on existing Hyper-V Cluster?
Have a three node 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster. The storage is a HP MSA 2000 G3 SAS Block Storage with CSV's. We have a fileserver for all users running as VM on the cluster. Fileserver availability is...
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