Unable to Migrate VM's after moving from older cluster
Hello Everyone,I have migrated 4 VM's from a 2008R2 SP1 failover cluster to a 2012 R2 failover cluster. The migration went off without a hitch, at least until I tried to live migrate one of the VM's...
View ArticleW3SVC failes to start on Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster setup using...
I am using high availability generic script as given in the article. https://support.microsoft.com/kb/970759?wa=wsignin1.0 Is this script compatible with Windows Server 2012 (R2)? I changed Site Name,...
View ArticleHaving multiple CAs share the same private key
We are developing a system which implements an HA cluster across two separate geographical locations. Each site will have several Windows Server 2012 machines and at least one DC, and we basically have...
View ArticleAdding local disks to 2012R2 cluster nodes
Hi Everyone,I have a 2012 cluster setup which is working well. I am trying to add a local disk to each node which works. The catch is that I can't use the same drive letter on each one.Is there any...
View ArticleNLB and external multicast traffic
Hi,I have an NLB cluster with 2 hosts and 1 VIP. The VIP is 192.168.20.11. The hosts dedicated IP addresses are 192.168.20.22 and 192.168.20.25, respectively. NLB is configured in multicast mode. The...
View Articlems-cluster-net 3343 package showing on LAN network
Hi All,On My Exchange 2013 environment on DAG failover cluster i have a little problem with package showing on LAN network.Exchange is a VM on hyper-v host.Hyper-V host have directly connected network...
View ArticleDisk2VHD and save it directly to ClusterSharedVolume?
Hello forumI have a Passthrough disk around 2 TB, that i need to convert into a vhdx file.The passthrough disk is connected to a file server. I plan on using Disk2Vhd by sysinternals to convert the...
View ArticleCertificate Services on a backup server
We currently have a small PKI infrastructure in our environment which is only used internally. Certificates are used to allow for LDAPS and HTTPS connections to local servers on our domain.Currently...
View ArticleShadow Copies on 2012 R2 File Server Cluster
Hello all!I've inherited a two node physical 2012 R2 file server cluster that contains a few SMB shares on a single clustered disk. I'd like to enable shadow copies for this shared disk but want to...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Cluster reboot due to file share witness unavailability
Hi Team,Anyone came across this scenario in AlwaysOn Availability Group (two node), file share witness times out and RHS terminate and cause the cluster node to reboot. File share witness is for...
View ArticleFailed Cluster Validation Wizard - Active Directory
Hi All,I have a problem creating a cluster that has just got me stumped.I've created two other clusters at two other sites with exact same hardware and configuration. All worked fine at those...
View Article2012 NLB Best Practice (Single vs Multiple NICs)?
Our environment has used an NLB configuration with two NICs for years. One NIC for the host itself and one for the NLB. We have also been running the NLB in multicast mode. Starting with 2008, we...
View Articlehow to enable the CSV vss shadow copy
2012r2 cluster, i found witness disk properties i can enable shadow copy, but when i switch the CSV properties disk i can not see this option, does the cluster CSV support the shadow ?
View Article2012r2 cluster create err
i select a exist vhd on CSV and attach to a vm, but vm can not be created amn show this errorThere was a failure configuring the virtual machine role for 'test'. There was an error retrieving the...
View ArticleCAU Cluster Role problem
HiI've got problem with run CAU on my Hyper-V cluster. It's look like one cluster resource is missing.get-CauClusterRole -ClusterName thvc1get-CauClusterRole : Could not get the state of resource...
View Articlequorum failure scenario question
Hello TechNet friends,I have a scenario that happened yesterday that leaves me stumped and I am not sure in which direction to go.2-node active/passive 2008R2 file cluster (Node 1 & Node 2)Nodes...
View Articlewhat you guys use for production vm storage?
i mean explicitly not labs / homes but something you roll in the office you don't own yourself :) would you put into production some free solution with allowed commercial use (no eula violation! ) but...
View ArticleWitness Client failed to Register
I have a recently built pair of W2012 R2 servers with all of the applicable updates applied via WSUS. They are clustered servers but are not using shared storage. Instead they are using Vision...
View ArticleSome clients don't connect to clustered file server when moving role.
Hi guys, I have a two (virtual) server cluster which has a File Server role installed on it. The cluster passes the validation in all areas. For a long time I believed I had set it up incorrectly...
View ArticleBitlocker protected cluster disks fail to mount
HelloI am trying to Bitlocker protect some CSVs.I am following the instructions here:https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dn383585.aspxI can format and prepare the disk, and enable Bitlocker...
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