Testlab: Need 101 help setting up 2 node Win Srv 2012 R2 cluster
I setup 2 Win Srv 2012 R2 nodes (VM Guests) and added them to a single cluster. Then I created another Win Srv 2012 R2 "Storage Server", planning to use a share on it as common storage shared by both...
View ArticleCluster Host Master Node
Hi Team,I need to increase the cluster host master shifting interval, currently it is 5 seconds to the best of my knowledge, if it doesnt get response in 5 seconds it starts shifting the Exchange DBs...
View ArticleClustered VM
Hi!Is it possible to have a highly available VM also clustered so that if the VM itself goes down the clustered copy comes online?Thanks.
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Unable to connect to cluster using Failover Cluster Manager
In the last day or so I've discovered that I'm no longer able to connect to my cluster using Failover Cluster Manager. When I try to connect it gives me the error "An error occurred connecting to the...
View ArticleHow to create "VSS aware" recovery snapshot?
I need to implement Hyper-V incremental backup of VHD/VHDX in my application (2012 and later OSs only). I am using the following document (Under High Availability, Page no: 103-104) as a...
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NodeInstanceID - Allocation of a specific NodeID
When nodes are added to a cluster their NodeID is allocated as an increment to the last one. But in case we are starting to build a cluster, say with 5 or 6 nodes, can we expect/guess the node ID that...
View ArticleMaking VM dependent on Storage Volume
Hi,I was wondering if it is possible to make a VM dependent or to always migrate a VM to the same node as a CSV on a Hyper-V cluster.For example, I have a a VM with directly attached volumes as hard...
View ArticleFoundation agent warning 1167 on Hyper-v server
Hi all, Inour environment we have 4 node hyper-v cluster which are running on HP Blade servers. The san which we are using is HP P400 iSCSI Storage. we are using CSV (cluster shared volume) within this...
View ArticleCluster node addition fails on cleanup
We have a 2 node cluster setup already(2) HP BL460c G8 servers connected to a VNX5300 SAN (Nodes 1 & 2)Server 2012 Datacenter installedQuarum: Node + Diskall failover tests went perfectly and all...
View ArticleNetwork Name Not Found
I have a Windows 2008 R2 File Server/SQL Cluster on 2 node active/passive setup. One of the developers at my work was trying to access a hidden share for a partition that is on the iSCSI drive. She was...
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Terminology for cluster networks
Hello!I've already asked the question on cluster communication network here...
View ArticleAn error occured attempting to read properties for 'Cluster Group' group. The...
Hi All, I have a two node 2003 cluster, When any one of the cluster node holding resources goes down, the resources are not failing over to the running node. In the running node I receive the pop-up...
View ArticleWS2012 Quroum error
Hi,We have a 6 node WS2012 Hyper-V cluster currently configured with a "Node majority" quorum.When we try and change the Quorum settings to "File share witness"Share: \\servername\shareQuorum...
View ArticleUnknown Issue with 2012 Failover Cluster
HelloI have 2 Hosts , HP Proliant DL580 G7 with Server windows server 2012 Installed and updated with the last windows updates and drivers and hardware firmware. And the Hyper-v Role installed.With FC...
View ArticleUnderstanding Quorum Disk
We've got a simple 3-node Hyper-V cluster setup which initially passed the verify tool 100%. We created it, added the drives from the SAN, everything works great (including planned/unplanned...
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SIMPLE QUESTION: HOW TO MIGRATE FROM WINDOWS 2008 R2 + SQL 2012 FAILOVER...
Hello,We have 2-node Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition failover cluster with Fibre shared storage (SAN) running SQL Server 2012 SP1. Below is current configuration - very simple and classic, I would...
View ArticlePhysical to Virtual Cluster using SAS - is it possible?
We're prepping to dramatically increase our IT infrastructure here, and I need a little advice. We're changing our practice management software from something running on a relatively lightweight...
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Add-VMHardDiskDrive anomaly
I am building a PowerShell script to build out a SQL cluster comprised of VMs. I have a 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster with shared FC. Everything is working fine on it. But I ran into a strange occurrence...
View ArticleAccessing Windows 2008 File Service Cluster with Windows 2012R2 File Services...
I am in the process on converting my existing Windows 2008 host servers (2 host cluster) to a Windows 2012 R2 (2 host cluster).All 4 servers will be accessing the same SAN via ISCSI. Currently the...
View ArticleLoopback adapters and DSR: DAG Cluster node--which is not Cluster...
An all-hardware Exchange 2010 SP3 UR4 DAG cluster is having an issue when the Microsoft Loopback adapter is installed (from Device Manager...Add Legacy Hardware) to support DSR operations with hardware...
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