How do I find the MAC address of a CLIENT ACCESS POINT created from the FILE...
I have several Client Access Points created within the clustered File Services Role. The only way I seem to be able to determine the MAC address of each of these, is by visiting the DHCP server.Does...
View ArticleThe lease timeout between avaiability group and the Windows Server Failover...
Hi,I am having some issues where I get a lease timeout from time to time. I have a Windows 2012 Failover Cluster with 2 nodes and 2 SQL 2012 Always-on Availability Groups. Both nodes are a physical...
View ArticleCSV Software snapshot life cycle management mechanism doesn't work at all
Hello.I have Hyper-V cluster on Microsoft Windows server 2012 R2 update1. Free space on one of the CSV constantly decreases during the backup of VMs that are on this CSV. In the System log a node that...
View ArticleWindows 2003 File Share 4 node Cluster: Does Cluster Resources need to be...
Hello All,Recently, on a 4 node Windows 2003 File Share Cluster, we encountered a problem where when trying to remove few shares (that were no longer in use) directly from SAN end crashed the entire...
View Articlesticky request
requesting for mods to create a sticky with the 2 following links:Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012-based failover clustershttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2784261Recommended...
View ArticleNetwork Card Teaming
Hi All,Running Windows Server 2012 R2.I am going to build a two node hyper-v cluster running on a 10 gig switch, all drivers and frmware are up to date.During the initial testing, when I copy a large...
View ArticleiSCSI Network Not Showing
Under Networks in Failover Cluster Manager my iSCSI networks are not showing. iSCSI is setup and seems to be working correctly though. The only 2 networks it shows is Heartbeat and my main host server...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Cluster Failover Team issue
Hi Guys,We are running a cross site same subnet cluster within Windows Server 2012. We had a switch failure which caused the team to fail over to the standby teamed NIC. Pings were successful to all...
View ArticleNode in Cluster drops NIC connection. Troubleshooting steps?
Hey all, Having a Node that occasionally has its NIC disconnect on us (about once a month). We get nothing but the Event ID 1127 stating that the network interface fails. Its a NIC team and I've...
View ArticleCan we create more than one Hyper-V replica broker
can we add more than one hyper -v replica broker on a windows 2012 cluster and we are also getting the alert of CSV volume Paused it is also on windows 2012
View ArticleEvent id 1196 third part DNS
Hello - I have created windows 2012 R2 two node cluster. I see this event always in cluster events. We dont use windows DNS and use third party DNS Bind."Cluster network name resource 'Cluster Name'...
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating - Failed to restart - The RPC Server is unavailable
I have a 3 node Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster, and I'm having trouble getting Cluster Aware Updating to work properly. I have been able to successfully apply updates that do not require a...
View ArticleCluster Validation / UDP 3443
Hello,I'm running into a problem running Cluster Validation (2012 R2)I'm getting a network communications error stating that each node is unable to contact the other over UDP3343.The only advice I've...
View ArticleChange the path in registry of a file server resource?
Hopefully a yes or no question,There was a drive letter conflict on the 2008r2 file cluster, now the resources that were on D: which conflicted has been changed and is now drive letter Y: but they are...
View ArticleDoes the NLB cluster can deployed in multi site?
Hi all,i have a MPLS net in site A and site B, i get a vlan can connect two site, in this scenario can i set the NLB cluster in multi-site? how to do it, thanks.
View ArticleCan't remove Failover Cluster feature on Windows 2008 R2
HelloWhen remove the Failover Cluster feature has following message:Cannot remove Failover ClustingThis server is an active node in a failover cluster. Uninstalling the Failover CVlustering feature on...
View ArticleFile Share Witness Resouces Errors in a SQL 2012 Alwayson Availability Group...
Hi I am getting the following error in WFC Manager and in my system event log:Event ID1564: File share witness resource 'File Share Witness' failed to arbitrate for the file share...
View ArticleHyper-V with SOFS Appalling Write Performance
Hi,We are testing our new scale out file server and are having major issues with performance. We have 2 server clustered running the sofs attached to a shared jbod with 8x 4tb sas drives. We have...
View ArticleCreating a File Server Failover Cluster with DFS-N and Direct Attached...
I have two 2012 R2 servers, each with its own DAS. Can I set up the servers in a FoC with DFS-N and using DFS-R to sync the DAS?
View Articlepath to main disk drive
when I right click mange on computer it says cant find path to HP (C:) drive?
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