Properly disable NLB
We want to test disabling NLB on a Windows 2003 NLB Configuration. We believe it is generating a lot of traffic that is slowing down our network. Just for a test we would like to try Round Robin DNS....
View ArticleSQL 2005 Cluster disk fail
I have a SQL Cluster with 2 nodes (fail over) conect to a disk array with 3 disk raid5 (Drive S:), 2 disk for quorum (Drive q:) & lun (Drive T:).Adiskarrayphysically broke, soI can notaccess the...
View ArticleCluster Failure - Network Problem?
Current Setup:2 NodesFiber SAN connection for cluster LUNS (SQL and Quorum)2 private, 2 public network links on each node. (Private links on seperate VLAN, but on same switch as PUBLIC)At the same time...
View Articleq2300 message in the event logs is causing disk management on a standby node...
Hi All,I have 2xHS22v IBM Blades that I am using for a SQL2008R2 SP2 installation. These two blades (BladeA & BladeB for the purpose of this example) have Windows Server 2008R2 Enterprise SP1 and...
View ArticleThree Node MultiSite Cluster Fails After Losing One Node
We have a pretty simple 3-node multisite DAG setup with DAC mode enabled; two sites, the primary (SiteA) has two mailbox servers and the secondary (SiteB) has one. The cluster is set to use a Node...
View ArticleUnable to create 2-Node Cluster - Timeout Server 2012
Hello Everyone,I have 2-2012 servers that I'm trying to setup clustering with. Individually they can create their own 1 node cluster no problem, adding to an existing cluster doesn't seem to work...
View ArticleConfirmation of Hyper-V 2012 Cluster VMs rebooting during failover
Hi, I may have found the answer to my question on this link but I was wanting to check this answer is still valid with the current...
View Articlewin2008 fail over cluster disk validate failed with: disk has a persistent...
i have a StrogeTek D280, and try to create a two nodes win2008 server fail over cluster, the validate failed with below message. what can i do to resolve this? i am using MPIO of STK. anyone can help?...
View ArticleWindows 2008 cluster disk reserved
I have 2 Windows Server 2008 servers and I'm using a Dell Equallogic SAN. these 2 servers are setup as a cluster. I originally configured them a few months ago and then I didn't touch them for about...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2(Virtual Box): The cluster node is not reachable
Hi,I know this question has already been answered, but I am not able to relate that problem with my current situation.I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 in Virtual Box.I have 3 such instances: 1...
View ArticleNeed to know if it was a manual or an automatic failover - WIndows server...
Hi, after someone noted that our SQL Server instance was running in the "passive" node, we were tasked to investigate if the failover occurred automatically or if it was manually. How I can find this...
View ArticleNewbie Question: Cluster Aware Updating
Greetings,I'n new to clustering and have setup a 2-node 2102 test cluster on which I am attempting to activate CAU. When I run the Analyze Cluster Updating awareness tool, everything passes except for...
View Article2 Node Cluster with Server 2008 R2 Cluster Disks Show as "Local Disk"
I have 2 Node Cluster with Server 2008 R2 with 13 LUNS presented as Clustered Disks within Failover Cluster Manger.When view Hard Disk Drives within Windows Explorer 10 Drives show as Type = Clustered...
View ArticleCluster Shared Volume disappeared after taking the volume offline for...
Hi,After an unknown issue with one of our Hyper-V 4 Node cluster running on Server 2008 R2 SP1 with fibre channel NEC D3-10 SAN Storage all our cluster shared volumes were in redirecting mode and I was...
View ArticleCan we install WSUS 3.0 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 failover cluster and make...
Hi,We want to install WSUS 3.0 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 failover cluster, and make the WSUS service available as a high end service.I had an idea of installing WSUS on both nodes and configure the...
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Hi,The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to announce the next Jump Start course Introduction to Hyper-V on Thursday, January 24th from 8am – 5pm...
View Articledistributed application consistent snapshots
<p>hello, for distributed application consistent snapshots with where CSV provider on the backup node engages remote Hvper-V writers on all other nodes; how are the writes (originating as a...
View ArticleAny way to Configure a Two Node Cluster without shared Storage
Respectable Seniors As my topic's title says all about my question. I want to create a two node cluster without Shared Storage (SAN) (NAS). because i dont want to invest in SAN or NAS solutions....
View ArticleNode properties keeps crashing - 'A weak event was created and it lives on...
OK So I have manged my first cluster (Brief spec below)But everytime I try to look at the properties (so I can set the home nodes of a VM and fallback settings) of one of the nodes it crashes.The error...
View ArticleCSVs on all nodes appearing as Online (Redirected Access)
HelloI support a 3-node Hyper-V cluster which have 2 clustered shared volumes. I’ve noticed that both the CSV are appearing as Online (Redirected Access). When I look in disk management of each of the...
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