Cluster Service shutdown taking 60+ minutes?
This is similar to these two other topics but they are a bit old at this point and pre-date SP1....
View ArticleHow to change drive letter cluster disk resource server 2012
My cluster shared volume letter changed, it was "f:\" now it is "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\" that gives me two c:\'s and no way to get to where I store my virtual machices when creating a new one. I...
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 ArticleDHCP with hyperv failover cluster
Hi allI have Hyperv 2008r2 CSVCan I somehow configure FailOver cluster for DHCP within two guests VM?
View ArticlePass Through Disks Failing In Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Cluster
Hi I have a 2 Node Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Cluster and as part of a requirement for one of My Virtual Guest machines - I need to present a Pass Thru Disk to the Virtual Guest. Every time there is a change...
View ArticleThe Cluster node is not Reachable.
Hi,I am building an two node cluster using the following:1. Nodes Hardware HP BL620c,2. Cluster Disk: EVA 4400, 5 Luns Presented3. OS: Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1.4. One Public NIC and one...
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Cluster Validation Failing - Versions of DSM named Microsoft DSM do not match
We are truying to create a 3 code cluster, all using a Dell Equallogic SAN (iSCSI). The servers all have latest SP, and Dell's Host Integration Toolkeit installed.When validating the cluster it is...
View ArticleCSV slow coming online after being moved between nodes
I have a 4 node hyper-v cluster running on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with 3 CSVs. CSVs are the following sizes:Main CSV - 10.91TBShared DB CSV - 278.89GBSQL/Exchange DB CSV - 278.89GBWhen moving...
View ArticleNLB - multiple NIC's frome the same server
Hi,i've been searching around for thisone for quite some time now, but to no awail. My problem in itself is really simple - but there seems to be no good solution, if at all.I have an NLB Cluster with...
View ArticleUpgrading 2008 R2 Hyper-v cluster to 2012
I've seen several questions like this in the forum already, but I'm still left confused and not able to proceed with my upgrade with any certainty. Hopefully everyone will indulge me this partial...
View ArticleLocal Quorum - Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
Hi, All!Currently reading the official MS Press MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit for exam 70-432 (SQL Server 2008 - Implementation & Maintenance). MS errata info had nothing about the following.A note...
View Article2012 Hyper-V Cluster isolating iSCSI CSV traffic newbie question
I'm setting up a new 2012 Hyper-V Cluster with an iSCSI array shared storage. I know that I have to isolate the traffic between the array and nodes from the rest of the network therefore I'll have...
View ArticleMSCS 2003 physical to 2012 MSCS virtual migration
I currently have the following environment.2 Node physical MSCS 2003 R2 ClusterFiber attached to IBM DS4700 SAN (one large array, with serveral LUN's assigned to the cluster)I am looking to install a...
View ArticleIs it possible to use shared storage as heartbeat?
Hi.I have a customer that's evaluating Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V and one comparison they're doing with VMware is that in VMware the cluster can use the shared storage as a means of knowing if...
View Articleadditional heratbeat network for livemigration
Dear All,i like to add one more additional heartbeat network for live migration .i already have one heartbeat network and its working fine but i like to add one more . how can i setup.i connect one...
View ArticleNLB Flas Media Server Deployment
Hi, i'm new to the formu.I'm trying to deploy a server cluster, initially with two servers, but probably more in the future.I know NLB is suitable for this, and the TechNet library states it should...
View ArticleDemoting DCs
Hi Folks, I am going to demote the 2 DCs(2 physical servers) and eventually the DCs are to be install in a VM environment. My concern is whether this will affect the clustering configuration or...
View ArticleMigrating FS cluster from 2008 R2 to 2012
Hi all,is there any "easy" way to migrate FS cluster from 2008 R2 to 2012? As the clustered FS shares are targets of DFS with DFS root on Domain Controllers, I assume I cannot use FSMT.I'd like to do...
View ArticleReal HA iSCSI with 2 Windows 2012 servers
Hello,Is it possible to have a REAL HA iSCSI target with 2 windows 2012 servers?The situation: I have 2 Windows 2012 standard editions, both with 10TB storage. I would like to merge them into 1 iSCSI...
View ArticleCriteria for Direct IO in Windows 2012 Server Cluster
Is there any documentation on what conditions must be met by files e.g share options, buffered/unbuffered in order for Direct IO to take place in Cluster Shared Volume Scenario ?
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