NLB Manager donot show the other host
Hello a few months back, I installed and configured Windows NLB on a couple of exchange CAS servers and everything seems to be working fine (still working fine). However, the other day when I opened...
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 ArticleCSV is NOT in Redirect mode but I/O is happening across cluster network none...
Hi All,I'm trying to boost the performance of my cluster so I'm converting all my VHDs from dynamic to fixed. I am utilizing all three of my nodes in order to move through this process more rapidly. On...
View ArticleAn error occurred while attempting to bring the resource cluster name online
I have a new 2 server 2008R2 datacenter cluster with hyper-v on it that seems to be working fine except an error under cluster core resources, cluster name that shows as failed. When I try to being it...
View ArticleQuestion about HA and DR Site
My Dear,I have the following question regarding HA and DR Site.I have the following clustered in main site:Windows 2008 R2 Clustered File ServeWindows 2008 R2 Clustered DHCP ServerI want to setup DR...
View ArticleFile Server in DR
My dears,I want to deploy Clustered File Server (2 nodes) based on Windows 2012 in main site.I want to deploy a file server in DR site to support users in case main site failed.I want to know the...
View ArticleCluster Installation Time Out Issue
Hi. I want to create a failover cluster and always get the follwoing error : Security Handshake failed to obtain SecurityContext for NetFT driver. I almost tried everything I found to this topic in the...
View Articlecluster crashes when one node is offline
Hi the title basically explains my problem. I'm running a 2 node Cluster with a CSV, I've got 4 Network connections, Cluster, iSCSI, Live Migration and Management. whenever one node is rebooted the...
View Articlecluster upgrade
is there a way to upgrade a failover cluster (non HyperV) from 2008R2 to 2012? We have a cluster that hosts a HA file share that we'd like to get to 2012.Thanks
View ArticleDisk space on CSVs disappearing
Hi,My CSVs (iSCSI SAN volumes) are filling up, but I can't see what is taking the space. I have a server 2012 cluster with 4x 3TB CSVs on an iSCSI SAN. One of the CSVs has only 250GB free according...
View ArticleRSAT Windows 8 Failover Cluster Manager
"The cluster to which you are attempting to connect is not a version of the cluster supported by this version of ...."Tried to connect to Server 2008 R2 cluster and get the message above.
View Articlehow to properly move the NLB cluster to a different subnet
I would like to move the NLB cluster (note NOT the failover cluster) to a different subnet/vlan, what is the proper procedure for this?
View Articlesetting the time-out value for a resource in win 2008
Hello All, I am working with the application that running on win 2008 cluster, the user test to failover and failback and that happen to the ABG application process is not started, in the event log...
View ArticleFailover Cluster without Storage
HiI want to know Is it possible to implement a failover cluster solution without a storage area network (SAN) ?Any idea pleaseRegards
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 cluster drive letter changes when failing over
We have a 3 node windows 2008 R2 cluster running SQL 2008, when we failed it over to the new third node one of the drive letter of a disk changed. The disk is part of the SQL group in cluster admin...
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 ArticleUnable to validate Server 2012 Failover Cluster - Node communication problem.
I thought I had posted this, but the system appears to have eaten it. I will try again.I am setting up a 2-node Server 2012 Failover Cluster. I have installed the tools on each server, and I have...
View ArticleLicensing rights for HA cluster running enterprise
One of my coworkers is questioning the licensing rights for running 3 2008R2 enterprise servers as a cluster running Hyper-V. He rightly noted that each server should allow for 4 free additional...
View ArticleUnable to Add File Server Role to Windows 2012 Failover Cluster
I have just created a Windows 2012 Failover cluster, and I am unable to add a Fileserver role. I attempted to do so today, and received the following errors (along with the status of failed on the role...
View ArticleXP Clients unable to access a 2012 Clustered File server by name, only by IP...
Enviroment: Failover Cluster 2012: Physical Nodes: srv-cluster01 and srv-cluster02Virtual Nodes: srv-fscluster;Domain: Only 1 Florest and 1 Domain, two Domain Controllers(Replicated and Checked);I has...
View Article