Multi site failover cluster, Single host server at 2 separate offices
I'm looking at a scenario where we have 2 dell servers, one at our main office, and another at a remote office. Each of these servers has support for 24 virtual processors, 64GB RAM, and a RAID 1TB...
View ArticleNetwork load balancing in Hyper-V failover Cluster
I want to configure network load balancing for my Hyper-V failover cluster, so that if one hyper-v server is heavily loaded that some VMs can automatically live migrated to other lightly loaded...
View ArticleCluster Configuration with ISCSI storage
I am configuring a new hyper v cluster and we have opted to use ISCSI storage.Do I need to create a CSV network as well as a ISCSI Storage network within my hosts ?Is the CSV effectively the...
View ArticleRenaming Cluster Shared Volumes using Powershell
Hi,I am wondering if it is possible to rename a Cluster Shared Volume using PowerShell.When I add a disk to the cluster using "Add-ClusterDisk" and then add the cluster disk as a clustered shared...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 R2 Add Node Failure
Hi all!I recently had to destroy my cluster. I recreated the cluster ensuring that the previous cluster name was purged from AD. I had no issues recreating the cluster. I went through the validation...
View ArticleVMs causes physical switch overload
After installing Failover Cluster Manager on a Server 2012R2, when a VM is started using a virtual switch connection to a Cisco 3750, the physical switch gets overwhelmed with high CPU usage and won't...
View ArticleMPIO Installation on Server 2012 Fails
I'm trying to setup multi-pathing to our storage array so I went to install MPIO on our Server 2012 R2 machine. I tried it using Server Manager > Add Roles and Features, and I tried installing it...
View ArticleAre the ResUtil ResUtilGet*Property functions valid?
I thought I would modernize our code by utilizing ResUtl.lib instead of our ancient copy of utils.c for parsing resource properties but it looks like that was a mistake. In testing the change I find...
View Articlemodify permissions on Cluster Shared Volume
I need to change permissions on a CSV in a Hyper-V cluster, because I need to allow write access to junior admins who aren't either domain admins nor local administrators on the cluster nodes.My...
View ArticleiSCSI Server Target is missing after install patches and reboot
I have a 10-node Hyper-V cluster connected via MS iSCSI initiator, to a MS iSCSI Server Target (single machine)let´s forget the fact that my SAN/iSCSI is not fault tolerant and move onwe did a weekend...
View ArticleCSV Mirroring (Active Failover Possible?)
This may be a dumb question but I am looking to determine whether or not windows server 2012R2 naitively supports Mirroring of CSV's. We have a client using Datacore who has two P2000 SAN's. The...
View ArticleGateways on SCVMM IP pools
Hi,I am designing a new VMM fabric for our data center but have seen an article (that i now can not find) that states the gateway has to be .1 for each network as opposed to for example .254.it stated...
View ArticleQuorum setting
I need some advice. I have a 2 node cluster however 1 machine is going to be off for an extended time(its paused and powered down and unplugged). I was in a Node + file share majority. I have tried to...
View ArticleThe node lost communication with cluster node XXXXX on network Public Network...
Hi Team,Anyone has solution for this? Though it is not giving much of a problem. It is keeps filling in System events.How to stop these events? Anyone has a fix?The node lost communication with cluster...
View ArticleQuorum Disc for Virtual Images SQL Role FOC
I am currently attempting to set a SQL Role FOC between two Virtual Images located on the same VM Host (i.e. DB1 and DB2 on FOCDB cluster). I have both virtual machines with their own .vhdx as the MBR...
View ArticleClustered file server in separate locations
Hello. Have a quick question regarding setting up a clustered file server. Basically my company has three locations in 3 different cities (all within about a 120 mile radius of one another) and they...
View ArticleDisk resource goes offline on File Server Cluster on Windows 2008 Storage Server
Hello,We are having two node file server cluster and there are 4 disk resources on two clustered services.Two days back I have added one more disk resource and it goes to offline mode intermittent.When...
View ArticleDCOM was unable to communicate with the computer SQL9 using any of the...
We are running a Windows Server 2012 cluster and I see the following error in the System folder of Event Viewer."DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer SQL9 using any of the configured...
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Windows Server 2012 Cluster (SQL 2012) Continuous Error Events 2050, 2051
I have deployed Server 2012 Cluster (CSV) for SQL Server 2012. Everythings working fine but some warning and error events generating continuously. NODE01 2050 Warning...
View ArticleID 2051 FailoverClustering Errors
Good morning, I just took a quick look at my Event Viewer on my Windows Server 2012 Standard server hosting Exchange 2013 and see the following errors... every 5 minutes for days now. Im not aware of...
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