win server 2012 two node cluster, local "cliuser" issue
Hello,I have a two node Windows Server 2012 STN Cluster with a few SQL instances installed inside it. Recently in my security event log I see these errors on both nodes:An attempt was made to reset an...
View ArticleEvent ID 1069 Cluster resource 'MSDTC Fails after Mcafee DAT update
My IT department has been struggling with this issue for several months and today it got escalated to me. I wanted to query anybody that has seen this issue that has MSDTC in a W2k8 R1 Cluster who...
View ArticleCSV iSCSI LUN slower than iSCSI LUN on same netapp filer
First time for me playing with CSV and Windows Server 2012 R2. (Looking Forward to use SMB 3 and CSV Cache for hyper-v)Old productive using iscsi luns as vhdx/vhd storage from each hyper-v...
View ArticleCreate failover cluster to host Windows 2012 DC, Exchange 2013 and SQL as VMs
One of our clients has running Windows Essential 2012, SQL and exchange 2007 as VM on VMware for 4 years without major issue. However, the physical server is getting old and have some hardware issues...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Cluster question on using a new cluster drive source from...
I have a two node Windows 2008 R2 enterprise SP1 cluster. It has a basic cluster setup of one (Q:)quorum disk and data disk (E:) which is 2.7tb is size. This cluster is connected to a shared Dell Disk...
View ArticleFailover Clustering, setting up AD and adding servers to Hyper V manager
First post over here. I have been playing with Server 2012R2, creating VMs etc. I thought of getting adventurous and tried to create a fail over cluster.1. Do I really need VMM to be able to manage two...
View ArticleVSS on File Server Cluster 2012 R2
We just configured a fail over cluster and added file services. We would like to configure the storage with VSS to allow for easier file restoral by the end users (volume is snapped at the SAN...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster resources, IP , Name and Quroum Disk
I have a cluster with 4 nodes, and detects that at one point the quorum disk was on a server and the other the name and IP of the cluster.this should not be all together? implente several failover...
View ArticleIs it OK to modify a CSV directly now in Windows Server 2012?
I have opened a case with MS Support and went back and forth for about 2 months trying to get them to answer this question and ultimately they said they could not and directed me to post here.Here is...
View ArticleFailover cluster WMI Provider error 6237.
The only thing I can find is this link which gives a link to a hotfix.When I try to apply the hotfix, it says it is not applicable to my...
View ArticleDisk Witness Failover with simulated network failure
Hello everyone, I am running two windows server 2012 R2 machines clustered with a disk witness. The disk witness is a LUN created on our SAN, presented to both machines. SAN is connected through two...
View Article2012 R2 - Clustering a High Availability File Server (File Server for General...
As per the post title.I have a new 2012 R2 cluster on a Dell VRTX (2 Blades and local shared storage)Quorum created plus large CSV for the Hyper-V's etc.I run the wizard to create a High Availability...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Hyper-V guest cluster oddity
Hi. If I can start by explaining the Server 2012 Hyper-V clustering set up I've just implemented (not necessarily 100% best-practice):2 x Dell R720 hosts, 8 x NIC ports (1 PCIE, 1 On-Board; 1 x 2-port...
View ArticleDestroying/Re-creating a Failover Cluster - Server 2012
Hi all,Some background:We have a 4-node cluster hosting our Hyper-V environment, and for some or other reason we keep having issues where nodes will just become unresponsive, with the logs indicating...
View ArticleHost Agent Service critical - Paging file is too small for this operation to...
Hi all,at the moment I have the problem that some of my hosts get in the errorstate critical in VMM 2012 SP1. The error details in VMM are:Error (2912)An internal error has occurred trying to contact...
View ArticleDuplicate iSCSI Session Identifiers on multiple servers
Hello,I'm having an issue setting up a failover cluster in Windows Server 2012 R2 with iSCSI storage and I suspect the cause is having servers with duplicate session identifiers.I am using the inbuilt...
View ArticleCluster Validation Fails on List iSCSI Host Bus Adapters
I have an 8 Node SQL Failover Cluster.This cluster has been in service for quite some time now, suddenly the Cluster Validation is failing...When it gets to the "List iSCSI Host Bus Adapters" (which we...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 failover cluster
Hi Guys,I created a 2 node cluster using server 2012 R2 ..I have VMM 2012 R2 running on both nodes with SQL 2012 SP1VMM is configured for High availability and SQL always-on feature is also enabled.Now...
View Article2012 R2 : Cluster SETUP : Generic Service SETUP :
Dear All,I am facing a very strage issue while creating a cluster in Window Servr 2012 Standard R2. I am getting error (in attached file) which is"The network name 'clustername.domain' is already used...
View Articledisk failover works only in one direction winserver 2012R2
I have been banging my head against the wall trying to figure this out...I have a cluster with WS2012R2 The cluster is on 2 HP DL360 G7 all latest rom drivers etc..Connection to the disks is via emulex...
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