Multipath driver updates required
I need to update Multi-path drivers on my Windows server 2008 Standred 64bit Service Pack 2. I am installing netapp_windows_host_utilities_6.0.2_x64.msi on my server and it's giving me error:{The...
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating Scheduling
I am having an issue with Cluster Aware Updating (CAU) on Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. If I schedule self-updating and specify a time other than 03:00 (e.g. 07:00) in the wizard, when I get to the...
View ArticleServices do not auto start when Failover occurs
We have Windows 2008R2 Failover cluster as 2-node and majority disk configuration. We have several SQL services set to Start/Manual. When we perform a failover test, these services do not start....
View ArticleReplace 2 Nodes in Cluster
Have a 2 node SQL Cluster & looking for best way to replace these with two new servers. I was thinking of removing 1 SQL node and then remove node from windows failover cluster mmc. Then unplug...
View ArticleSetting up a 2008r2 Cluster
Im setting up a failover cluster on vm;s as a test and I have 2 NICs setup 1 for Public and 1 for private but when I start the failover install it only picks up one network (subnet). Why?
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Windows 2012 R2 Failover Cluster Hyper-V Invalid Class error when I'm trying...
Hi, in my test lab environment I created Windows 2012 R2 Failover Cluster with 4 Servers to get Hyper-V HA.I had no issues with Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 2012 before in same setup (2 NIC, FC HBA, SAN...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 cluster error "An item with the same key has already been added"
Using the Configure Role option in Failover Cluster Manager on Server 2012 R2. After selecting Virtual machines from the list, upon enumeration I receive the following error:"An item with the same key...
View Articlehow to remove a node from nlb at runtime?
hello,i need to temporally exclude a node from an nlb.May happen that a server is up and working but the web application i'm balancing is out of sinch with the same application in the others nodes.Eg....
View Articleis it possible to use SQL Server Cluster Disk as a Shared Storage for Load...
HA Configuration:Servers: Windows Server 2012 R22 node SQL Server FCI Cluster2 node Web Server Behind a load balanceris it possible to use cluster disk as a shared storage for IIS Servers?
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Failover Cluster Policy question
Hello,I am confuse with the following settings:1. "If resource fails, attempt to restart on current node" once within 15 mintes ... no problem with this one.2. "If restart is unsuccessful, fail over...
View ArticleSAS Cluster Storage 2012 R2
Hello Everyone,We are in the design process of building a new 2012 R2 Hyper environment having moved away from VMware.My planned setup is 2 x HP360 G8 Servers,1 x HP P2000 SAN,Interdependent switches...
View ArticleCuster dependency in Domain
Hi,I have come across a confusing questionOne of our customer environment is having only one Windows 2008 Domain Controller in entrire FOrest and Domain. We know that its design problem which need to...
View ArticleWWW service is not able to start via Microsoft Failover Cluster generic...
EnvironmentCluster Nodes = twoCluster Nodes OS = Windows 2008R2Application = IISQueryI created generic service resources of many windows services under Microsoft Failover Cluster and they are failing...
View ArticleFailed to online the cluster generic script resource
EnvironmentCluster Nodes = twoCluster Nodes OS = Windows 2012Application = IISQueryI configured the cluster. I want to cluster IIS as failover cluster. For this I am using the following article. As per...
View Articlemsmq private queue is not visible on windows 2008 r2
HelloMSMQ privte queue are disappeared from the console. when i try to create a new queue with same name it says that entry is already there.I am able to see the msmq status on the event viewer ,we use...
View ArticleCluster Disk keeps going offline. Service or application failed
We currently have 2 servers, both housing 3 VMs (6 nodes total). 2 Disk are used to house these VM's. Cluster Disk 1 keeps going offline, which kicks 2 of our servers offline until we migrate the...
View ArticleUnable to Validate a Cluster Configuration. The operation has failed. The...
There is an error in XML document (5, 73). Attempt by methodMicrosoft.Xml.Serialzation.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerialzationReaderClusterPrep.Config.Read4_As...Bolean) to access...
View ArticleFailover cluster server - File Server role is clustered - Shadow copies do...
Hi,New to 2012 and implementing a clustered environment for our File Services role. Have got to a point where I have successfully configured the Shadow copy settings.Have a large (15tb) disk. S:Have...
View ArticleServer 2012 High availability - Load balanced DHCP
I have two sever 2012 boxes with DHCP role installed on both. They are set up in a load balancing cluster.How often do they sync or replicate to each other. I have noticed when I create a reservation...
View ArticleIntroducing Server 2012 R2 into a Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V failover-cluster
Hello, I have a couple Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Host clusters with many VM's running on them. Is there a way I can introduce a Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host server into each cluster, migrate the VM's...
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