VDS hanging....
2-node Windows 2012 Hyper-V Cluster (running for about 2 years - NOT a new install). The nodes are connected to a IBM SVC via F/C. Recently we noticed problems with accessing machines on a certain CSV...
View ArticleLive migration stopped working
I have a two host cluster with 4 VMs. Hosts are 2008 R2, guests are 2x Windows 2x Linux.Last week one of my Windows servers would not live migrate, but the other 3 would.After troubleshooting, I...
View ArticleNLB and Full Internet Name
Dumb question time :-) If I have an address of www.mydomain.com with a public DNS A record to my public IP address which is then NAT'd on my router to 192.168.1.100, what Full Internet Name should I...
View ArticleCreating a cloud based HA Environment
Hi All, This might sound a bit strange at first, but please bare with me. I want to make a full HA environment using nothing but "Cloud" so VM's servers. I need to be able to host a File Server, and...
View ArticleCluster Validation error.
I have 2012 R2 Failover cluster with two nodes. When I try to add third node and run Validation test, I've got error in Validation Report:"Two disks have been found on node Hyperv01.local.com with...
View Articleoffline resource due to ip conflict (but it isn't conflicting)
I have a 2 node cluster that's been running fine for a while.yesterday node 1 was reported failed. I went to Cluster Core Resources on the Failover Cluster Manager console, and try to bring it back...
View ArticleHIgh availability Guest Clustring and ISCSI Storage
I have 2 Hyper-V Insalled with 2 NICs Teamed and Created a VSWITCH.Now i am going to create Failover CLuster btwn VMs and Storage is connected thorugh iSCSI with VMs.Storage Has 2 COntroller.NIC...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 failover cluster issue
Hello,I have setup SQL Server 2012 SE cluster environment on Windows Server 2008 R2 EE for our production. This is an Active Passive setup with just one instance. The environment is based of a Shared...
View ArticleNetwork Validation test
Is there any problem (avaliability) in execute the network validation test in a file server cluster (windows 2008 server R2- two nodes) ?Thanks in advance
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Disk Management shows 'unallocated' and 'online' basic disk on a 4 node...
We've a 4 node Windows 2003 File Share Cluster. I logged onto one of the nodes and found there are a lot of SAN connected disks that show 'Unallocated' in Disk Management as below,Please could someone...
View ArticleQuorum/Witness Disk Offline every 15 minutes error - Event ID 1069 - Event ID...
2 node active passive, 2008 failover cluster. I keep getting the following error events:The cluster service detected a problem with the witness resource. The witness resource will be failed over to...
View ArticleProblem with MAC Spoofing and Virtual MACs
Hello, I am deploying Hyperv hosts that perform clustering using virtual MACs. I've enabled mac address spoofing, but as soon as I enable the clustering on the hosts and they try to use the virtual...
View Article2012R2 hyper-v failover cluster Cluster name object has no DNS record created
I’m trying to setup a 2-node ws2012R2 cluster using ws2008R2 AD(with DNS) but got an issue with DNS entry creation on AD. I also tried ws2012 AD but it's the same problem.The individual node DNS...
View ArticleClustered File Services Role on 2012 R1 Server - cannot create share - system...
when creating a share on the clustered file services role in windows 2012 R1 we see the following message:cannot connect to the S$ admin share to verify if folder 'S:\shares\data\server1\data' exists...
View ArticleCreate Cluster Failure. Hangs on Forming Cluster
Hi, I am trying to create a cluster between 2 nodes in Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. Validation report is successful and but when creating the cluster. The process hangs during the forming of...
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 ArticleStorrage Connectivity for Failover Cluster or Guest Cluster and NIC Teaming...
I have 2 Hyper-V Installed.Both Server have 2 NICs available, which are teamed and One External Virtual Switch "VSwitch" is created for VMs.I am using 3 VLANs for VMs which are working well.Now I am...
View ArticleDSM mismatch
I have a 2012 R2 cluster that was just rebuilt from a 2012 cluster. The storage is a Dell MD3200 SAN storage array. To set up access properly to the array multi-pathing has to be setup. MPIO was...
View ArticleOperationalizing 2012 R2 Time line
I have been asked to design, test, break, fix and document a Windows 2012 cluster as a standard. First my management wants a timeline / estimate of hours for this effort.I cam curious how much time...
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