Shadow copies on a failover cluster
I have a failover cluster with two nodes and 8 disks. Four of the disks are Data disks, while the remaining four holds shadow copies for the shared folders on the data disks.Code:E:\(Data1)...
View ArticleRelocating SQL 2008 R2 failover cluster
Hi,I have few days before figuring how to do this. We are physically moving a 2 node failover cluster to a new datacenter . The storage where the shared disk resides isnt going anywhere. Instead ,san...
View ArticleLinux NFS share to Windows 2008 R2 cluster
Hello,I would like to share a directory on RHEL 5 Linux server with Windows 2008 R2 server cluster having 2 nodes via NFS read only access. Tried sharing in /etc/exports file as following, got...
View ArticleCannot add disk to cluster
I have used the SAN (HP P4000) software to create a snapshot of a database volume on one server and am attempting to use the snapshot as a disk on another server, a Windows 2012, SQL Server 2012...
View ArticleHow to set up a compute node only application network
I am setting up a compute cluster using HPC Server 2008 R2 cluster manager and have my compute nodes isolated on a private network, to which the head node is also connected, but I also have a...
View ArticleHow to change the IP address of a Cluster and it's resources - WIndows 2008 R2
Hi I have a few clusters that need to be re-ip'd since we're moving from one location to another and the Network IP addressing has changed. can somone provide the recommended steps to change the IP...
View ArticleBuilding a fast and reliable virtual platform...
I am starting a discussion to serve as a container for all the questions I am going to have along the way to building my ideal virtualization platform. Throughout the discussion I will likely ask...
View ArticleWindows Storage Server 2012 Failover Cluster with NFS Resource
Hi, (I'm not at work at the moment so I'm attempting to write this from memory). As stated in the title, I have a 2012 Cluster with the NFS resource added to my File Server role, however, upon fail...
View Articlemultiple regressions in migration from Server 2003 to Server 2012 (R2)
Hi,I'm preparing a migration from Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise) to Windows Server 2012 R2 and came across multiple regressions (removed features) while doing so.Current situation: Active Directory...
View ArticleContinuity management Suggestions for Cluster environment
I would like to know the possibility of setting up a Cluster environment for nodes(servers) located in different data centers.If this is possible, what are the things i have to concentrate in like...
View Article2012 R2 failover cluster requirements
Are there different requirements for failover clustering between Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2?It appears that requirements are the same according to TechNet link...
View Article2008R2 cluster, 1 node states: DNS server failure
Hello,I have a 2 node cluster (for SQL services).One of the 2 nodes keeps giving an error in the error log every 15 minutes. Actually there is an error and a warning:ERROR eventid (1196): Cluster...
View ArticleFile Share Witness is not a valid File share path
I have two Windows 2008 R2 VMs (ESXi) running Double-Take.We currently have a Health-check running on our Netscaler to force a failover from the primary VM to the secondary VM if the Netscaler cannot...
View ArticleHow to correctly cahnge the IP address of MSCS Cluster 2008 with no service...
Hi Folks,Can anyone please suggest me how can I safely change the 2 node Windows Server 2008 cluster as follows:Server A - production Node Active, Server B - recovery Node Passive.I will be changing...
View ArticleHyper-V Clusterstorage inaccessible?
I've had our cluster up and running for 6 months or so, everything has eben going smoothly. This morning things started behaving very strangely, starting with an event: Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume11'...
View ArticleRemove Cluster Configuration
Hello,I have inherited a cluster at one of my clients that has given them nothing but headaches and is introducing more complexity than what their environment needs. The quorum configuration is Node...
View ArticleNic Teaming and Clustering
I have 3 nodes in a cluster running server 2012. I have 2 ex4550 juniper switches connected via virtual chassis cables so they act as one switch. I have 2 10G Nic teams on each server. They are...
View ArticleAn error occured while starting the New Virtual Machine Wizard - Server 2012...
Full error (wall of) text:Unable to cast COM object of type 'System._ComObject' to interface type 'System.Management.IWbemServices'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM...
View ArticleCannot connect to roles that are on other nodes
In Failover Cluster Manager, If I am on node 1. I can only connect to VM's that currently reside on node 1. Trying to connect to a vm on node 2 or 3 results in this error.An authentication Error has...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 ADMIN$ share on Cluster IP address
Hi, We have a new 2012 cluster with 2 nodes. We're trying to get a backup solution (Asigra) working to back up the cluster but it requires that the ADMIN$ share on the cluster IP address is reachable...
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