How to create "VSS aware" recovery snapshot?
I need to implement Hyper-V incremental backup of VHD/VHDX in my application (2012 and later OSs only). I am using the following document (Under High Availability, Page no: 103-104) as a...
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NodeInstanceID - Allocation of a specific NodeID
When nodes are added to a cluster their NodeID is allocated as an increment to the last one. But in case we are starting to build a cluster, say with 5 or 6 nodes, can we expect/guess the node ID that...
View ArticleMaking VM dependent on Storage Volume
Hi,I was wondering if it is possible to make a VM dependent or to always migrate a VM to the same node as a CSV on a Hyper-V cluster.For example, I have a a VM with directly attached volumes as hard...
View ArticleFoundation agent warning 1167 on Hyper-v server
Hi all, Inour environment we have 4 node hyper-v cluster which are running on HP Blade servers. The san which we are using is HP P400 iSCSI Storage. we are using CSV (cluster shared volume) within this...
View ArticleCluster node addition fails on cleanup
We have a 2 node cluster setup already(2) HP BL460c G8 servers connected to a VNX5300 SAN (Nodes 1 & 2)Server 2012 Datacenter installedQuarum: Node + Diskall failover tests went perfectly and all...
View ArticleNetwork Name Not Found
I have a Windows 2008 R2 File Server/SQL Cluster on 2 node active/passive setup. One of the developers at my work was trying to access a hidden share for a partition that is on the iSCSI drive. She was...
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Terminology for cluster networks
Hello!I've already asked the question on cluster communication network here...
View ArticleAn error occured attempting to read properties for 'Cluster Group' group. The...
Hi All, I have a two node 2003 cluster, When any one of the cluster node holding resources goes down, the resources are not failing over to the running node. In the running node I receive the pop-up...
View ArticleWS2012 Quroum error
Hi,We have a 6 node WS2012 Hyper-V cluster currently configured with a "Node majority" quorum.When we try and change the Quorum settings to "File share witness"Share: \\servername\shareQuorum...
View ArticleUnknown Issue with 2012 Failover Cluster
HelloI have 2 Hosts , HP Proliant DL580 G7 with Server windows server 2012 Installed and updated with the last windows updates and drivers and hardware firmware. And the Hyper-v Role installed.With FC...
View ArticleUnderstanding Quorum Disk
We've got a simple 3-node Hyper-V cluster setup which initially passed the verify tool 100%. We created it, added the drives from the SAN, everything works great (including planned/unplanned...
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SIMPLE QUESTION: HOW TO MIGRATE FROM WINDOWS 2008 R2 + SQL 2012 FAILOVER...
Hello,We have 2-node Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition failover cluster with Fibre shared storage (SAN) running SQL Server 2012 SP1. Below is current configuration - very simple and classic, I would...
View ArticlePhysical to Virtual Cluster using SAS - is it possible?
We're prepping to dramatically increase our IT infrastructure here, and I need a little advice. We're changing our practice management software from something running on a relatively lightweight...
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Add-VMHardDiskDrive anomaly
I am building a PowerShell script to build out a SQL cluster comprised of VMs. I have a 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster with shared FC. Everything is working fine on it. But I ran into a strange occurrence...
View ArticleAccessing Windows 2008 File Service Cluster with Windows 2012R2 File Services...
I am in the process on converting my existing Windows 2008 host servers (2 host cluster) to a Windows 2012 R2 (2 host cluster).All 4 servers will be accessing the same SAN via ISCSI. Currently the...
View ArticleLoopback adapters and DSR: DAG Cluster node--which is not Cluster...
An all-hardware Exchange 2010 SP3 UR4 DAG cluster is having an issue when the Microsoft Loopback adapter is installed (from Device Manager...Add Legacy Hardware) to support DSR operations with hardware...
View ArticleHow to connect to 2008R2 Failover Cluster using W8 RSAT Failover Cluster Manager
Can anyone please advise on how to do this or if it is not possible? I am running W8 on my laptop and I need to have the ability to remotely manage my 2008R2 clusters. I have this tool because we...
View Articlevirtual memory in a hyper-v failover cluster
Hi all,We have a window 2008 R2 hyper-V failover cluster working fine. It has two hosts, with 104 GB of memory on each of them.As I added new virtual instances I had been updating memory.The point is...
View ArticleStorage Migration (Migrating from HP XP20000 to the VPLEX Server 2012 WSFC)
We are currently in the process of migrating from our old storage to the VNX with VPLEX from EMC.We have managed to successfully claim the luns from the HP XP for 2003 MSCS and 2008 MSCS.Not so...
View ArticleWithout Storage
Hi!Is it possible to have 2 node cluster without any kind of external storage. Secondly, is it also possible for Hyper-V Clustering for highly available VMs?Thanks.
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