Poor write performance to cluster VIP
Hello,I have just configured a SOFS with Hyper-V clients to use SMB Multichannel with RSS.The 2 file servers use an LBFO team (2x 10Gbps) each for client connections. From the HV hosts I can pull data...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to achieve redundancy in presenting shared folders to...
Hi. I am looking for the best way how to use Windows server 2012 R2 for presenting SAN storage to end users for general use. Current setup is one 2008 R2 VM on hyper-v cluster connected to SAN storage....
View Articleno access to csv - clusterstorage.000 - w2k12r2
I created a 3 node cluster with different san based cluster shared volumes. These were used as csv volumes. I have 8 volumes in total. Now ontwo of the nodes there is a problem accessing vms located on...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Hyper-v two node cluster network connections help please
I am trying to do a hyper-v failover clustering project and we have following hardwares:2x HP DL 380 G8 with 8 LAN ports 1x HP MSA 2000 with dual controller (each controller has 2 iSCSI LAN ports) 2x...
View ArticleVotecount after nodedrain
Hi,While looking into WSFC for Windows Server 2012 R2 I am trying to understand a scenario.I have 3 nodes and a fileshare-witness.When I drain 1 node and another node goes down (meaning I have 1 node...
View ArticleCreating Cluster over existing infrastructure
HelloRight now we have two servers: one server running Exchange, shared drives, Active Directory, other software (camera, etc.) and one running our ERP and MSSQL Database.I just bought a new server. My...
View ArticleScaled-Out-File-Server Hardware Requirement Question
This is yet another question for a newbie to clustering but in all the reading, I can't seem to find a good answer. I do not want to get too detailed in the "how stuff works" discussion on clustering,...
View ArticleUpgrade of Integation Services (Windows 2012 R2) on Windows 2008 R2 with...
Here is the scenario:Legacy Host: Windows 2008 R2 Guest VM: Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2013 SP1 DAG cluster.After importing the VM (2008 R2 and Exchange 2013 DAG) into a 2012 R2 host (Cluster)....
View ArticleCluster Name and Resources DNS update interval
Hi! I'm wondering if it is possible to change the default DNS update interval for a cluster name and it's resources?As far as I can find out, it updates DNS every 24 hours if it's...
View ArticleCluster-Aware Updating information/question
Hi guys, I've read all posts on this topic however I couldn't find all the answers. We have a specific environment and need to understand this in great detail in order to troubleshoot further and offer...
View ArticleWill network connectivity loss trigger a VM failover?
Does loss of network connectivity for a VM (either physical NIC failure, or even just disconnected cable) trigger a failover to another host in a HyperV Cluster?
View ArticleWindows Server 2012r2 Failover Cluster Event Trace Log files
Hi The only documentation I can find regarding event trace log files (Diagnostic.etl.*) for Failover Clustering relate to Server 2008/2008r2, which state that the etl files should be in...
View ArticleDoes the failover cluster will register a SPN in AD?
I meet a cluster can't create, may caused by the cluster name have used before, if a change this cluster name, it can be created, but if i use the specific name it will fail, the specific failover...
View ArticleServer 2012 Failover Cluster No Disks available / iSCSI
Hi All,I am testing out the Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2012 with hopes of winding up with a clustered File Server once I am done. I am starting with a single node in the cluster for testing...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 guest cluster on VMware ESXi.5.5 using EMC NS480 FC San fails...
The intended setup is to build a Windows 2012 R2 guest cluster across 2 physical WMware ESXi 5.5 hosts using physical RDM luns off the EMC NS 480 presented to the hosts. The 3 presented luns are using...
View Article"Packets Received Discarded" high on 2008R2 NLB Cluster
HiMy customer has a five node Windows 2008R2 NLB cluster (running Exchange 2010 CAS servers). The cluster is single NIC, running multicast and is virtualized in VMware. There are around 8000-9000 users...
View ArticleClustering Configuration with Primary & Secondary Domain Controllers
Hello.I am trying to configure Failover Clustering on my Server 2012 computers.I have a primary domain, as well as a secondary domain.We will call them dc1.domain.com and dc2.domain.com.I have Failover...
View Article2012 R2 - HA File Server, advice on CSV etc
I have just built a 2012 R2 Cluster with 2 nodes plus quorum disk witness.This is currently a test environment, once I'm happy it will be made live.I have created a highly available File Server (role),...
View ArticleVM's resetting randomly
I have a 3 node Server 2012 R2 cluster and I'm seeing VM's randomly resetting and an error 1069 is logged in the cluster errors. Some of the VM's that have reset have older (Server 2012) integration...
View ArticleRestoring virtual machines
Hello!I thought it's very easy to find a step-by-step guide for restoring VMs (in clusters particularly), but after googling for some time I failed to find any artcile on restoring VMs from MS ......
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