Microsoft DSM versions
I have a 2 node 2012 r2 cluster and am trying to add another 2012 r2 serverI fully pathced the new server and when adding a node it runs validation which fails on the dsm qfe versionsthe 2 original...
View ArticleCluster Windows 2012 in different subnet
HiI prepare to configure 4 windows 2012 in a cluster. All windows 2012 have 2 network card (1 = DATA and 1 = Heartbeat)It's possible to configure:- All 4 servers network card in same VLAN for "DATA"...
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 ArticleEvent id 1196 third part DNS
Hello - I have created windows 2012 R2 two node cluster. I see this event always in cluster events. We dont use windows DNS and use third party DNS Bind."Cluster network name resource 'Cluster Name'...
View ArticleHyper-v Live Migration not completing when using VM with large RAM
hi,i have a two node server 2012 R2 cluster hyper-v which uses 100GB CSV, and 128GB RAM across 2 physical CPU's (approx 7.1GB used when the VM is not booted), and 1 VM running windows 7 which has 64GB...
View ArticleWindows 2012 FSW
HiI prepare to configure 5 windows 2012 in cluster with a File Share Withness. My question: It's possible to configure a share (for a file share withness) on one of my servers Windows 2012?If Yes, do...
View ArticleNode in Cluster drops NIC connection. Troubleshooting steps?
Hey all, Having a Node that occasionally has its NIC disconnect on us (about once a month). We get nothing but the Event ID 1127 stating that the network interface fails. Its a NIC team and I've...
View ArticleHow to configure current SQL high availability cluster using mirroring with...
We have a current HA cluster at center1 which is mirrored to another HA cluster in center2. We have several instances already installed and working which are using one NIC for data and replication....
View ArticleProper steps to fail over to another host in a cluster
Hello,Pardon my ignorance. What is the proper steps to force a fail over to the standby host in a cluster with two nodes?My secondary host is the currently the active host for custer name. I would...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster
Hello!Is it supported configuration to separate File Witness Server and Windows 2012 R2 Cluster nodes in Dynamic Quorum by NAT/PAT/Firewall in internal network?Thanks in advance.
View ArticleHost name changes in Failover clustering
Hello all,We have following setup,2 servers of windows server 2012 standard...they are in failover clusteringSQL server 2012 is also there.The customer has asked us to change hostname of servers.so we...
View ArticleHow to perform disk validation against a Single/Selected LUNs in Windows...
Hello All,I have a scenario here where I should need to perform a disk validation(only disk, not other tests) against newly added LUNs in windows cluster(which are in available storage) without taking...
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CAU: The plug-in argument HotfixRootFolderPath has invalid value
I am trying to apply a hotfix using CAU and have configured the self-updating options. When I come to preview the update for the cluster and select Microsoft.Hotfixplugin as the plugin, I get the...
View ArticleUnable to bring cluster group online
Hi,I have a Windows 2008 2 node cluster.We have SQL on node 1. The cluster group is on node 2 right now.Over the weekend, the cluster group failed and will not come back online. We were unable to...
View ArticleHow to schedule Cluster logs to be generated for Microsoft Failover Clusters...
Hi, As per my understanding we always have to generate Cluster logs manually on the cluster nodes to get these generated.Is there any way we can schedule Cluster Logs to be generated every time so that...
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Hyper-V Fail-over cluster problem - "stuck" VM
I'm working on testing a Hyper-V 2-node cluster for my employer, and have run into a problem. I suspect the problem stems from a reboot after installing some updates on the nodes and storage (which...
View ArticleCAU - Cluster Aware Updating Computer Object
Hello,recently I installed 2 Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Clusters. I prestaged the CAU Computer Objects.After configuring the Role on the first Cluster, I went to the second and specified the wrong...
View ArticleThe lease timeout between avaiability group and the Windows Server Failover...
Hi,I am having some issues where I get a lease timeout from time to time. I have a Windows 2012 Failover Cluster with 2 nodes and 2 SQL 2012 Always-on Availability Groups. Both nodes are a physical...
View ArticleServer 2003 Cluster service will not start
I have a server 2003 2-node cluster that runs an Oracle Database. One of the nodes got an McAfee update and was rebooted. Node A will not start the cluster service after the update but Node B does not...
View Articlefailover cluster - ISCSI shared disk E:/ moved to C/ClusterStorage/Volume1 is...
ｈi , i just created 2 iscsi disk for quorum disk and shared disk. 1. The moment i created cluster the quorum was automatically choosen, is that correct behaviour. Cause i didt do it by myself ?2. Also...
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