Hi
I have a Scale Out File Server based on Server 2012 which is used for storage for our Hyper-V VHDX's. We have two nodes in the Cluster and the underlying storage is a Dell PowerVault MD3220 (SAS).
We have had some VMs randomly shut off and not be recovered by Failover Cluster Manager in our 2012 Hyper-V Cluster. SC Ops Man 2012 indicates that the problem is:
"The SMB client failed to resume a handle on a file share with continuous
availability"
This is because:
"This error can occur if the Resume Key Filter did not acknowledge the handle, which indicates Resume Key Filter is not attached to the necessary cluster disk"
My research tells me that this is caused by 8.3 Naming Convention being enabled on the SMB Server's C: partition which is where the CSVs are stored. SMB Transparent Failover does not support 8.3 Naming Convention.
I understand that 8.3 Naming Convention needs to be disabled and the system scanned for any short file names. I am happy to do this but was wondering if there are any implications to doing it. E.G. could it stop the File Server from working or could it rename VHD's and stop the Hyper-V machines working?
Many thanks