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CSV IO redirection theory question
Hello!Suppose there's an active/passive two-node HV cluster where all VMs are active on the first node:Once there's a storage connectivity problem all IO would be redirected using node1/node2's...
View ArticleiSCSI Connections Keep Disconnecting
Our setup:Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster3 HP DL380p Hosts HP MSA 2040 SAN2 Cisco Nexus 5000 series Switches dedicated to iSCSI storage networkEach Host has an Intel x710-DA2 10Gb NIC, latest firmware...
View ArticleCluster Validation fails with error "failed to access sector 11 on physical...
Hello,We have created 2 Guest VM's running Windows Server 2012 R2 on VMware ESXi v5.5 host.Both these VM's are on same subnet and have been setup in a Cluster configuration using Failover Clustering....
View ArticleExpanding iSCSI lun from below 16TB to above 16TB for a live CSV
All servers fully patched 2012OK i am just wanting a second set of eyes on what i am about to do.I have a Dell MD 3620 attached via iSCSI to a 5 node Failover Cluster. There is a 16 TB LUN being...
View ArticleFailover Cluster Manager issue (Windows 10 RSAT)
Hello,Windows 2012 R2 Cluster + Windows 10 Pro.Windows 10 RSAT Failover Cluster Manager operations such as Create new virtual machine, change VM settings, Manage VM, Connect to VM...
View ArticleCAFS for General Use
I am wanting to utilize the File Server for the General Use role in Fail Over Cluster Manager. I have successfully created the disk on the SAN and role. The disk is online. However I cannot bring the...
View ArticleWSFC - Unable to successfully cleanup. An error occurred while creating cluster
Hello everyone,I am trying to do windows clustering 2012 for sql server 2012 clustering. I created 3 VMs, 1 DC and 2 server nodes and with in the DC I inatalled iSCSI target and created a iSCSI SAN.I...
View ArticleMPIO
We use win2012 for clustering with a SAN for different customersWe use two channels ISCSI mpio to connect to the SAN.The ISCSI is redundant network. The Cluster network is redundant. When we disconnect...
View ArticleW2012R2 - can you create file shares on a CSV?
We have an end user who created a file share on his W2012R2 Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume (CSV C:\ClusterStorage\Volume2\SharedFolder) directly without using the File Server Role CAFS. The Hyper-V host...
View ArticleTrouble adding VMs as separate roles on 2012 cluster
I have created a two node cluster (Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter) with two CSVs. My goal is to add 6 HyperV VMs on this cluster, which I can do, but the process is not behaving the way I...
View ArticleQuorum on 2 node cluster on different subnets
We are deploying a 2 node cluster on different subnets. It looks like we need to configure a fileshare as Witness. Since the cluster needs quorum what happens to the cluster if the server hosting the...
View ArticleHyper-V HA Orphaned Files Search
First, I apologize if this is in the wrong section as I was debating between this category or Hyper-V.I currently have Hyper-V with a Failover Clustering enabled between 3 VMHosts and 3 CSVs on a SAN....
View ArticleVarious errors - The wrong diskette is in the drive + Failover cluster fails...
HelloOur rig.2 nodes - hp dl360 connected to a HP mSA 2040 SAN directly with FC cards.Running Failover cluster roles and senveral virtual hyper-v vm's.We have 2 LUNS, clusterstorage 1 and 2, several...
View Articlevalidation failed on remote server - Ensure that the remote registry service...
I am trying to setup my 2012 cluster and when i try to add my remote server it gives me an errorFailed to access remote registry on server.Ensure that the remote registry service is running, and have...
View ArticleCAU Hotfix Plugin - The plug-in argument HotfixRootFolderPath has invalid value
Hi. I have 2012R2 cluster configured for CAU in self-updating mode with both WindowsUpdate and Hotfix plugins. The configuration went fine, however when I try to run CAU using these options, it will...
View ArticleCSV errors STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT Windows 2012 Hyper-V Failover cluster
Hi there,I'm seeing these errors sometimes, on a Windows 2012 Hyper-V Failover Cluster.Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume1' ('Cluster Disk 1') is no longer available on this node because of...
View ArticleHow to move CSV to another Cluster
The previous IT company setup a Scale Out File Cluster within the main Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster. The File Cluster has a CSV share that we would like to move to a new CSV on the main Cluster. We would...
View ArticleHost Not Responding
Hi Therei currently have a windows server 2012 environment where i run 2 server 2012 r2 servers in a cluster. after some time, the virtual machines on this cluster lose network connectivity with a...
View ArticleRID pool and user account creation
Hello, I have a question about RID pool and user account creation. Our system has two server farms each of which has two DCs (i.e. 4 DCs in total). Two farms are a primary and a backup, and the RID...
View ArticleW2k12R2 failover clustering - can I import existing VMs AFTER creating the...
I have 2 HP DL380's that are running hyper-v on W2K12R2. One machine has a PDC and Exchange 2007 VM and the other has a BDC and file server VM. Both the Exchange VM and file server are connected to...
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