Cluster Validation in Windows Server 2016
Gents,I've upgraded 3-node Hyper-V cluster from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016.And a bit confused a new interface of the "Validate Cluster" wizard.I don't see any choice of the disk for...
View ArticleProblem with failover clustering and iSCSI target in Windows Server 2016
HiI have a problem with failover clustering and iSCSI target in Windows Server 2016.I often demo the configuration of Failover Clustering for students and customers. And for that I have built a small...
View Article2012R2 windows cluster roles dependencies
Hi,We implemented 2 servers with cluster and has different roles in this cluster. and under each role, we will have some resources.Now we find a issue because our frontend service are always up before...
View ArticleWindows 10 offline network drive file server cluster name nightmare
Hello,My initial thread : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/651ed135-e72a-4371-838e-a8670c5070c2/windows-10-offline-network-drive-nightmare?forum=win10itpronetworkingTo summarize :My...
View ArticleAdding a new node to existing cluster
Hello,I have an existing, functioning single-node SQL 2014 cluster running on Server 2012 R2 with iSCSI storage as the backend disk. I'm now at the point of needing to add a second node to this...
View ArticleGracefully/soft shutdown of Windows server 2012 R2
I use a Windows Hyper-V cluster mit Windows Server 2012 R2.If I have the Windows Server not in clustered mode, then the Graceful Shutdown (soft shutdown) works well.If I have the Windows Server in...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Cluster Fails - RDM Disks
Hi Everyone,We have a 2 node Windows 2012 R2 Failover cluster configured with Shared RDM's running on VMware. All of a sudden, the resources got failed over to the other node.Below are the sequence of...
View ArticleDuring a cluster failover event does a read-write domain controller need to...
Hello, can someone please advise on the followingIf I have a branch office with 'only' read-only domain controllersI also have a Microsoft 2012 R2, with SQL always-on clustering setupif the connection...
View ArticleCluster with two nodes
Hello...I want to configure a cluster on two servers with windows server 2012 R2...I could configure the cluster without a shared Storage? the storage is done on the disks of the servers and replicate...
View ArticleS2D disk performance problem - grinding to a halt.
Hi All,I've recently built an 2016 S2D 4 node cluster and have run into major issues with disk performance:barely getting kb/s throughput (yep kilo and a small b - dial up modem speeds for disk...
View ArticleEvent ID 80 Hyper-V-Shared-VHDX in SQL Server
DearsWe have VM working in hyper v 2012 R2 we facing the issue after facing backup,Event ID 80 Hyper-V-Shared-VHDXError attaching to volume. Volume: \Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy62. Error: The...
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Cluster Client access point and generic application resources disappeared
We have a Windows 2008 R2 cluster hosting some generic application like Apache services and some opentext applications. It is node and disk majority with 2 nodes and a Witness disk.Yesterday we were...
View Articlecan i use scvmm to create a clustered VM
when I try to create a VM via SCVMM console, it told me I can't save VHD on cluster share volume.so every time I create a HA VM, i need go to the Hyper-Vhost and use the failover cluster console. it's...
View ArticleSQL cluster (VM) on VM failover cluster
I have 2 SQL server(VMs), and it's clustered. the my VMs is on a Hyper-V failover cluster. so I want to know when I move the VMs and select "Best Possible Node" or use "optimize Host" (on SCVMM...
View Article2008R2 sql cluster migration to server 2012r2
I have a two node sql 2008r2 cluster on server 2008r2. The data currently sits on an equalogic san.I will be replicating the data from equalogic to compellent san for use on the new hardware.the new...
View ArticleWindows failover Cluster - Active Passive
I have configured a Two node cluster and both the servers are showing ACTIVE in the Cluster configuration. I want to configure it as ACTIVE & PASSIVE. What should be done to achieve this ?
View ArticleS2D IO TIMEOUT when rebooting node
I am building a 6 Node cluster, 12 6TB drives, 2 4TB Intel p4600 PCIe NVME drives - Xeon Plat 8168/768GB Ram, LSI9008 HBA.The cluster passes all tests, switches are properly configured and the cluster...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Direct Issues with May 17th Update Rollup
Hi,We have had major issues updating our hyperconverged S2D cluster with the May 17th 2018 Update Rollup. The issue occurred while rebooting each cluster node as the node was shutting down to reboot....
View ArticleCluster Set documentation
Cluster engineering has just posted a new blog regarding Cluster Sets that includes a video and links to Cluster Sets...
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Windows2008 R2 Cluster Management cannot connect to the cluster
Windows2008 R2 Cluster Management cannot connect to cluster.When open the Cluster Management, the list is empty. How to process it?When I want to connect to the cluster, it notice me 'You are not...
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