Is a 2-Node+Cloud Witness S2D Cluster Less Reilable than a 3-Node+Cloud...
I work for a company that can easily run all our services off one host, let alone 2 or 3, but in the past before I started working here they did purchase 3 licenses of datacenter + SA so we could...
View ArticleCluster Validation Wizard - There is an error in the XML Document 5,10
Hello everyone, I've been searching the forums and search engines everywhere and have had no luck thus-far. Scenario: 2X Virtualized SQL Cluster nodes, Server 2008R2 Ent., SQL Server 2008R2, Disks...
View ArticleDisks from other cluster node visible when using get-disk on Windows Server 2016
HelloFor quite som time now, I have been trying to figure out why disks on other cluster nodes are listed when running Get-Disk (PowerShell) on Windows Server 2016 based cluster (15 node Exchange 2016...
View ArticleCSV becomes 'raw' after unexpected power outage
Hi folks, I'd like to seek your help regarding some weird problem we're facing in our environment. We have 2-node failover cluster running WS2016 and HP MSA SAN as its backend storage device. One...
View ArticleClusterparameter ObjectGUID shifted
Hi, So I try to link the networkname of a cluster resource to the AD object by the objectGUID.If I execute following command 'Get-ClusterResource -Cluster CLxxx -Name NameOfResource' the NetworkName...
View ArticleFile systems
Hi,We are running Server 2016 with S2D. We create virtual disks with ReFS and make them CSVs (so CSVFS).We then create VHDX files on them. Is there any recommendations as to what we then format these...
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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 ArticleRunning enable-clusters2d after S2D is already running.
I am curious about the command enable-clusters2d. I ran it and discovered that my SSD drives are not set as the cached drives. I don't want to take my s2d cluster down and start over. can I just run...
View ArticleFailover cluster system edition
Hello, I have a failover cluster build on 2 Servers 2012 R2 Datacenter edition. For some reason the edition of cluster is shown as standard (operatingSystem attribute of AD object). I will be grateful...
View ArticleIs it possible to downgrade functional level of a cluster ?
Hello Experts,Is it possible to join Node with OS 2012 R2 to a installed and running cluster with OS 2016 ?I know i can add a node that runs a more recent version of the Windows operating system into a...
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 Articlewhat should be the best practice guide for 5 node cluster
what should be the best practice guise for 5 node clusterAbp
View ArticleNeed Clarification on Storage Tiers vs Caching in S2D
Can anyone provide more clarification on the differences between cache and storage tiers? The Microsoft documentation doesn't provide many details about how it works or what's the use cases for each....
View ArticleError 1196 (DNS server failure) every 30 minutes
Hi,I have a 2 node MS cluster with the file server role. (Windows 2012). All resources are up and running, however every 30 minutes this error is written to the logfile:Cluster network name resource...
View Articlewindows 2016 Hyper V Cluster : The virtual machine 'SVV-TEST01' is using...
Hello Guys,I am having the issue with one of the node from 6 node hyper v cluster. all the node are same physical HP blade server and running 2016 as Base os and part of the Cluster.I am using Kerbose...
View ArticleCluster fails to create - timeout period expired
I have a server 2016 configured as a hyper-v converged network on which im trying to setup a new failover cluster. The DC is running as a VM outside the cluster (im trying to build). Everything seems...
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 ArticleFAILOVER DOMAIN CONTROLLER
I have a Windows 2012 R2 server which contains Active Directory Domain Services and DNS as the Primary Domain Controller then I replicate on the Windows R2-2 Windows server as a secondary Domain...
View ArticleUnderstanding Quorum in a Windows Cluster Failover
Hello! Good day!I'm a bit confused about the quorum mechanism in a windows failover cluster. How will the quorum detects that a node is at a failed state? How will quorum move all resources from the...
View ArticleCan't connect to cluster from Cluster Nodes Hyper-V Cluster Server 2016
Hi, I have <g class="gr_ gr_41 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del" data-gr-id="41" id="41">setup</g> a 2 node Server 2016 hyper-v cluster and passed...
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