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Storage Spaces Direct: Can not add Disk to Storage Pool S2D
Hi everyone,i have a two node cluster with Storage Spaces Direct.I have an unused SSD on each Server:when i try to add the disks to the storage pool i get an error:Add-PhysicalDisk : One or more...
View ArticleFile Share Witness in Google Cloud Instance Group?
Had an interesting question today. Customer wanted to deploy a cluster in the Google Cloud and wanted to put their File Share Witness on a Windows Container in an Instance Group. The file share itself...
View ArticleCluster Group Sets (ClusterGroupSet) breaks live migration on Hyper-V Cluster
I followed the instructions on the Microsoft Blog - Failover Clustering Sets for Start Ordering, and it works great for starting the VMs in the correct order.Ā However, it causes problems with live...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Direct / Cluster Virtual Disk goes offline when rebooting a node
HelloWe have several Hyper-converged einvoronments based on HP ProLiant DL360/DL380. We have 3 Node and 2 Node Clusters, running with Windows 2016 and actual patches, Firmware Updates done, Witness...
View ArticleHow to cluster Hyper-V two node Failover Clustering with 4 VMs with Windows...
Dear Ms SupportĀ I have 2 nodesHost1: Windows server 2012R2 standard support 2VMs on Hpyer-VOn Host 1 there are 2 max 2 virtual machines.Host2: Windows server 2012R2 standard support 2VMs on Hpyer-VMy...
View ArticleClustering Policies Question
In our organization we have CCR under windows 2008 , since few weeks, It's failover almost everyday the problem is coming from differents sources, File Share witness, Atempo Tina, Quest manager.For...
View ArticleError: The computer is joined to cluster when creating the Cluster
Hello Guys, I have created a cluster to configure Hyper-V for 2 Nods, everything was greate and works perfectly, next day the storage hang and the cluster didn't work any more, I have destroyed the...
View ArticleVM-VM Affinity Rule
Hi, quick question. Is it possible to configure For Hyper-v Clustering a VMware like VM-VM Affinity Rule to keep virtual machines together on the same host? I know its possible to setupĀ anti-affinity...
View ArticleMulti-Home File Server Cluster
Is this a supported configuration? I will have two node file server cluster with network cards connected to different networks. Management IP will be same. I was not able to find such documentation....
View Articleaccess cluster through Failover Cluster Manager
I am currently experiencing a problemĀ accessing my cluster through Failover Cluster Manager.Ā Error message received:Ā Cluster *** not found.Ā Check the spelling of the cluster name.Ā Otherwise , there...
View Article'(Get-Cluster).S2DBusTypes=0x100' for a non production storage space on a...
I have an 8 node Hyper V Cluster with 3 * 1.8 TB unused drives in each (VMs on SAN) connected through a Dell Perc RAID Controller (hosts are dell 730s). cluster is running 2012 R2 but im in the...
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cluster service Error 1053 in server 2012 R2
The error window is popped up once trying to start cluster service with the domain admin user. It says: Windows could not start the Cluster Service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not...
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 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 asĀ to what we then format these...
View ArticleCan an NLB host be a host in another NLB cluster?
Hello,If I have an NLB cluster X that has hosts A & B, can I create another new NLB cluster Y (with a different TCP port of course) that has hosts B & C?When I try & create the new NLB...
View ArticleNIC Teaming - Host unmanageable
I have just installed Server 2012 Datacenter edition with 4 NICs. I setup HyperV and was thinking of setting up NIC teaming for the VMs, but whenever I launch the NIC teaming option from Server Manager...
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VM's went to stopping state at the time of live migration
We have 3 Node Cluster for Hyper V and aroundĀ 50VM are running on the cluster. We initiate the live migration for one of the VM from node 2 to node 1 and it shows VM got moved to node 1 but the status...
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 ArticleHyper-Stretched Cluster with storage Replica, Unplanned failover
Hi,We are using windows 2016 Hyper-V stretched cluster between two sites.When we try to fail over a site, it fail over rightly. but when the site is restored, the failed over CSVs, are not Failing over...
View ArticleCluster Validation - Warnings re Software update issues - How To Resolve
I am using the Windows 2019 Preview to create a 3-node Fail Over cluster that will eventually be used for Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). I have a problem wherein running Test-Cluster returns a warning...
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