network and storage configuration for Windows 2012 nodes
I am tasked with setting two cluster windows 2012 using a SAN. I am pretty new to windows clustering since I am predominently a oracle/linux DBA.I would like to know the following :1. IP address...
View ArticleActive Directory used for Windows 2008 R2 cluster is crashed. Reinstalled the...
Hi,I have setup up a two node Windows 2008 R2 cluster (Say, 'Node 1' and 'Node 2') . The AD/DomainCntroller machine (Say , 'AD 1') used for this setup was suddenly crashed. To bring up the 'AD 1'...
View ArticleWindows 2008 file sharing cluster enumeration
Is there a way to enumerate file shares in a Windows 2008 file sharing cluster? We are moving to a new SAN and using robocopy to move the files. We just need a report on the current file share...
View ArticleAdding a 2008R2 to 2008 Cluster
So my plan to migrate off my old hardware is to add new servers to my cluster, move the nodes, and bam, I'm done.But I find that my old cluster is not R2 yet. The pretest spit out a ton of patch...
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Windows Server 2012 Cluster (SQL 2012) Continuous Error Events 2050, 2051
I have deployed Server 2012 Cluster (CSV) for SQL Server 2012. Everythings working fine but some warning and error events generating continuously. NODE01 2050 Warning...
View ArticleNLB IIS, Only Single Server is Active, the other node will not respone untill...
Good dayThis is the Case:2x Server (Server1 - Server 2) using Windows 2008 R2 SP1 with the following detailsEach Server using single Network interface, Unicast , Port Rule 80 SingleBoth server hosting...
View ArticleCluster Quorum Wizard: Not a valid file share path
When attempting to change the FSW path using the Configure Cluster Quorum Wizard I got the error " '\\host\share' is not a valid file share path."Environment:- Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008,- CCR...
View ArticleNo disks suitable for cluster disks were found.
I have setup a windows 2012 cluster between 2 virtual machines (hyperv)I don't have any SAN.When I click on Add Disk, I get an error"No disks suitable for cluster disks were found. For diagnostic...
View Articlemove vm from a hyper-v host to a cluster
First,thanks for the help.I had ahyper-vserverwith severalvm.installing anadditionalhyper-vserver. Create aclusterwithtwo servers and createserverreplicas.I haveshared storageSMB3.0rateonanother...
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How to define the fail-over order in a windows 2012 cluster
If I am setting up a 3 node Windows 2012 Cluster. (for SQL Always on availability groups). Here Node 1 and Nod2 are in 2 data centers in the same country.Node 3 is in a different country.I want to...
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Windows 2012 Failover Cluster: Access denied message
We have a Windows 2012 cluster in our environment. I created the cluster under my Domain admin account & the problem i am seeing is none of my fellow colleagues are able to acces or view the...
View ArticleHow to force a quorum?
I have a two node cluster.I am planning to skip any witness. So I will not use either a Disk or FileShare as a witness.So if one node is lost, the cluster would become unavailable. OK, if that happens...
View ArticleWindows Failover Cluster - Different IP
Good Morning! I need to create a WFC (Windows Failover Cluster) in my environment, because i will delivery to my client a AlwaysOn , But the problem begins when i need to assign a IP to the WFC…. I...
View ArticleVMs Fail Randomly on 2012 Cluster
Our 2-node Server 2012 Hyper-V cluster is having an issue where VMs seem to randomly fail for no apparent reason. We are using Dell R900s with a MD3200i SAN and we have separate networks for iSCSI and...
View ArticleSAS vs SATA in (Clustered ?) Storage Spaces for Hyper-V cluster
Hello,I'm planning to build some Hyper-V cluster, and i was looking at R2 Storage Spaces with storage tiering for cheap shared storage.I need near-full HA (for the 0,001%, i will have backup/replica in...
View ArticleClustered Storage Spaces - issue with SAS interposers and all SATA drives...
We have an OEM storage vendor telling us that it is NOT recommended at this time to use SAS interposers with any SATA drives (regardless of brand or type (HDD or SSD)) and use it with Windows Storage...
View ArticleCSV redirect access
Hi,I have a simple configuration, two windows 2008 R2 cluster with iSCSI shared backend. The CSV is online when I created, however, after I migrate the CSV to the other node, the status is rediect...
View ArticlePowershell to move all clustersharedvolumes
I'm trying to get a script together to loop through all our cluster shared volumes and move them to another node using a text file containing the names of our volumes.I'm new to PS though. Would...
View Articlehow to delete a failed file share witness
I have a 2 node 2008SP2 (Geographically separated) cluster. I use file and node majority for quorum. There is a file share at third site and both nodes can ping/open the share and the nodes have full...
View ArticleAdding a virtual node to existing cluster
I'm looking for some advice on virtualization of a physical cluster. My goal is to virtualize a two node physical cluster without needing to take the cluster offline. The cluster is connected to a SAN...
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