I have a 2008 R2 64bit Cluster file servers ran out of drive letters having...
I have 2 nodes in a cluster- The cluster is called NAS2 resources in there NASFS1 and NASFS2I have set the prefered owner of NASFS1 to Node1 and NASFS2 to Node2Each resource hosts a number of...
View ArticleScale out file server hyper-v DNS best practices with SMB multichannel
TL;DR I cannot get hyper-v hosts to "see" cluster servers through DNS and thus cannot add shares to CSV (at least through Server Manager).I am in the middle of setting up a scale out file server for...
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Hello,I checked the following documentation http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831683.aspx, where said that is impossible to configure failover cluster on NAP. So, Is there a way to provide...
View ArticleServer 2008 Failover Cluster (SQL) to Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster Migration
I've got a few physical 2008 (non-R2) servers running a number of different versions of SQL in a failover cluster configuration. I've got 3 new servers with 2008 R2 installed that I want to migrate...
View ArticleWindows 2008 cluster disk reserved
I have 2 Windows Server 2008 servers and I'm using a Dell Equallogic SAN. these 2 servers are setup as a cluster. I originally configured them a few months ago and then I didn't touch them for about...
View ArticleHyper-V hosts got frozen
Hi: Yesterday I was doing a maintenance on the hosts of a Hyper-V cluster, with two nodes. The cluster was a warning "overcommitted". The cluster has few virtual servers turned off.When I shutdown...
View ArticleFile Share Witness Resouces Errors in a SQL 2012 Alwayson Availability Group...
Hi I am getting the following error in WFC Manager and in my system event log:Event ID1564: File share witness resource 'File Share Witness' failed to arbitrate for the file share...
View Article2008 R2 STATIC IP on a cluster
How can I set a static IP address on a 2008 R2 Cluster? There was no option when I ran the cluster create wizard. It set the cluster up on a subnet with DHCP. The cluster name is already in DNS (from...
View ArticleUpper Case / Lowercase when adding Node
HiI'm faceing a somewhat strange behavíor of MS 2008R2 Cluster. I start with a 2 Node System. If I add the nodes they where written in uppercase letters. If the cluster is configured an i add a node it...
View ArticleMonitoring Hung state Clustering service
Hi All,I am trying develop a script (PowerShell) that can monitor hung state of clustering service to reduce the downtime when there is an outage .Am SharePoint Admin so i don't have much experience on...
View ArticleNeed advice on networking( Migrating Windows 2008 Hyper-V Cluster Failover to...
Hi,I have a Windows 2008 Hyper-V cluster failover with 2 nodes.each node has 4 phisical NIC's Now it is configured like this:NIC 1 -> Heartbeat NIC 2 -> Live migration NIC 3 -> Management NIC...
View ArticleCan you add a 2012 Hyper-V 2 node cluster to an existing 2008 R2 Hyper-V Cluster
We have a 4 node Windows 2008 R2 HA cluster. We have 2 new nodes that we'd like to install Windows 2012 Hyper-V on before we upgrade our current cluster to 2012. Can we do this? Or do we need to...
View ArticleHyper-V hosts got frozen
Hi: Yesterday I was doing a maintenance on the hosts of a Hyper-V cluster, with two nodes. The cluster was a warning "overcommitted". The cluster has few virtual servers turned off.When I shutdown...
View Article2008 R2 STATIC IP on a cluster
How can I set a static IP address on a 2008 R2 Cluster? There was no option when I ran the cluster create wizard. It set the cluster up on a subnet with DHCP. The cluster name is already in DNS (from...
View ArticleFile Share Witness Resouces Errors in a SQL 2012 Alwayson Availability Group...
Hi I am getting the following error in WFC Manager and in my system event log:Event ID1564: File share witness resource 'File Share Witness' failed to arbitrate for the file share...
View ArticleUpper Case / Lowercase when adding Node
HiI'm faceing a somewhat strange behavíor of MS 2008R2 Cluster. I start with a 2 Node System. If I add the nodes they where written in uppercase letters. If the cluster is configured an i add a node it...
View ArticleNeed advice on networking( Migrating Windows 2008 Hyper-V Cluster Failover to...
Hi,I have a Windows 2008 Hyper-V cluster failover with 2 nodes.each node has 4 phisical NIC's Now it is configured like this:NIC 1 -> Heartbeat NIC 2 -> Live migration NIC 3 -> Management NIC...
View ArticleLarge amount of WRITE data causes 2k3 cluster to failover
All, I have a 2 node Windows 2003 Server Failover Active/Passive cluster. We have 2 HP DL380 servers with 3Gb RAM, connected via 4Gbps Fiber channel HBA cards directly connected to a HP P2000 storage...
View ArticleCan you add a 2012 Hyper-V 2 node cluster to an existing 2008 R2 Hyper-V Cluster
We have a 4 node Windows 2008 R2 HA cluster. We have 2 new nodes that we'd like to install Windows 2012 Hyper-V on before we upgrade our current cluster to 2012. Can we do this? Or do we need to...
View ArticleScale out file server hyper-v DNS best practices with SMB multichannel
TL;DR I cannot get hyper-v hosts to "see" cluster servers through DNS and thus cannot add shares to CSV (at least through Server Manager).I am in the middle of setting up a scale out file server for...
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