Importing a fully functional Cluster to SCVMM
Hello,I'm implementing SCVMM 2012 in my environment but i already have a fully functional Hyper-V Server Core cluster.When i "import" my cluster on the SCVMM console, it brings the nodes, network...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 cluster, MSDTC issue
We recently installed MS Windows Server 2008 R2 EE on two physical IBM System x3550 M4 server and this cluster hosts Biztalk resources on it. MSDTC was configured prior to Biztalk resource were added...
View ArticleHow to change the static IP Address of a Failover Cluster Instance with...
I found this in the documentation for DHCP , but I am planning to use this machine for a DMZ implementation thus I cannot get away with DHCP?Get-ClusterResource "IP Address 172.24.11.0" |...
View ArticleError running unsigned driver inventory and test
I’m working a challenge where the cluster validation tool on a Server 2008 R2 SP1 based cluster throws an error running the unsigned driver inventory/validation. It doesn’t say that there are any...
View ArticleCluster Shared Volume Offline on Windows server 2012 R2
Hi All,I keep getting this error on my Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster: "cluster shared volume is no longer accessible from this cluster node because of error '(1460')". I also get I/O timeout errors as...
View ArticleRisk & Health Assessment
Hi,Recently Risk & Health Assessment done by microsoft -- They suggested us toenable dynamic updates enabled for all necessary DNS record types on the public interface.Using Static Ip address for...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Failover cluster failed
We have 2 node failover cluster. When we "tested" failover, all seemingly went well. Service failed across and all drives with the exception of the Quorum failed across (did not manually failover...
View ArticleCluster "mscluster.cluster" classess missing in windows2012
I don't see mscluster.cluster class in windows2012 after cluster build but same I get in windows2008 ,my code started failing due to that,example below , can somebody point out why classes are missing...
View Article2012 R2 Storage Spaces Question
I am looking to end up having a tiered SSD/HDD array in a "RAID 10" type of setup. I am wondering if I am going to have to have dual port SAS drives to make my implementation work.I am looking to have...
View ArticleMy fail-over cluster is down on both the nodes.Unable to bring the SQL...
Hi, In my Failover Manager both both the nodes are showing down & SQL Server services is stopped.I tried manually starting the cluster services but it failed. I think my cluster is broken now how...
View ArticleHyper-V internal (1 of 2, NOT Cluster) network unavailable in Failover...
Hi all,I had a very strange situation in my Hyper-V 2 nodes-cluster:I have one networtk for HertBeat only (10.0.0.0/24) and second for HyperV internal networking for virtual machines (In properties...
View ArticleFailover cluster server - File Server role is clustered - Shadow copies do...
Hi,New to 2012 and implementing a clustered environment for our File Services role. Have got to a point where I have successfully configured the Shadow copy settings.Have a large (15tb) disk. S:Have...
View ArticleEvent ID 1069 with new File Server role in Windows 2012 Failover Cluster
I am struggling with getting a File Server role started in Windows 2012 Failover cluster with two nodes, basically I am just following the instructions in the CBT Nuggets videos, and funny enough the...
View ArticleWho holds roles when cluster nodes communication is interrupted ?
Hi All,This is a basic question, i always thought it's a one, but only today, i encountered a situation where i was unable to figure out the result.Suppose that:- We have a two nodes failover cluster...
View ArticleScale Out File Servers for IIS .NET Data
Hello,I am having a difficult time finding a direct answer online about whether or not my specific scenario warrants the use of an SOFS cluster, or just a traditional File Server cluster....
View ArticleHow to take Cluster Quorum drive backup in Windows 2008
Dear All,We have Windows 2008 Enterprise Failover cluster environment, I want to know do I need to take quorum drive backup and is it safe to take backup while servers are online. can anyone please...
View ArticleAccess is denied messages in Win2012 R2 Failover Cluster validation report...
Been having some issues with nodes basically dropping out of clusters config. Error showing was"Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume1' ('Data') has entered a paused state because of '(c000020c)'. All I/O will...
View Articlehow to remove a node from nlb at runtime?
hello,i need to temporally exclude a node from an nlb.May happen that a server is up and working but the web application i'm balancing is out of sinch with the same application in the others nodes.Eg....
View Articleevent id 6237 on a Hyper-V cluster
Hi. We're getting error with event it 6237 (source FailoverClustering-WMIProvider) on a 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V cluster.There was an older thread...
View ArticleRemoving dfs namespace gives error "dfs_cluster: The cluster file share...
We have a Microsoft cluster running on 2 Server Enterprise 2008R2 Servers with the FileServices Roles (including DFS roles). We have 3 Standalone DFS namespaces (roots) which have been up and running...
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