SIMPLE QUESTION: HOW TO MIGRATE FROM WINDOWS 2008 R2 + SQL 2012 FAILOVER...
Hello,We have 2-node Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition failover cluster with Fibre shared storage (SAN) running SQL Server 2012 SP1. Below is current configuration - very simple and classic, I would...
View ArticleAccessing Windows 2008 File Service Cluster with Windows 2012R2 File Services...
I am in the process on converting my existing Windows 2008 host servers (2 host cluster) to a Windows 2012 R2 (2 host cluster).All 4 servers will be accessing the same SAN via ISCSI. Currently the...
View ArticlePhysical to Virtual Cluster using SAS - is it possible?
We're prepping to dramatically increase our IT infrastructure here, and I need a little advice. We're changing our practice management software from something running on a relatively lightweight...
View ArticleLoopback adapters and DSR: DAG Cluster node--which is not Cluster...
An all-hardware Exchange 2010 SP3 UR4 DAG cluster is having an issue when the Microsoft Loopback adapter is installed (from Device Manager...Add Legacy Hardware) to support DSR operations with hardware...
View ArticleHow to connect to 2008R2 Failover Cluster using W8 RSAT Failover Cluster Manager
Can anyone please advise on how to do this or if it is not possible? I am running W8 on my laptop and I need to have the ability to remotely manage my 2008R2 clusters. I have this tool because we...
View Articlevirtual memory in a hyper-v failover cluster
Hi all,We have a window 2008 R2 hyper-V failover cluster working fine. It has two hosts, with 104 GB of memory on each of them.As I added new virtual instances I had been updating memory.The point is...
View ArticleStorage Migration (Migrating from HP XP20000 to the VPLEX Server 2012 WSFC)
We are currently in the process of migrating from our old storage to the VNX with VPLEX from EMC.We have managed to successfully claim the luns from the HP XP for 2003 MSCS and 2008 MSCS.Not so...
View ArticlePlease Help
we have 170 ip cameras for connecting the 2 HP servers 85 each and we need to store the recorded files in the SAN storage system for 120 days, the storage is almost 444TB exuding RAID.Our NVR...
View ArticleWithout Storage
Hi!Is it possible to have 2 node cluster without any kind of external storage. Secondly, is it also possible for Hyper-V Clustering for highly available VMs?Thanks.
View ArticleSAN Zoning for a Hyper-V Cluster
Best Practice for a FC SAN Zone has always been one Iniator Port and one Target Port per Zone. This insures that communication between the Server and Storage remain "clean" and also makes...
View ArticleUnable to move quorum to other node
Hi, We have a 2 node cluster(2008 R2) configured with node and disk majority, from last 2 weeks i am unable to move the quorum resource to second node. It will allow me to move however the quorum gets...
View ArticleCan't remove Failover Cluster feature on Windows 2008 R2
HelloWhen remove the Failover Cluster feature has following message:Cannot remove Failover ClustingThis server is an active node in a failover cluster. Uninstalling the Failover CVlustering feature on...
View ArticleHow to backup the failover cluster 2012 witness disk
Hi experts:I have a failover cluster environment consist of three 201r2 datacenter edition, i know the witness is very important and i want to know how can i back up the witness disk.Thanks for your...
View ArticleUnable to create 2-Node Cluster - Timeout Server 2012
Hello Everyone,I have 2-2012 servers that I'm trying to setup clustering with. Individually they can create their own 1 node cluster no problem, adding to an existing cluster doesn't seem to work...
View ArticleiSCSI target performance
Hello!There're a lot of iSCSI targets with one or two 1Gbps nics on market today but I have serious doubts about their performance: 1Gbps(or 2Gbps) compared to 6 Gbps in raw SAS/SATA make me think...
View ArticleService for all nodes of a cluster
Hello,I have a requirement of developing a service that runs on all nodes of a particular cluster at the same time. So, instead of only one instance running on a particular node (with failover and...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Hyper-v Cluster Live Migration Failure
This is a fairly new deployment. When I first started having this issue, I foundhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2779204, which suggests that gpupdate /force will temporarily resolve the issue. That...
View ArticleAny native replication solution available to replicate volumes ?
EnvironmentOS = windows 2008/2012QueryAny native replication solution available to replicate windows volumes ? I want to replicatewindows shared volume to other site.Any comment will be appreciated....
View ArticleHow to create a high availability RRAS service
Hi experts,I would like to creat a RRAS service,but i want to know how to create a two node failover cluster for the RRAS VPN, Thanks.Regards.
View ArticleMaking VM dependent on Storage Volume
Hi,I was wondering if it is possible to make a VM dependent or to always migrate a VM to the same node as a CSV on a Hyper-V cluster.For example, I have a a VM with directly attached volumes as hard...
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