cluster nodes deleted from AD
Recently we were applying Windows Updates to the nodes in our cluster. When we attempted to move an instance of SQL back to an updated node it failed. I found & fixed a problem with the domain...
View ArticleClustered Storage Spaces architecture
Hi!During recent TechEd sessions there were some talks about Storage Spaces and how to scale out SoFS cluster (for example, http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Europe/2013/MDC-B218#fbid=F3Zyz8qjfcO,...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering Problem
Hello everyone, I installed 3 windows server 2008 r2 for failover clustering, one for domain controller, and two other, when i want to create cluster on one of two servers, in the summary I have this...
View ArticleHardware for Clustering
Hi All,Would like to look at clustering and have a couple questions to clear up.We have currently;2x HP DL380 G5 Server2x HP DL380 G4 ServerWe would like to run 3-4 virtual machines using Hyper-V on...
View Article2003 cluster: add node wizard reports wrong IP info
Hello all,I am trying to add a 4th node to a 2003 cluster. When I run the add node wizard the summary shows the public and private IP addresses for an existing node in the cluster (the one that is...
View ArticleHyper-V Clustering - remove a node
I have a hyper-v cluster with 4 nodes (Windows 2008 R2) but i'd like to remove one of the nodes to be used somewhere else. Am I right in thinking I need to:Remove all vm's running on the machine to...
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How to isolate Storage/SAN traffic with SMB 3.0?
Hello!here is what I would like to achieve:Here is what my infrastructure looks like now:I have created VLANs on the Physical Switch 1 for Cluster, Management and Live Migration. This network does not...
View ArticleNeed help to fix Windows 2008 cluster upgrade issue.
Hi,We did in-place upgrade from Windows 2008 to Windows 2008 R2 on first node in two node cluster {we did not notice or read the microsoft article which states it is not supported :( }. Now, after the...
View ArticleUnable to migrate virtual machine in vmm created in VMM
Greetings.I'm new to Hyper-V and am wondering whether the sympton I'm having is normal or there is something wrong with my config.I have a 2-node Hyper-V 2012 cluster. Cluster validation thru Cluster...
View ArticleAD DC & Failovercluster on one Server
Hi folks,I have read lots of threads, posts & stuff. Everyone says installing a AD DC / DNS & Failover Cluster on one 2012 machine is not a good idea.Is it really impossible, even if the...
View ArticleGeo Cluster
Hi Team,I'm working on a project, which needs me to create a document on configuring Geo Clustering for Windows 2003 server / Windows Server 2008 (setting up clustering on two different Data...
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating help
Hi guys,We are configuring and using Cluster Aware Updating to patch our server 2012 clusters. We triggered the run and it managed to patch the servers but failed to restart them. The error is Failed...
View ArticleNLB RPC Errors causing server to need reboot
Hi Technet,We currently have a 4 node Windows 2008 R2 NLB with multiple NICs in each and every so often everything stops working. The issues we have seen are listed belowThe NLB manager is unable to...
View ArticleRKF failure - SRV2 failed to get acknowledgement from Resume Key filter for...
Afternoon,We have a Hyper-V Cluster - 2 hosts with shared storage via iSCSI and have started receiving the above error in the event log (Applications and Services Logs > Windows > SmbServer).The...
View ArticleSOFS hardware setup advice please
Hello,I'm looking for some advice on setting up a SOFS cluster, the following is what I have in mind:x2 HP DL380p servers running Server 2012 Datacenter and HyperV, a 10Gb network card in each10Gb...
View ArticleAn error occured while starting the New Virtual Machine Wizard - Server 2012...
Full error (wall of) text:Unable to cast COM object of type 'System._ComObject' to interface type 'System.Management.IWbemServices'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM...
View ArticleFailovercluster BSOD
We just got our second BSOD on a failovercluster box in 2 weeks. The setup is 3 server 2012 boxes (dell r610) with a 10 gig nic for san and the onboard for the public.the minidump shows netft.sys as...
View ArticleKeep Repair CNO to Live Migrate VM
I've 2 node cluster -Win 2012 Hyper-V. Cluster is working fine and can live migrate without any problem. But after a while (few days) saw error message on dashboard mentioned CNO -kerberos security...
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating set up - VirtualComputerObjectName param ignored
I am trying to set up Cluster Aware Updating, but it always fails with the following error:Add-CauClusterRole : Unable to create the CAU clustered role because a Network Name resource could not be...
View ArticleIPv4 support for Failover Clustering Windows 2008R2
Hi,We are having issue with our SQL2008 cluster. Preferred Node randomly failover to another node and it has been happening for couple time during the years.For some of the application like VMware...
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