Question on Quorum
Hi Experts, Couple of questions on Windows Clusters. I am not a cluster expert and look for some help to understand the concepts 1. In Win 2003 cluster, we have quorum disk and "Disk only quorum...
View ArticleQuestion on Cluster network configuration
Hi Guys, Just wanted to know the best practices for configuring network for clusters. As far as I know, recommended is to have a separate network for Public/client communications and separate network...
View ArticleMulti Site SQL High Availability group
Hi,We have our primary Data Centre where we have 2 MS SQL 2012 Enterprise Servers and 2 SharePoint 2013 Enterprise servers. We have SQL High Availability group implemented on our primary Site (Site...
View ArticleIs CIFS Share in Netapp Filer supported as File Share Witness?
Hi All,I'm currently setting up a Windows 2008 R2 Cluster and I'm having a hard time making a CIFS share work as a File Share Witness. Is this a supported configuration?Thank you!adlpena
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating - Failed to restart - The RPC Server is unavailable
I have a 3 node Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster, and I'm having trouble getting Cluster Aware Updating to work properly. I have been able to successfully apply updates that do not require a...
View ArticleHow to compare Windows Updates applied for 2 nodes within cluster and make...
Hello, is there a more efficient or better way than eyeballing both nodes Windows Update patches that got applied in seeing if necessary updates need to be applied/removed in making both nodes the...
View ArticleValidation warning
Ran a cluster validation report and got this.Validating cluster resource Cluster Disk 1.This resource is configured to run in a separate monitor. By default, resources are configured to run in a shared...
View ArticleIP conflict issue Node two mac id is conflict with ip address of node 1 resource
Hi All,I have 2 node windows 2008 cluster and i have ip conflict issue on the cluster. Node 2 mac id is conflict with ip address of Node 1 resource. . All IP's are static ipCould you please help me on...
View ArticleMissing clusdb
we're trying to restore 2 nodes out of 3. Node Majority, cluster at a different site. The OS restore successfully ran on each node. However, we were unable to get the cluster up and running. Please...
View ArticleInstallation SQL Server 2008R2(RTM) Enterprises X64 , on Windows server...
Hi All,Our Client Requirement is :Installation SQL Server 2008R2(RTM)or /SP2 Enterprises X64 , on Windows server 2012(Data center edition ) in 2 node clustering I just need expert advice : is it...
View ArticleLive Migration fails for VM's using a private network
Hi,If i try to live migrate a VM which has a private network adapter attached the live migration fails. yes, i know you'll say why live migrate if its a closed private network, but the point of my...
View ArticleResource Hosting Subsystem Deadlocks - File Share Witness
Recently one of the SQL 2012 AlwaysOn clusters I manage that runs Windows Server 2008 R2 started experiencing problems with RHS Deadlocks on the File Share Witness resource for the cluster. When this...
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error adding disks on failover cluster windows server 2008
Hi, I have two physical nodes and one storage hp storageworks D2700, connected by mini-sas cable. I see the disks and arrays on windows perfectly but when I try to add disks on failover cluster I get...
View ArticleHigh Availability (Guest Clustering) in Windows Server
Is NFS share supported in the guest clustering of windows 2012 std R2 ?
View ArticleRE: Updating a Hyper-V Cluster using a Server 2012 R2 File Server
HelloI read an article: https://4sysops.com/archives/hyper-v-cluster-part-1-requirements/ on how to build a small cluster. Although this is something I could use in my environemnt I have a question...
View ArticleMulti-Site Clustering Without a Third Site!
Hi folks!,I'll be quick here .. I'm going to make a Multi-Site Hyper-V cluster using Server 2012 R2 .. I have two sites .. 9 nodes in each (Main and DR) .. no third site to place a File Share Witness...
View ArticleFailover Cluster Manager is not performing failback of VM's
I have a 2 node Hyper-V Cluster setup in my environment. Currently I have 8 VM's with 4 on each Hyper-V server.Each VM is setup to failback immediately tot he most preferred owner, however I have not...
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating File Share
I don't understand the file share requirements when configuring the Hotfix plugin. What permissions are needed on this share? I have downloaded all of the hotfixes needed and just need to create the...
View Articlehow to configure WNLB properly?
Exchange 2010 sp3, Windows Server 2008 R2first time using WNLB. the current WNLB created by supplier who cannot be reached anymore.when i added an Exchange Hub transport to the existing cluster, and...
View ArticleNew SMB shared folder cannot be created. The object already exists.
Hi Tried to create a new shared folder on a drive and got the message " New SMB shared folder cannot be created. The object already exists." This is a Windows 2008 Cluster. log has this entry:[RCM]...
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