MPIO: faster broken link detection?
Hi, We're using multiple fibre channel cards in our servers (both 2008 R2 and 2012R2, but MPIO looks quite similar), and our SAN also has multiple controllers and multiple ports, so we're using MPIO,...
View ArticleEnable shadow copy on failover disk
Hello! I have: 1) Failover cluster with 2 hosts on Windows server 2012 r2 2) Role: File Server How i can create\enable shadows copy for cluster disk (File server disk) to another disk?C уважением к...
View ArticleHow to create cluster file shares on 2008 R2 usingt he command line
Hi,I know I can use the cluster command to created file shares which are cluster aware on 2003 R2, but this doesn't work as well on 2008 R2 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/284838?wa=wsignin1.0) - in...
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 ArticleLive Migration only using one live migration adapter
Hi,I have a 2 node cluster spanning two buildings, 4 switches (2 in each building), 2 live migration NICs in each server. I have NIC1 going through switch 1 and NIC2 going through switch 2, same in the...
View ArticleVM's dont live migrate if the public LAN is disabled, nor do they failback if...
HiServer 2012 R2 is supposed to have the option "Protected Network" for VM's, if the virtual network switch fails the virtual machines are supposed to live migrate onto another node. I have observed...
View ArticleNLB nodes remain in a converging state indefinitely? Server 2008 Standard R2...
I'm a newbie to NLB. We have just two identical servers in the NLB, a pair of nics, and unicast mode, being used as web servers. Let me know if you need additional info and what it may be.What I'm...
View ArticleFailing "List Services Information" Cluster validation test
HiI'm building a 2 node Windows 2008 SP2 Cluster. I've setup the SAN Disks, NIcs etc and am running the cluster validation tests. However this always fails on the "List Services Information" Test with...
View Article[Server 2012] Move from node and disk majority to node and file share majority
Hi all,I have a quick question. We are currently designing a new failover cluster for SQL 2012 on Windows Server 2012 R2. We start with a single data center and want only high availability. In the...
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 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...
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configuring quorum file share witness access denied
in failover cluster administrator, when I try to configure the quorum for file share witness, it keeps coming up and say access denied.any idea? I created the share as a domain admin and I am running...
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High Availability Clustering & Hyper-V Server 2012 Adapter Bindings
Hi thanks for reading. I have a 2 Server 2012R2 lab setup with Hyper-V and clustering. I have setup this before but using 5 single physical network adapters but now I have teams so a bit confused as...
View ArticleCSV error 5125
Hi,After creating a cluster 2012 R2 all the validation test run successfully and when I define the CSV disk the following path “C:\ClusterStoragge\Volume1” became inaccessible and then the Volume 1...
View ArticleChange "Services and applications" names in failover cluster manager
Hi. Id like to change "Services and applications" names in failover cluster manager for Windows Server 2008 R2.I right click on one and press rename, but when i change the name and press enter i get...
View ArticleHow to ensure two roles run on same host server
I have a two node cluster running SQL Always On and a File Server role. How can I ensure both roles always run on the same host server such that if SQL Server fails over to Node B the file server will...
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IP Resource Errors While Building a Windows Failover Cluster on Azure
I have setup a failover cluster in Microsoft Azure on four VMs. I have two nodes in one subnet/region, one node in another subnet/region and a final node in a third subnet/region. The cluster passed...
View ArticleCluster Name Netbios Status the system cannot find the file specified
Hi, I have a cluster question relating to Exchange 2010. I think it is cluster related and not Exchange related. We are having problems bringing an Exchange Cluster back online. If I go into Failover...
View ArticleEnable shadow copy on failover disk
Hello! I have: 1) Failover cluster with 2 hosts on Windows server 2012 r2 2) Role: File Server How i can create\enable shadows copy for cluster disk (File server disk) to another disk?C уважением к...
View ArticleCSV hangs on Redirected Access
Hi ... i have following problem ... veeam backups hang and now i have 1 csv volume in state online (redirected access) ... how can i change this state ... i think the problem is the vss service .. when...
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