iSCSI Connections Keep Disconnecting
Our setup:Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster3 HP DL380p Hosts HP MSA 2040 SAN2 Cisco Nexus 5000 series Switches dedicated to iSCSI storage networkEach Host has an Intel x710-DA2 10Gb NIC, latest firmware...
View ArticleFailover Cluster Manager issue (Windows 10 RSAT)
Hello,Windows 2012 R2 Cluster + Windows 10 Pro.Windows 10 RSAT Failover Cluster Manager operations such as Create new virtual machine, change VM settings, Manage VM, Connect to VM...
View ArticleConfigure NLB on Hyper-v
Hi All,I had run into problem while configuring NLB on win 2012 R2 on the Win 2012 R2 Hyper-vThere were two server server1 and server 1 with 2 NIC each on the servers Public and NLBServer 1 Pubic NIC...
View ArticleGet-vm show duplicatet VM
Hi,i have a Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster with 2 nodes.When i run "get-vm" from one of the nodes i see many VMs duplicated.I tried to follow...
View ArticleHA Storage - Clustering - Online or Reserve? And, MS Copy Cluster Roles
Hello Everyone, we are attempting to perform a "Copy Cluster Roles" operation between Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 R2 and we were not sure weather or not the storage Volumes (once brought online...
View ArticleExpanding iSCSI lun from below 16TB to above 16TB for a live CSV
All servers fully patched 2012OK i am just wanting a second set of eyes on what i am about to do.I have a Dell MD 3620 attached via iSCSI to a 5 node Failover Cluster. There is a 16 TB LUN being...
View ArticleFailover Clustering and DHCP
Am I reading the Technet library wrong or does it say the DHCP will not work with Failover Clustering? So I would need to have an additional standalone server (with another license), and have that one...
View ArticleWSFC - Unable to successfully cleanup. An error occurred while creating cluster
Hello everyone,I am trying to do windows clustering 2012 for sql server 2012 clustering. I created 3 VMs, 1 DC and 2 server nodes and with in the DC I inatalled iSCSI target and created a iSCSI SAN.I...
View ArticleCluster Validation fails with error "failed to access sector 11 on physical...
Hello,We have created 2 Guest VM's running Windows Server 2012 R2 on VMware ESXi v5.5 host.Both these VM's are on same subnet and have been setup in a Cluster configuration using Failover Clustering....
View ArticleW2012R2 - can you create file shares on a CSV?
We have an end user who created a file share on his W2012R2 Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume (CSV C:\ClusterStorage\Volume2\SharedFolder) directly without using the File Server Role CAFS. The Hyper-V host...
View ArticleHyper-V HA Orphaned Files Search
First, I apologize if this is in the wrong section as I was debating between this category or Hyper-V.I currently have Hyper-V with a Failover Clustering enabled between 3 VMHosts and 3 CSVs on a SAN....
View ArticleCAFS for General Use
I am wanting to utilize the File Server for the General Use role in Fail Over Cluster Manager. I have successfully created the disk on the SAN and role. The disk is online. However I cannot bring the...
View ArticleVarious errors - The wrong diskette is in the drive + Failover cluster fails...
HelloOur rig.2 nodes - hp dl360 connected to a HP mSA 2040 SAN directly with FC cards.Running Failover cluster roles and senveral virtual hyper-v vm's.We have 2 LUNS, clusterstorage 1 and 2, several...
View ArticleHost Not Responding
Hi Therei currently have a windows server 2012 environment where i run 2 server 2012 r2 servers in a cluster. after some time, the virtual machines on this cluster lose network connectivity with a...
View ArticleMPIO
We use win2012 for clustering with a SAN for different customersWe use two channels ISCSI mpio to connect to the SAN.The ISCSI is redundant network. The Cluster network is redundant. When we disconnect...
View ArticleTrouble adding VMs as separate roles on 2012 cluster
I have created a two node cluster (Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter) with two CSVs. My goal is to add 6 HyperV VMs on this cluster, which I can do, but the process is not behaving the way I...
View ArticleHow to move CSV to another Cluster
The previous IT company setup a Scale Out File Cluster within the main Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster. The File Cluster has a CSV share that we would like to move to a new CSV on the main Cluster. We would...
View ArticleQuorum on 2 node cluster on different subnets
We are deploying a 2 node cluster on different subnets. It looks like we need to configure a fileshare as Witness. Since the cluster needs quorum what happens to the cluster if the server hosting the...
View ArticleRID pool and user account creation
Hello, I have a question about RID pool and user account creation. Our system has two server farms each of which has two DCs (i.e. 4 DCs in total). Two farms are a primary and a backup, and the RID...
View ArticleCannot add Disk to Cluster Server 2012
I created a Cluster Server 2012 two node Cluster. We then presented some SAN space to each server on the same subnet. From Failover Cluster Manager I added a Disk from Node 1 and a Disk from Node 2....
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