How to upgrade hardware on Hyper-v cluster nodes
I have a Windows 2012 R2 cluster with four nodes running Hyper-v. I would like to upgrade the four nodes to new hardware. Can I remove a node from the cluster, rebuild the server on new hardware and...
View ArticleW2008 R2 SP1 - Add node validate cluster - losing disk tru event 1568
We had a problem adding a third node to our existing cluster with a communication time out. Therefor we choose to update the servers and try with the latest up-to-date fix levels.When validating the...
View ArticleSERVER 2012 FAILOVER CLUSTER – HYPER-V – Errors after Security Updates
Setup a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster with two hosts and a backend SAS SAN (Dell MD3200 with Dell Dual Port 6Gbps HBAs).Did a number of tests and failover of VMs from one host to the other...
View ArticleSERVER 2012 FAILOVER CLUSTER – HYPER-V – MPIO for Dell SAS SAN Configuration
I have a Server 2012 Failover Cluster for Virtual Machines configured and seems to be working fine when testing failovers, etc. This is on two hosts.My backend SAN is a Dell MD3200 SAN (firmware fully...
View ArticleFileServer Cluster with 2 HP P4500
Hello Guys,I have one case and i need some solution from you. I need to deploy two clusters one of them is Hyper-V Cluster and second one is File Server Cluster (With SOFS).I know how to deploy and...
View ArticleShould you Optimize the Quorum Disk? (Defragment and Optimize Drives - Disks...
Should you Optimize the Quorum Disk? Scenario:Failover Cluster Server Windows 2012 R1 - 2 nodes - 1 x Quorum Disk.Regards,KKathySenior IT Support Analyst
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The wrong diskette is in the drive
Hello all,I have a strange issue occurring on my windows 2008R2 Enterprise 2 node Cluster. Both machines are physical.One of the Luns doesn't work as intended in one those nodes.So i can explain...
View ArticleDisk not show for cluster
hi , i am trying to create cluster sql on guest level . i have two hyper-v server connected direct to storage EMC through fiber .i have created three LUN and map them to both hyper-v host .i can see...
View ArticleEvent 6, SMBWitnessClient critical event through DirectAccess
I have a Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster with 2 nodes and with a few clustered disks volumes for shares. I also use the Disk Witness in Quorum. Everything has been working fine, expect when I connect...
View ArticleMulti-site cluster with one node in each of two sites
I think I know what the answer will be, but my question is which is the best quorum configuration? I have a 2 node cluster with one node in each of two sites and a replicated SAN between the sites. I...
View ArticleResource Cluster Exceed Threshold
We have facing issue on Hyper V 2012 r2 Failover Cluster .A component on the server did not respond in a timely fashion. This caused the cluster resource 'Virtual Machine Configuration "ABC"(resource...
View ArticleCluster Aware Updating - Possible owners causes drain failure
Hello all,I have a question regarding possible owners that a VM can have and Cluster Aware Updating. We have several servers that cannot be moved between HyperV hosts, because the high availability is...
View ArticleEvent Id 1196: Cluster network name resource 'Cluster Name' failed...
Hello,Need urgent help with Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2012 R2 host. Quorum disk assigned, shared disk assigned, Cluster created successfully. However, keep on getting the error 1196 on the...
View ArticleEvent ID 5120 and cluster node fail
Good day. I have a problem with Hyper-V cluster. One of nodes get error 5120 andhas lostthe right to vote. After that, the service "cluster service" will stopped. After a 2 minutes "cluster service"...
View ArticleFile server
Hi,I'm planning a cluster server for file storage. I have read about the new high availability feature in Windows 2012, which extends the classic failover to a sort of an active-active file server...
View Articleprivate property name 'NodeWeight' had an invalid character
Hi, I get following error event daily times number of nodes on all nodes. Would appreciate if some could provide a solution for thisEventLog: Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering-WMIProvider/Admin...
View ArticleWindows 2012 cluster
Hello!How to fix continous restarting cluster service on 2 nodes in windows 2012 R2?Thanks!
View ArticleSQL Cluster Installation issue
hi all , i am trying to cluster virtual machine sql and my situation as the following : two hyper-v server connected to SAN Storage through iscsi .three LUN presented from the SAN Storage to Hyper-v...
View ArticleProgrammatically detect if auto-failback will not be honored?
Hi. So I've been reading threads explaining that an autofailback occurs when the original failover was not manually...
View ArticleHyper-V cluster network validation warning server 2012 r2
I created and validated a cluster to move to our DR Site.After installing and connecting the server I began to have troubles with the networks.I checked everything and re validated the cluster, there...
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