DAG_Witness_Directory
Hi,Can I execute the command set-dag on a production server? Will it effect my ongoing exchange server?Sumanth.S Exchange Admin
View ArticleDoes the failover cluster will register a SPN in AD?
I meet a cluster can't create, may caused by the cluster name have used before, if a change this cluster name, it can be created, but if i use the specific name it will fail, the specific failover...
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Adding network adapters to cluster nodes
Hello!After setting up a test Windows Server 2012 R2 two-node cluster with the following network configuration:Node1 (computer name = Host1):Network adapters: 1) Host1-Heartbeat - for access to the...
View Articlecreating a cluster - access point missing network subnets
hi,I'm creating a HA Hyper-V cluster.i can create the cluster fine, only issue i'm having is when i go to create the cluster i am not seeing all the available subnets that should be there in the...
View ArticleWindows Cluster Node - Motherboard Replacement
Morning All,I have a three node cluster which has had a faulty batch of motherboard (all three need replacing).I was wondering, if I just shutdown the machine, replaced the motherboard and booted it...
View Articlemulti site cluster for always on
Hello - we want to built sql always on without shared storage hosted where cluster nodes are hosted on two different datacenter with different IP rangePrimary datacenter IP subnet 10.122.16.0Secondary...
View ArticlePoor write performance to cluster VIP
Hello,I have just configured a SOFS with Hyper-V clients to use SMB Multichannel with RSS.The 2 file servers use an LBFO team (2x 10Gbps) each for client connections. From the HV hosts I can pull data...
View Articlecluster resource "IP address" not work when move from node to another
I am using windows server 2003 R2 cluster two nodes When I move cluster resources from node to another, one of cluster resource IP address dos not work "unavailable" until I return resource to...
View ArticleFailover Error after moving to Vsphere 5.5 ( ESXi 5.5 )
Hi Experts,I need your assistance in a urgent issue . Recently I had moved 2 node Microsoft cluster which is hosting SQL DB and some File share / Generic services from ESXi 5.1 to ESXi 5.5 cluster....
View Articlecertain mountpoints fail randomly on cluster failover
Hello,We have 5 two node clusters running server 2008R2 with the latest service pack. These are SQL servers and are clustered for this application. Every time we do a cluster failover, one of the...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to achieve redundancy in presenting shared folders to...
Hi. I am looking for the best way how to use Windows server 2012 R2 for presenting SAN storage to end users for general use. Current setup is one 2008 R2 VM on hyper-v cluster connected to SAN storage....
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Hyper-v two node cluster network connections help please
I am trying to do a hyper-v failover clustering project and we have following hardwares:2x HP DL 380 G8 with 8 LAN ports 1x HP MSA 2000 with dual controller (each controller has 2 iSCSI LAN ports) 2x...
View ArticleVotecount after nodedrain
Hi,While looking into WSFC for Windows Server 2012 R2 I am trying to understand a scenario.I have 3 nodes and a fileshare-witness.When I drain 1 node and another node goes down (meaning I have 1 node...
View ArticleCreating Cluster over existing infrastructure
HelloRight now we have two servers: one server running Exchange, shared drives, Active Directory, other software (camera, etc.) and one running our ERP and MSSQL Database.I just bought a new server. My...
View ArticleScaled-Out-File-Server Hardware Requirement Question
This is yet another question for a newbie to clustering but in all the reading, I can't seem to find a good answer. I do not want to get too detailed in the "how stuff works" discussion on clustering,...
View ArticleUpgrade of Integation Services (Windows 2012 R2) on Windows 2008 R2 with...
Here is the scenario:Legacy Host: Windows 2008 R2 Guest VM: Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2013 SP1 DAG cluster.After importing the VM (2008 R2 and Exchange 2013 DAG) into a 2012 R2 host (Cluster)....
View ArticleCluster Name and Resources DNS update interval
Hi! I'm wondering if it is possible to change the default DNS update interval for a cluster name and it's resources?As far as I can find out, it updates DNS every 24 hours if it's...
View ArticleCluster-Aware Updating information/question
Hi guys, I've read all posts on this topic however I couldn't find all the answers. We have a specific environment and need to understand this in great detail in order to troubleshoot further and offer...
View Article"Packets Received Discarded" high on 2008R2 NLB Cluster
HiMy customer has a five node Windows 2008R2 NLB cluster (running Exchange 2010 CAS servers). The cluster is single NIC, running multicast and is virtualized in VMware. There are around 8000-9000 users...
View Article2012 R2 - HA File Server, advice on CSV etc
I have just built a 2012 R2 Cluster with 2 nodes plus quorum disk witness.This is currently a test environment, once I'm happy it will be made live.I have created a highly available File Server (role),...
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