Clustered File Services Role on 2012 R1 Server - cannot create share - system...
when creating a share on the clustered file services role in windows 2012 R1 we see the following message:cannot connect to the S$ admin share to verify if folder 'S:\shares\data\server1\data' exists...
View ArticleCreate Cluster Failure. Hangs on Forming Cluster
Hi, I am trying to create a cluster between 2 nodes in Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. Validation report is successful and but when creating the cluster. The process hangs during the forming of...
View ArticleOperationalizing 2012 R2 Time line
I have been asked to design, test, break, fix and document a Windows 2012 cluster as a standard. First my management wants a timeline / estimate of hours for this effort.I cam curious how much time...
View ArticleDSM mismatch
I have a 2012 R2 cluster that was just rebuilt from a 2012 cluster. The storage is a Dell MD3200 SAN storage array. To set up access properly to the array multi-pathing has to be setup. MPIO was...
View Articlestorage live migration leaves files in the old location
I have Hyper-v cluster and a new Scale-put file server cluster. I am in the process of storage live migrating my vms into the SOFS cluster. Some Vms migrate over fine and other leave references to the...
View ArticleDNS Resolution stops once creating a cluster
DNS Resolution stops once cluster is created, server name resolution doesnt work when the servers are clustered.
View ArticleServer 2012 Failover cluster, Failed to access remote registry
I am trying to setup a 2 node failover cluster but am getting the error above when validating the nodes.I have verified that the remote registry service is running and remote administration is enabled....
View ArticleNetwork issues after configuring Network Load Balancing W2K8R2
Hello, I have a few Windows Server 2008 R2 machines connected to a network. I've been trying to set up a NLB Cluster on one of them, and the rest of them to be hosts. When I finish configuring the NLB...
View ArticleLong MAC in dhcp for Cluster IP Address
Can someone explain why I see a really long Unique ID "4596124e6fca8d4486cbb71c02101f8e" in Microsoft DHCP for every fail over over cluster we have? Usually its a MAC in there but there is for our fail...
View ArticlePrinting HA on Windows Server 2012
Hi all,I'm trying to configure HA for Printing with Windows Server 2012. There's a few things that I need assistance with as below. I'll need HA for server hardware and also printing services so if...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Cluster 0x9e coredump
We have one set of SQL Cluster and Hyper-V cluster, both are a two node failover cluster.Both of them constantly core dump 0x9e.We found that the symptoms is, one network card (Cluster Public) goes to...
View ArticleQuestion about cluster node NodeWeight property
Hi,I have a three nodes (A/B/C) windows 2008 r2 sp1 cluster testCluster, and installed KB2494036 for three nodes,suppose Node A is a active node. I configured node C's NodeWeight property to 0, and...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Cluster - node IP address changing to Virtual IP in DNS
what is happen is that when the cluster moves from node 1 to node 2 the CAP is assuming the IP of the physical node. Node 2 - CAP IP of the resource Node 1 - CAP IP of the physical node. I hope I...
View ArticleCluster disk shows as raw file system
Hi,We recently performed the below action after which one of disk in windows 2008 R2 cluster shows as RAW file system. Is there anyway to change it back to NTFS?1) There was one cluster disk which was...
View ArticleDoes it not recommend to use memory sections on CSV volumes?
I am fs minifilter developer. I have memory mapped file that i am using on target volume. For CSV volume - I read from the Vladimir Petter (Microsoft) storage conference notes: "Avoid building memory...
View ArticleWindows Network Load Balancing - Virtual MAC Address
Hi All, I have environment that running 2 Exchange 2010 server with CASHT and join windows network load balancing as a node. My question is, If NLB service is restart, is it virtual MAC Address for NLB...
View ArticleKeeps getting Critical errors for Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering and...
I'm having a mysterious problem with my Failover cluster,Cluster name: SQLCluster01.domain.com Members: SQLServer01.domain.com andSQLServer02.domain.comin the Failover Cluster Management – Cluster...
View ArticleInternal DNS A Record for ADFS High Availability in Azure "Availability Set"
Hello,I have configured two VMs in Availability Sets in Azure Portal.Both VMs are in ADFS Farm for High Availability.Say,ADFSVM1 - 10.10.10.5ADFSVM2 - 10.10.10.6And the Federation Service Name is -...
View Article2008 Failover cluster unable to create computer account
Hello,I have created a 2008 R2 Failover cluster and I am trying to add a Fail over File server to this.I get the dreaded Cluster network name resource 'OfMaClusterFS' failed to create its associated...
View ArticleCluster 2008R2 - Unplugging private and Public network causes resources to fail
Hi all,2 nodes clusters (2008r2 Sp1) with 2 NIC for nodes: LAN and HEARTBEAT. Heartbeat cables are connected through a single dedicated network switch.Quorum type is "Node and Disk Majority"This is...
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