Create cluster with 2 different operating systems.
Hi everyoneI have a questions. Can i make a cluster on with two different windows servers. First server have installed a windows server 2012 standard. Second have windows server 2012 r2. When I run a...
View ArticleNIC Teaming or MPIO for SAN in Windows Server 2019
I've been looking online on best practice. I have brand new Windows Server 2019 Datacenter installed on my host machine. I am trying to setup something new (in our environment) which is not new to the...
View ArticleS2D node scaling and resiliency
Hi,Microsoft's documentation states "with 5 and above nodes you can survive 2 simultaneous node failures".That "2 simultaneous node failures" is not exhaustive is it. So:7 nodes could survive 3...
View ArticleAdding a file share witness in a ( two nodes ) WSFC ( without AD ) ( without...
Hi I have create a WSFC (without AD ) ( without DNS server ) , which only has two nodes . I want to add a file share as a witness , I get the error. Witness Type: File Share...
View ArticleChanging lun replication target in strectch cluster
We currently have a 4 node windows stretch cluster. We have two nodes in one data center and two nodes in another data center. Right now, all SAN storage is in the same data center on two different...
View ArticleCan only live migrate VMs started on certain hosts
I inherited support of a 2016 Hyper-V cluster of four hosts, using a SAN for storage. Given the number of VMs and their CPU/memory requirements, it was obvious that the cluster needed to grow.Stood up...
View ArticleCluster Storage Volume - odd NTFS permissions
Recently, we are seeing new folders created on our cluster storage volumes showing the "incorrect" permissions.The cluster storage root (C:\ClusterStorage), which is the same on a working and...
View ArticleHow best to get system out of current "Removing From Pool" and "Repair" states?
Basic Context:Windows Server 2019 Datacenter2-node Hyper-V clusterStorage Spaces Direct2x Dell PowerEdge R7402x QLogic FastLinQ 41262 Dual Port 25Gb SFP28 Adapter2x 2x 800GB SSD SAS2x 10x 1.2TB 10K...
View ArticleSecurity-Kerberos 4 error when restarting node and when logging in
Hello, because of December updates, there was a security-kerberos 4 error KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED.Two-node cluster with S2D. There are two entries in DNS with node addresses for the computer account...
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No option to add Failover Cluster Manager on Nodes that are already part of a...
Hello,I have started a new role where I have inherited a network that I am still trying to learn.There are 3 nodes that are part of a cluster. Virtual Machine Manager is being used to manage the...
View Articleenabling iscsi initiator causes vss to hang.
Hello Members,OS: Windows 2016 Server StdI got into a strange issue on the Windows cluster 2-node setup.On one of the node. If the iSCSI initiator service is running and conected, it would hang...
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Reporting different disk usage between Windows Explorer and Failover Cluster...
We have a 2012 VM Cluster farm that consists of 5 nodes and 8 CSVs. One of the CSVs that has a size of 6TB is reporting a different disk usage.When I open a Windows Explorer on the corresponding...
View Article2012 R2 hangs on 'Forming Cluster' or error 1460 from cluster.exe
I am trying to build a 2 node cluster however it hangs on 'Forming Cluster' in the wizard. If I try via the cluster.exe command, it gets to '52% Forming Cluster' then errors with 1460 which I believe...
View ArticleOpenService 'RemoteRegistry' failed while adding a server into 2008 cluster...
Hi I’m trying to build a W2k8 R2 cluster using HP BL465 G6. Both server builds are identical and both are on identical hardware. When I run the Validate a Configuration Wizard and enter the name of the...
View Article[Solved] Cluster join failure - [Schannel] Server: auth failed on server with...
Same issue on 2 separate clusters (both have 2x Server 2016 nodes) after cluster aware update (which only done first node!) As CUA failed the second node never updated & that is why cluster still...
View ArticleNAS File Share as File Share Witness for Windows 2012 R2 Stretched Cluster
I've been unable to official documentation stating whether using a NAS file share (in my case, NetApp) as File Share Witness is supported for a Windows 2012 R2 Stretched Cluster. The cluster will...
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VDI Host Fail-over clustering is Down
Hi Please help us on what are the solution on our issue. Current cluster is down and unable to up. Step taken and basic troubleshooting :1. Stop/disabled “Cluster Services “ in services and reboot...
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Basic questions on failover clustering
We are running a 4 node File cluster running windows 2012 OS.And run 6 prod server roles of 6 file serversQuestion:Say for Role FS6, i have 6 storage volumes. And one volume goes offline. With the...
View Article2012 R2 RPC Errors When attempting to add to cluster
Hi,Fresh build of 2012 R2 on a host, all updates applied and windows firewall is disabled completely. When attempting to add to cluster or even manage another Hyper-V host i get RPC unavailable errors....
View ArticleNLB Manager donot show the other host
Hello a few months back, I installed and configured Windows NLB on a couple of exchange CAS servers and everything seems to be working fine (still working fine). However, the other day when I opened...
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