Failover Clustering - NIC connectivity failure
Hi,In Failover Clustering it is possible to tune settings like SameSubnetDelay and SameSubnetThreshold. For example, configuring SameSubnetDelay to a value of 1 and SameSubnetThreshold to 10 will allow...
View ArticleFailover Clustering - network maintenance
Hi,VMware has the option to disable Host Monitoring when performing network maintenance...
View ArticleRemove Virtual Server from CSV to Local Storage
I copied a VHD file connected to a CSV to a local server and started up the virtaul to find out that the IP settings were back to default settings. What other settings should I be worried about on the...
View ArticleSome time Cluster Fail
Hi, i face a strange issue, i created one failover cluster in win2k8 R2 srv. it some time not pingable from other node. first time it will give the echo and the remaining will drop. i disable power...
View ArticleMove specifics resources on a clsuter from node A to node B
Hello,I would like to move two drives from Node A to Node B on an enterprise cluster.Services and Applications- One Item is dependent on this drivesWhat should I verify before doing this to be sure the...
View ArticleUpgrade of 2 node Windows 2012 R2 Cluster and one volume is missing, "No...
I am upgrading a two node cluster to Windows 2012 Preview. I had problems with hardware it seems on the first node but got it going after a bit, but the second node upgraded in-place without problems....
View ArticleDo we have support for Print Server failover cluster in Windows Server 2012
Hi,Do we have support for Print Server failover cluster in Windows Server 2012, if yes what is the service we need to use for the configuration.I'm aware of configuring the print server failover...
View ArticleWhat if you just do a shutdown server in a cluster withought stopping the...
What if you just do a shutdown on a Windows 2008 R2 server with SQL 2008 R2, both in a cluster, without stopping the cluster groups?Go to start menu and click shutdown of first node then do the same on...
View ArticleCreating a Cluster on Server 2012 Core
Hello Experts!I'm having issues creating a new cluster on a Windows Server 2012 machine. The validation results do not include any errors. However, the installation fails without much explanation to...
View ArticleFile Server clustering and Shadow Copies
We have the following setup:1 x SAN2 volumes are mapped, 1 for data and other for shadow copies. These are added in failover cluster as separate cluster disks2 x Windows Server 2008 R2 in Failover...
View ArticleSharing Issue in Cluster Disk
Hi,I Created 2 Nodes in Win2k8 R2 SRV and Put in to a Failover Cluster ( Cluster IP : 10.0.0.250) i give the Read permission for the Available storage ( G: ) to Domain Users group. and created a Folder...
View ArticleDB Log shipping one to Many
Hi,I am using SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition and i want to keep my database back on four different location. Can i achieve this using SQL Server 2012 Standard edition with Log shipping to one to...
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Help! Single Node using all of its memory on Server 2012 Cluster
I have two Server 2012 Nodes (Dell R620s) running a Hyper-V Cluster using CSVs on a Dell PS4100 SAN.Each Node has 256GB of Memory, and currently each node only runs two Virtual Machines with Assigned...
View ArticleMultiple iSCSI Connections to SAN Controller
AllMy SAN has 8 available Ethernet ports - 4 per controller.My 3 Hyper-V hosts will access the SAN via a switch.Should I utilise all 8 available Ethernet ports on the SAN?Using all 8 available...
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Online (Redirected Access)
I have set up a new cluster with two nodes using a quorum disk. I have set up a few cluster shared volumes but in failover manager they appear as Online (Redirected Access). Please help.
View ArticleHow to Change Share Name of drive in cluster available storage disk
Hi, Can anyone tell me about the sharename changing in a Cluster available storageplease see the scenario i did Created 2 Win2k8 R2 Srv and enabled cluster named CLUTEST its IP is 10.10.0.250 ( Cluster...
View ArticleSteps for moving Server 2008 witness disk to new LUN?
I've recently set up a new SAN and I would like to start moving my existing cluster volumes over to the new SAN. I'm assuming I should start with the witness disk? Can anyone tell me the correct...
View ArticleCluster IP Address configuration
Hello,I have just configure Two Nodes windows Server 2012 Failover clustering.First Host IP Address : 192.168.100.1Second Host IP Address : 192.168.100.2Cluster IP Address : 192.168.100.210In normal...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Failover clustering and VMWare vSphere v5.1
Welcome. I'm trying to run a file server as a role in Windows 2012 . The cluster is connected to two LUNs on the array HP P2000 MSA by native Windows iSCSI client (not VMware iSCSI). A LUN is a witness...
View ArticleCSV allocation unit size recommendation
Is there recommended allocation unit size for volumes that are being used as CSVs (be it for 2008 R2 Hyper-V clusters or 2012 clusters)?I haven't found any figures in MS documentation.Thanks in advance
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