Putting NLB Multicast Traffic in a Vlan
We have a few 2 node NLB clusters on our network but they cause excessive network traffic due to the multicast mode. We're thinking about creating a vlan for NLB but want to keep the cluster IP / host...
View ArticleHigh Availability Storage - How??
HiI am just getting into the whole clustering and high availability area, particularly focusing on hyper-v. I already know about having redundancy for all the components which make this solution up...
View ArticleWindows Cluster for High Availability of Application Server
We have two Servers one with ASP.net Application and other with SQL Database on Location 1.Application is running fine.We need to Configure the Same Servers on Location 2. Machines are ready with...
View ArticleDFS between two clusters
I am trying to setup a DFS namespace between two fail-over clusters. I have 2 nodes for Cluster-1 and 2 nodes for Cluster-2. I would like to have a single namespace for files located on each...
View ArticleMicrosoft Windows Server 2012 CSV Best Practices
Dear All.....Can anyone list down best practices with respect to Cluster Shared Volumes such as number of partitions per LUN, number of VMs per Volume, etc......And whether multiple Cluster Shared...
View ArticleClustered 2-node iSCSI target server
I'm having some problems getting this running. I've got two IBM blades, both of which have the Cluster and iSCSI target roles installed. I have created two virtual disks on the first blade for iSCSI...
View ArticleSQL 2008 Active/Passive Cluster - ISCSI connectivity
I have an active/passive cluster that's been running fine for years. I recently upgraded both front end server and added another processor and bank of memory. that went completely smoothly and all...
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Cluster Manager test fails on Storage Section
Running the test for cluster failover and I am not sure if I can proceed to create the cluster with the error that I have. I understand that there is no failover for the local machine's C: Drive...
View ArticleAn error occurred while attempting to bring the resource cluster name online
I have a new 2 server 2008R2 datacenter cluster with hyper-v on it that seems to be working fine except an error under cluster core resources, cluster name that shows as failed. When I try to being it...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Failover Cluster Manager does not correctly reflect expanded...
Hello, I have a Failover Cluster setup comprising of 5 Windows 2012 nodes. All my Virtual machines are created on CSV volumes. I recently had to expand the size of a CSV volume from the SAN side....
View ArticleQuorum in a odd cluster
Hello everyoneMy colleagues and I are discussing because one of them says the Quorum disk in a odd cluster must be store in the local disk, Does anyone have more info?I've always created a clluster...
View Article2 Node Cluster with Server 2008 R2 Cluster Disks Show as "Local Disk"
I have 2 Node Cluster with Server 2008 R2 with 13 LUNS presented as Clustered Disks within Failover Cluster Manger.When view Hard Disk Drives within Windows Explorer 10 Drives show as Type = Clustered...
View ArticleMacintosh 10.x client cannot connect to File Server on Windows 2008 Failover...
Installation of a cluster was made according to the document "Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring a Two-Node File Server Failover Cluster "...
View Articleserver 2012 clustering
I have a 2 node cluster and need to see if I set it up correctly:server 2012---------------------------------------------------server1 nic1 IP 10.10.1.10 10gb publicserver1 nic2 IP 10.10.1.20 10gb...
View ArticleSystem error 1825 has occurred (0x00000721) when adding node to cluster
I have a failover cluster with 2 nodes running server 2008 R2. Both nodes are connected to a Dell MD3200 via SAS HBAs. I am attempting to add two additional nodes to the cluster. The new nodes are...
View Articledifference between scale out file server and transparent failover
I've read up on them but am still a little confused. Obviously transparent failover does just that. But what about scale out file server. Does it have its own failover scheme or has to be used in...
View ArticleHow to create a Shared Drive (CSV) in Hyper - V 2012
Hi,I pretty new with the Hyper - V (Windows Server 2012 Data Centre) and all my VM's are hosted in Hyper - V.My Cluster VM's are also on the same Hyper - VI want to configure a failover cluster setup,...
View ArticleNew HyperV 2012 Cluster - Trying to create new VM on a CSV disk
My problem is when I try to create a VM on the CSV it fails with the error The computer "localhost" failed to perform the requested operation because it is out of memory or disk space.When I try to...
View ArticleSingle Failover Cluster vs Multiple Failover Cluster
Dear All.....Can anyone list down scenarios where multiple failover clusters would be better suited rather than single failover cluster especially in a private cloud environment............Thanks.
View ArticleMaximum LUNS in Hyper-V 2012 Cluster
Hi,In Hyper-V 2008 R2, I was told that "Windows does not have a great track record managing many LUNs. From experience we see scale issues anywhere at 150 LUNs and above."I was also told "MSFT is...
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