Microsoft failover clustering feature
Hello,I have a question regarding microsoft's failover clustering feature. I have 3 physical servers(Windows Server 2008 R2) that i want to add to a cluster so that the virtual machines can be Highly...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 ADMIN$ share on Cluster IP address
Hi, We have a new 2012 cluster with 2 nodes. We're trying to get a backup solution (Asigra) working to back up the cluster but it requires that the ADMIN$ share on the cluster IP address is reachable...
View ArticleHow to correctly cahnge the IP address of MSCS Cluster 2008 with no service...
Hi Folks,Can anyone please suggest me how can I safely change the 2 node Windows Server 2008 cluster as follows:Server A - production Node Active, Server B - recovery Node Passive.I will be changing...
View Article2008R2 cluster, 1 node states: DNS server failure
Hello,I have a 2 node cluster (for SQL services).One of the 2 nodes keeps giving an error in the error log every 15 minutes. Actually there is an error and a warning:ERROR eventid (1196): Cluster...
View ArticleCSV running out of space
We have a 2012 Hyper-V Cluster with 4 nodes and 2 CSVs. Volume1 ran out of space last night and all the VMs on that Volume went into a paused state. I was sure I had plenty of space, but I extended...
View ArticleHow activate shadow copy services for a filserver ressource in a failover...
Hello,I have a little question, I cannot find a manual by Microsoft to activcate the shadow copy service for a fileserver ressource in the cluster, only for failover cluster in windows server 2003.And...
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Delete Corrupt VHD from CSV
I have a corrupt VHD (caused by job failure within SCVMM) and I am now unable to delete it. I get this error: How can I remove this file? I tried the solution from this thread...
View Article2012 R2 failover cluster requirements
Are there different requirements for failover clustering between Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2?It appears that requirements are the same according to TechNet link...
View ArticleClustering on Dell EqualLogic SAN
Hi,I'd be grateful for some help. I've just built a Server 2012 (not R2) cluster on our EqualLogic SAN. It all went well at the start; on the hosts I had a LAN team (2-port), CSV team (2-port), live...
View Articleerror code 0x80070001 incorrect function
Hi,I have 2 VMs Windows 2012 Datacenter in a fail-over cluster. Each VM resides over VMware ESXi 5.1 U1 server. Every ESXi has SAS HBA HP H221 in Pass-through mode and every VM is connected to this...
View ArticleLive Migrate fails with event 21502
HiLive migrate is failing with event id 21502 on both source and destination nodes (and 22026, 21111, 21100 on the source node and 21114, 21107 and 21100 on the destination node.This is the 21502 event...
View ArticleLive Migration failed - failed to delete configuration: The request is not...
We have a 3 node cluster attached to a SAN running. All nodes are running Server 2012. We have 2 virtual machines that will no longer live or quick migrate. When we try, we get the following error...
View ArticleDisappearing ISCSI disks on failover cluster
Trying to set up a test Hyper-V Failover Cluster on a pair of Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition computers.The computers are cabled to my home router/switch, and also have a redundant connection over...
View ArticleGetting started with Cluster - Design advice
We have a new Dell VRTX server with 2 blades and shared storage.Its my first Cluster so I'm trying to get to grips with the design and terminology.What I want to achieve (Goals):-Hyper-V Cluster to...
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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VM in Cluster stuck at Stopping
Hello,I currently have the problem with our in house cluster that on VM is stuck in the Stopping state. (see Image)It seems that the Cluster tries to Shut down the VM, but cannot contact it as in the...
View ArticleMultiple Event ID's 4738 and 4724 on new Windows 2012 Hyper V cluster
We just setup a two node Windows 2012 Hyper V cluster. Everything is working correctly, but in the Security log on both nodes, we're getting Event ID's 4738 and 4724 every 3 minutes for the built in...
View ArticleMA DSM mismatch between hosts
All our servers are fresh server 2012 running the HP DSM\MPIO. But when I the MS Cluster Failover Validation check it failed with the following: "For the device-specific module (DSM) named Microsoft...
View ArticleClustered disk only showing on one node
I have setup a cluster using hyper v 2008R2 It passed the all validation tests but the Clustered disks both the Quorum and one i intend for the virtual machines only load one node/server at a time. The...
View ArticleVolume Guid and Powershell
Hi,As we are using Hyper-V clustering and rapid SAN provisioning it makes sense to attach VHDs using volume GUIDs such as "\\?\Volume{3e199f9f-5c93-11e3-8130-d4ae5201ad09}\\Vm1Disk1.vhd"I can attach...
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