Problem with csv
I am trying to migrate storage for hyper-v vm's to a new csv. When I try to move any VM's storage to the new target I get the following error..an error occurred while moving the virtual machine...
View ArticleUnable to start cluster service
Unable to start cluster service in one of the node in 2 node cluster running windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition
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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 ArticleClustered Storage Spaces - 3 disk minimum for 2-way mirror?
Why will a 2 disk, 1 column, 2-way mirrored space work fine outside of a cluster? Yet, when I want to use clustered storage spaces I need a minimum of 3 physical disks for a 2-way mirrored space?...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012: SMB share with transparent failover
Have a nice day to all!I have 2 HP Proliant DL380P Gen8 servers containing 8 x 1TB disks (with P420i HP Smart Array RAID Controller) in each server.So, there are 2 arrays on every server:1. 2 x 1TB in...
View ArticleCluster Is Failing if a the second node is down
With a scenario of a cluster of 2 nodes and a storage, i had to evict node 1 and replace the server physically, after that fail over went nice with only 1 big problem: if the the node 2 is off the...
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Bug in the copy cluster roles wizard - CSV reparse points cannot have names...
Hi All,I have identified a bug in the copy cluster roles wizard in 2012 R2, which is preventing me from migrating my clusters from 2008 R2 & 2012 to 2012 R2.The bug surfaces when you attempt to...
View ArticleChanging Node Name, Cluster Name and SQL Virtual Network Name
I plan to rename 2 Cluster Node names (2-Node Active/Passive Cluster in SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008), Cluster Name and SQL Server Virtual Network Name.I see few articles here and there with...
View ArticleIn windows2012, IIS is not able to configure in Microsoft Failover Cluster
Hello AllI configured IIS under Microsoft Failover Cluster with the help of below link. The setup is working successful. I configured this on Windows2008.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970759/en-usI...
View ArticleHyper-V Cluster CPU Compatibility
I have (2) 2012 hosts in a HA HyperV cluster that both use the E5-2660 processor. Can I add a new hardware host that has the E5-2660v2 processor without having to tick the 'Migrate to a physical...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Running Failover cluster role on Domain Controler
I absolutely need to have Domain controller running failover Cluster node,we have been doing it in 2008r2 and there are documents from Microsoft stating it is possible but not recommendedbut the...
View ArticleHow many servers in a cluster.
I am setting up our first Hyper-V cluster. I have 10 Hyper-V host. Should I put all of these nodes into one cluster or into more smaller cluster? Also is it better to use Cluster Shared Volumes...
View Articlenode failed over then later failed back
We have a 2node,disk majority, failover on windows 2008R2 failover cluster.Recently, we had a DataCenter shutdown and our Active node was shutdown and did, in fact, failover to the inactive node....
View ArticleLive Migration Fails to only 2 nodes in my 10 nodes cluster. quick migration...
Hi, I have a strange issue here, with my 12 Node Hyper-V 2012R2 Cluster, I can live Migrate Between All nodes except two.! Node 7 and Node 10I can quick Migrate to these Nodes, and Live migrate from...
View ArticleHigh availability for file server and exchange with 2 physical servers
Dear Experts,I have 2 physical server with local disks only. I want to setup below on same with high availability, please advise best prossible options. We will be using windows 2012 R2 Server..1....
View ArticleMigrating single file server to failover cluster file server
Hi,Currently we have one file server which is our Domain controller also. File Server data stored in SAN storage lun. Users home folders also resides at file server.Now we want to create 2 node...
View ArticleUnable to repair the active directory objet for 'cluster name' with Windows...
Hi, I've a problem with a Windows Server Datacenter 2012 R2 cluster (4 Node), I can't repair the Cluster name. The Error Code is the following 0x800713b8 "The Cluster request is not valid for this...
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LIve Migration stalls when one of the link goes down
Hi,I am testing our 10G Network card which is RDMA capable. Configured Fail over clustering, both Node1 and Node2 has 10G cards each with two ports.I have started live migration from Node1 to Node2, I...
View ArticleFailed to failover disk resource after adding it, Registry Cleanup.
Hello Guys,May I remove the keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ClusDisk\Parameters\AvailableDisks\ for disk signatures that already are on...
View ArticleUncluster SQL
Hi,We have recently decided to uncluster our 2-node active/passive SQL cluster with the intention of then virtualising the remaining single node.After some research it seems I have 2 options:Convert...
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