Understanding Quorum Disk
We've got a simple 3-node Hyper-V cluster setup which initially passed the verify tool 100%. We created it, added the drives from the SAN, everything works great (including planned/unplanned...
View ArticleAccessing Windows 2008 File Service Cluster with Windows 2012R2 File Services...
I am in the process on converting my existing Windows 2008 host servers (2 host cluster) to a Windows 2012 R2 (2 host cluster).All 4 servers will be accessing the same SAN via ISCSI. Currently the...
View ArticlePhysical to Virtual Cluster using SAS - is it possible?
We're prepping to dramatically increase our IT infrastructure here, and I need a little advice. We're changing our practice management software from something running on a relatively lightweight...
View ArticleHow to connect to 2008R2 Failover Cluster using W8 RSAT Failover Cluster Manager
Can anyone please advise on how to do this or if it is not possible? I am running W8 on my laptop and I need to have the ability to remotely manage my 2008R2 clusters. I have this tool because we...
View Articlevirtual memory in a hyper-v failover cluster
Hi all,We have a window 2008 R2 hyper-V failover cluster working fine. It has two hosts, with 104 GB of memory on each of them.As I added new virtual instances I had been updating memory.The point is...
View ArticleSAN Zoning for a Hyper-V Cluster
Best Practice for a FC SAN Zone has always been one Iniator Port and one Target Port per Zone. This insures that communication between the Server and Storage remain "clean" and also makes...
View ArticleCan't remove Failover Cluster feature on Windows 2008 R2
HelloWhen remove the Failover Cluster feature has following message:Cannot remove Failover ClustingThis server is an active node in a failover cluster. Uninstalling the Failover CVlustering feature on...
View ArticleUnable to create 2-Node Cluster - Timeout Server 2012
Hello Everyone,I have 2-2012 servers that I'm trying to setup clustering with. Individually they can create their own 1 node cluster no problem, adding to an existing cluster doesn't seem to work...
View ArticleAny native replication solution available to replicate volumes ?
EnvironmentOS = windows 2008/2012QueryAny native replication solution available to replicate windows volumes ? I want to replicatewindows shared volume to other site.Any comment will be appreciated....
View ArticleMaking VM dependent on Storage Volume
Hi,I was wondering if it is possible to make a VM dependent or to always migrate a VM to the same node as a CSV on a Hyper-V cluster.For example, I have a a VM with directly attached volumes as hard...
View ArticleWhat is correct method to deploy cluster aware technology using HA VMs?
Dear all, I recently had experience creating Hyper-V Server 2012 cluster. This allows for deploying a highly available virtual machine. That's fine. The business machine (virtual machine) becomes...
View ArticleAn error occured attempting to read properties for 'Cluster Group' group. The...
Hi All, I have a two node 2003 cluster, When any one of the cluster node holding resources goes down, the resources are not failing over to the running node. In the running node I receive the pop-up...
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windows clustering 2012 R2 .Add cluster to the shared volume?
We have 2 nodes (Node 1-hpwdsql003 node 2-hpwdsql004) with windows server 2012 R2 on them.I am trying to create a failover cluster We created a cluster called hpwcsql002 for the nodes hpwdsql003 and...
View ArticleHow to realize a green software for the high availability
Hi everybody,I have a little soft ware and i would like realize it for the high available, i want to put it on the CSV disk then share to our staf, but i get stack in how to do that, anybody can help...
View ArticleiSCSI target performance
Hello!There're a lot of iSCSI targets with one or two 1Gbps nics on market today but I have serious doubts about their performance: 1Gbps(or 2Gbps) compared to 6 Gbps in raw SAS/SATA make me think...
View Article2 Hyper-V Servers with Failover Cluster and a single File Server and .VHDs...
I have 2 X M600 Dell Blades (100 GB local storage and 2 NICs) and a Single R720 File Server (2.5 TB local SAS storage and 6 NICs). I´m planning a Lab/developer enrironment using 2 Hyper-V Servers...
View ArticleHow to add new network for backup to a 2 node active passive windows 2008 r2...
Hi All,We have a prduction setup with,1. Two node windows 2008 r2 enterprise active passive failover cluster with one instance of MS SQL 20082. One network for heart beat, one for management and one...
View ArticleCluster Host Master Node
Hi Team,I need to increase the cluster host master shifting interval, currently it is 5 seconds to the best of my knowledge, if it doesnt get response in 5 seconds it starts shifting the Exchange DBs...
View ArticleNetwork Name Not Found
I have a Windows 2008 R2 File Server/SQL Cluster on 2 node active/passive setup. One of the developers at my work was trying to access a hidden share for a partition that is on the iSCSI drive. She was...
View Articlenew node in existing Failover cluster
we have a new server that we would like to setup on an existing Windows 2008R2 Failover cluster. I've set the server up with the Failover features. And, when I open Failover Cluster Manager, I now...
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