Network Load Balancing - "access denied" when loading configuration...
We have 2 Windows 2012 R2 servers, both are running on workgroup. We set up NLB cluster. When we open NLB Manager on the server2, then message shows "loading configuration information. Access denied....
View ArticleHigh Availability Clustering & Hyper-V Server 2012 Adapter Bindings
Hi thanks for reading. I have a 2 Server 2012R2 lab setup with Hyper-V and clustering. I have setup this before but using 5 single physical network adapters but now I have teams so a bit confused as...
View ArticleFailover cluster installation in remote site - DMZ with only read-only domain...
Hi,I have a question regarding the new setup of a two node failover cluster with W2K8R2 nodes in a kind of DMZ, which means the site is separated from the LAN/AD by a firewall. Rules are set on the...
View ArticleLive Migration only using one live migration adapter
Hi,I have a 2 node cluster spanning two buildings, 4 switches (2 in each building), 2 live migration NICs in each server. I have NIC1 going through switch 1 and NIC2 going through switch 2, same in the...
View ArticleWSUS Email Stopped
Server is 2008 R2 running WSUS 3.2I get emails about downloaded updates. But about 4 months ago, I stopped getting emails about servers no longer reporting.I cant seem to find the options to email...
View ArticleQuestion on Cluster network configuration
Hi Guys, Just wanted to know the best practices for configuring network for clusters. As far as I know, recommended is to have a separate network for Public/client communications and separate network...
View ArticleHow to create cluster file shares on 2008 R2 usingt he command line
Hi,I know I can use the cluster command to created file shares which are cluster aware on 2003 R2, but this doesn't work as well on 2008 R2 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/284838?wa=wsignin1.0) - in...
View ArticleHow to compare Windows Updates applied for 2 nodes within cluster and make...
Hello, is there a more efficient or better way than eyeballing both nodes Windows Update patches that got applied in seeing if necessary updates need to be applied/removed in making both nodes the...
View ArticleServer 2008 failover cluster "interact with desktop" is no longer...
So how do you have applications run on the console that need management or need to run all the time and need to be visible...??? It makes no sense to have an Application resource if it can't interact...
View ArticleClustering -- Quorum -- How do you configure a file share witness on another...
Hi There,I am setting up Clustering in a Windows 2012 (R1) environment.I have a domain [myDomain], two servers on two sites, they belong to the myDomain. They have two services clustered and this is...
View ArticleHow to assign SMB storage to CSV in HV failover cluster?
I have a Hyper-V Cluster that looks like this: Clustered-Hyper-V-Diagram2012 R2 Failover Cluster2 Hyper-V nodesiSCSI Disk Witness on isolated "Cluster Only" Network"Cluster and Client" Network with...
View ArticleHow to ensure two roles run on same host server
I have a two node cluster running SQL Always On and a File Server role. How can I ensure both roles always run on the same host server such that if SQL Server fails over to Node B the file server will...
View ArticleCan't bring Network Name on line
Can't bring Network Name on lineCannot cannect to configuration database error was shown when trying to access site.Checking I found Suddenly clustering isn't function. When I look at the dependency...
View ArticleCluster Shared Volume disappeared after taking the volume offline for...
Hi,After an unknown issue with one of our Hyper-V 4 Node cluster running on Server 2008 R2 SP1 with fibre channel NEC D3-10 SAN Storage all our cluster shared volumes were in redirecting mode and I was...
View Articleget cluster disk name passing Disk ID
Hi experts,can you share me powershell command to get cluster disk name like "Cluster Disk 2" on passing argument as "D" where D: is drive ID.sid
View ArticleSetting the SeparateMonitor Property
HiI am trying to set the SeparateMonitor value for a cluster resource but my code seems to not be working. I have tried the followingGet-ClusterResource CAUHyper2dt | Set-ClusterParameter...
View ArticleSeeing event 1564 causing failure in two node cluster, with file witness on...
Hello all,Yesterday, we faced an issue early in the day that our cluster removed all active nodes (exchange 2010 DAG). and the root cause was because we lost contact with the alternate cluster node...
View ArticleMPIO: faster broken link detection?
Hi, We're using multiple fibre channel cards in our servers (both 2008 R2 and 2012R2, but MPIO looks quite similar), and our SAN also has multiple controllers and multiple ports, so we're using MPIO,...
View ArticleHelp network infrastructure with hyper and failover
Dear All I would like some advise for my network infrastructure.i need to install 2 physical host with hyper core server 2012then i have some virtual machine on each.what i am trying to do is to set up...
View ArticleWhy is a cluster volume marked to be run in a separate monitor?
Hi.I have a customer that has created a new Hyper-V cluster with 4 volumes in their SAN. For some reason volumes 1 and 3 are marked to be run in a separate monitor though. From the cluster validation...
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