Cluster Aware Updating & Pre-staged Computer Objects
I have run into an odd problem with using pre-staged Virtual Computer Objects with Cluster Aware Updating.If I either allow the Configure Self-Updating Options Wizard create the object or pre-create a...
View ArticleDynamic Quorum - time needed to converge
With Windows Server 2012 we got to see the introduction of dynamic quorum for Failover Clusters. I was curious if there is any info on how long it takes for a cluster to converge or determine cluster...
View ArticleError: The computer is joined to cluster when creating the Cluster
Hello Guys, I have created a cluster to configure Hyper-V for 2 Nods, everything was greate and works perfectly, next day the storage hang and the cluster didn't work any more, I have destroyed the...
View ArticleHyper-V cluster and guests VMs in different subnets
Hi all,I have a customer that need Hyper-V cluster nodes network subnet on a VLAN\subnet different than the guest VMs to be hosted on the Hype-V cluster (hosts in a subnet and guests on different...
View ArticleCan I upgrade Server 2012R2 Standard to 2012R2 Datacenter while in a failover...
I would like to know if it is supported to upgrade my Server 2012R2 Standard to 2012R2 Datacenter while in a failover cluster. I have a 3 node cluster all running Server 2012R2 standard with only a few...
View ArticleServer 2008 Hyper-V Failover Cluster Error on Domain Controller Reboot
I am pretty new to Hyper-V virtual but I have 2 Hyper-V Clusters, each with 2 Nodes and a SAN, 1 Physical Domain Controller for failover cluster management and 1 virtual domain controller as backup....
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 ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Failover Clustering Issue - The operation returned because...
I am trying to get a new Windows 2008 R2 cluster to work on two VMware servers (VMware ESXi 5.0.3) and am experiencing some form of timeout issue during the creation of the cluster according to the...
View Articleredirected access for this Cluster shared volume on or off?
Hi.What does this do and does it need to be on or off?Thanks
View ArticleFailover clustering between different OS
is it possible to have Failover clustering between these two nodeswindows 2k8 R2 enterprise and windows 2012 Stnd Edt
View ArticleMPIO versions for Windows 2008 SP1 and R2?
Where can I find a list of the latest versions numbers of MPIO for Windows 2008 SP1 and R2?
View Articlefailover cluster wmi provider detected an invalid character
We are getting this recurring error in our two node hyper-v cluster:ID: 6237 Source: FailoverClustering-WMIProviderLogs anywhere from 1- 15 of these errors every half hour. We are running on Server...
View Article"The parameter is incorrect" error when creating mount point in Server 2008...
I am receiving the error "The parameter is incorrect" when attempting to create a new mount point in an existing Server 2008 R2 2-node cluster. This cluster hosts four SQL 2008 virtual servers and I...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 failover Cluster & NFS storage
Hi all,i'm trying to build a Windows Server 2012 Failover cluster.As shared storage I want to use an NFS volume which is exported from a netapp. On both the windows servers, I've installed the NFS...
View ArticleChange Cluster Quorum Disk, online, while 1 Host already crashed
Hello,Orginally, old 3rd party integrators had configured a Windows 2008 Failover Cluster, containing 1 SAN (HP MSA2000) connected with SAS to 2x HP Proliant Servers.After this, the first Proliant...
View ArticleMulti-Site Failover Cluster Network Config
Hi all,Just looking to get a second opinion from those with clustering experience.We are about to deploy a multi-site failover cluster hosting a file server, 2 nodes in each site running server 2012...
View ArticleUnable to Validate a Cluster Configuration. The operation has failed. The...
There is an error in XML document (5, 73). Attempt by methodMicrosoft.Xml.Serialzation.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerialzationReaderClusterPrep.Config.Read4_As...Bolean) to access...
View ArticleServer 2012 File Server Cluster Shadow Copies Disappear Some Time After Failover
Hello,I've seen similar questions posted on here before however I have yet to find a solution that worked for us so I'm adding my process in hopes someone can point out where I went wrong.The problem:...
View ArticlePreferred owner behavior after reboot?
Would like clarification on what occurs when you reboot a cluster node that is the "preferred owner". If I move services to node 2, but node 1 is the preferred owner and I then reboot node 1, is it...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 r2 Clustering issue
Hi AllWe have the following issue and I just thought of why this could be happeningWe are using a 3 node cluster with a witness diskThe problem is that the nodes in the cluster fail daily and its not a...
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