Inquiry Regarding Hyper-V Witness Disk Configuration In Windows Server 2012 R2
Good afternoon,I am in the process of re-setting up my 5th Hypervisor which will be running Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter. I will be using this hypervisor to re-build my Hyper-V failover cluster...
View ArticleSupportable Cluster Configuration
Hello, hope you are well.I am working on a customer IT Infrastructure and I have a query regarding the supportability of their Enterprise SQL Cluster. I suspect that the way they have configured it,...
View ArticleOptions or paths to migrate a microsoft fail-over cluster to a new storage array
Hello,Ā Ā I am looking for some options or ideas on how to migrate my Microsoft fail-over cluster to new storage array. Currently i have a Microsoft Server 2008 R2 fail-over cluster, with a two nodes...
View ArticleTechies, Ways to find LUN IDs Windows 2012
Hi Guys,I'm able to get the LUN ID for 2008 servers via FCINFO & registry.Ā Can anyone tell me how do we find the LUN ID for Windows 2012 servers?Ā
View Article2012r2 cluster, move storage between LUN's without downtime.
I have a 2012r2 Cluster with nodes masked to 2 LUN's (on different iSCISI SANS). VM are running from both LUNS. What is the best way to move the running VM with its storage to LUN1 without downtime?
View Articleunable to destroy windows 2008 r2 failover cluster after SAN rebuild
I created a windows 2008 r2 failover cluster for a sql 2008 active/passive cluster. This two node cluster was using a SAN device for a quorum disk resource as well as MSDTC resource.Ā Well....I decided...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Witness Disk won't failover
Hi,I have a 2 node cluster with a shared witness disk for Quorum. when I lose connection to the disk from 1 node, the ownership fails over to the other node, this is what I expect. however if I test...
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On the same cluster network, yet address 10.67.13.31 is not reachable from...
Hello,This is the 2nd time this damn issue show up, first time i was forced to evict four out of five nodes and restart them all to fix this issue. and join them again to the cluster >> this...
View Articlemonitoring NLB sessions
I have a Windows 2012 NLB cluster the cluster is backing two nodes. I also have it configure for signal affinity due to the requirements for the web application. Now I would like to know how do you...
View Articlequorum failure scenario question
Hello TechNet friends,I have a scenario that happened yesterday that leaves me stumped and I am not sure in which direction to go.2-node active/passive 2008R2 file cluster (Node 1 & Node 2)Nodes...
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General questions on how to plan highly available environment in small...
Preface: Questions are in the text and marked bold.I read a lot about Hyper-V clustering, but never have I seen practical tips or best practices when it comes to building a highly available environment...
View ArticleLive Migration queued
Hi,I have a VM that I tried to migrate between two hyper-v cluster nodes.The virtual machine didn't migrate and the status is Migration Queued. I tried to cancel the live migration but I got the...
View ArticleWindows server 2012 hangs when accessing a Cluster Shared Volume
Hi,We have 2 windows server 2012 Datacenter member of windows cluster, servers are running hyper-v. the 2 nodes hang once we try to access CSV volume (c:\clusterstorage\volume1) when i tried to do live...
View ArticleCan I Use the Existing Cluster Shared Volumes With Newly Setup Failover Cluster
Good morning,I am setting up a new Hyper-V failover cluster with Windows Server 2012 R2. The new node has already been setup with a Hyper-V Witness disk (2GB in size).The LUNs are on our Dell...
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CSV-Volume cannot be extended
Hello,I currently have extended a CSV on a HP Storage, the change in the CSV is also visible in the "Failover Cluster Manager", but the Volume still shows the old capacity, here is a screenshot:Here is...
View ArticleNLB Issue
Hi,We are facing some issue with NLB. PFB setup details1. 2 ADFS servers are in NLB.2. 2 ADFS proxy servers are in DMZ network(192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2)all are installed with windows server 2012 R2 OS,...
View Articlecluster nodes in the same level of windows update - Cluster 2012 R2
Hii have created a cluster of 3 nodesĀ , Source of update is internetafter complete windows update , i find they are not in the same level of windows update , some of updates are not installed in some...
View ArticleMove existing connections on a failover server
I'm getting ready to set up a 2012 failover cluster with a connection broker for rdp into file servers. Is there any way to manually move rdp connections from one node to another? All I can find is the...
View ArticleRenaming Hyper-V Cluster Node
Good morning,I just recently configured a a new Hyper-V cluster with 1 Hyper-V node attached to it. It is presently hosting 7 virtual machines.I need to rename the node. Can I accomplish this without...
View ArticleFailed Cluster Validation Wizard - Active Directory
Hi All,I have a problem creating a cluster that has just got me stumped.I've created two other clusters at two other sites with exact same hardware and configuration. All worked fine at those...
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