SQL 2012 std Cluster/ W2012R2 on ESXi 5.1
As I was reading the posts it appear that ESXi 5.1 does support MSCS on W2012 server.We are trying to setup a SQL 212 cluster (not always on bc we don't have Enterprise license) on two vm hosts running...
View ArticleSan failover, disk timeout, iscsi and mpio
HiI am testing san controller failover. It takes around 2 mins for the second controller to come online after the first has failed.There are some registry settings that can be configured to increase...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Cluster - Network Adapter Teaming
Hi !I´ve got a little question regarding NIC Adapter Teaming in a Windows Server 2008 R2 WSFC Cluster for SQL Server 2008 R2.In KB254101 I read, that there are no restrictions that are associated with...
View ArticleUnable to correct cluster quorum settings
I have a Windows Server 2012 cluster with 2 servers, a witness disk, and a storage disk. The quorum is set to Node majority but the recommended setting is Node and Disk majority. This can't be set...
View ArticleServer 2012 Failover Cluster No Disks available / iSCSI
Hi All,I am testing out the Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2012 with hopes of winding up with a clustered File Server once I am done. I am starting with a single node in the cluster for testing...
View ArticleIIS is not failover when I stop IIS
I configured HA and I have resource of IIS configured(because I have few virtual web sites hosted on it) via the below link (through generic script, provided by MIcrosoft). Then I stop the IIS via...
View Article2 node failover cluster power down
I have a 2node failover cluster. When I power down a node that has the SQL server instance and resources, all the resources and service failover to the other node. When I see that all the resources...
View ArticleMigration 2008R2 Cluster to 2012R2 - SAN Compatible?
Hello All,We have a Server 2008 R2 two-node Hyper-V cluster running on an IBM DS3400 SAN. We would like to upgrade the nodes to Server 2012 R2. The node hardware supports 2012 R2. But IBM hasn't listed...
View ArticleCan i Cluster ADDS/DNS?
Hi,My 2 x ADDS/DNS server running with Windows 2012, my question is can i cluster both ADDS/DNS server togather with windows 2012 cluster feature?I try search for it but can find any post discuss on...
View ArticleMultiple Clusters For Network load balancing on a Single Network Adapter
HiI want to create multiple NLB clusters on a single network adapter on windows 2012 server to support load balancing for multiple different web sites , each with different DNS Name.(Two Hosts)In the...
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SIMPLE QUESTION: HOW TO MIGRATE FROM WINDOWS 2008 R2 + SQL 2012 FAILOVER...
Hello,We have 2-node Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition failover cluster with Fibre shared storage (SAN) running SQL Server 2012 SP1. Below is current configuration - very simple and classic, I would...
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Hyper-V Failover Cluster - Inconsistent Network Availability
We've got a Small cluster with, 7 hosts and a dozen or two VM's. For some reason i'm getting inconsistent availability with the Cluster networks. The host seem to function fine on there own but...
View Articleserver 2012 failover cluster has no disks
~I have created a 2 node cluster with server 2012 R2, each node has a 100 Gb disk but when i add this to the cluster it cant bring them online. the windows server is are located on a VM ware server. At...
View ArticleCluster Node Down - Not able to bring it ONLINE
Hi All,We are having a cluster with two nodes and I found one node down also cluster service is in stopped. While trying to start the service we are getting errors. Server has been rebooted. I found...
View Articlecreating cluster log file with C#
I can't find internet help on creating Windows 2008 cluster log via C#.can some help with samples?
View ArticleNode failed to join the cluster because it ould not send and receive failure...
One of my customers has a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster for an Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database Availability Group. Lately, they've been having problems with one of their nodes (the one node that is on...
View ArticleDHCP Failover strategy
Hi. I would like to configure a DCHP server failover on Windows 7.On a part I have a windows 2008 R2 server which currently leases adresses. I recently had a crash of this server.In order to insure...
View ArticleBackup SQL database to local disk or network shared drive
I have install SQL server 2008 into 2012 cluster.i would like to schedule backup SQL database into local disk in one of the cluster node or a network shared drive.Is it possible?
View ArticleUnderstanding 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...
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