File Share Witness failed
Background2 Node SQL cluster physical non virtual utilizing node and file share quorum. This configuration has been in place for around a year and suddenly the File Share Witness is unable to be...
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PS C:\Windows\system32> get-clusterName ---- sql2012poc_cl1 PS C:\Windows\system32> get-clustergroupName OwnerNode State ----...
View ArticleCan I change which nic is used for a cluster network when more than one nic...
This cluster has been up and working for maybe a year and a half the way it is. There are two nodes, running Server 2012. In addition to a couple network interfaces devoted to VM traffic each node...
View ArticleStop server reconnecting to NLB cluster after restart?
Hi,I've got three web servers clustered together using Network Load Balancing. I took one offline via the "Drainstop" method and restarted after reconfiguring and installing updates. When the server...
View ArticleDSM QFE Number mismatch on windows 2012
Hi, my validation tests are failing with below error on MPIO disks on windows 2012 standard clustered serverFor the device-specific module (DSM) named Microsoft DSM, versions do not match between node...
View ArticleStrange NLB Issue (Update Not Attempted.Error 0x8004100a)
I'm facing a strange NLB issue, it seem to be whenever the VM is join to the domain, then I'm unable to create the NLB cluster (getting error Update Not Attempted.Error 0x8004100a)But I can...
View ArticleWindows Failover Cluster Read Only Account
Hi,We do not want all users that are members of the local administrators group on a server to be make changes on a failover cluster.On the cluster permissions we are looking to change the...
View Article2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster nodes hang
Hi,We have a two node Hyper-V cluster. ~ once a week either one of the cluster nodes hangs during a backup (Backup Exec 2014 Vray edition) causing all VM's to restart to the other node. When a node...
View ArticleEntries in clustering log for DFSR checkpoints
Hi,I am looking through our cluster logs trying to rule out errors and I notice a repeat instance of this error for all of the cluster disks every 5 minutes:ERR [RHS] Error 161 from ResourceControl...
View ArticleUnexpected error while validating File and Print Sharing network binding
Hello,I was successfully running a two node Windows Failover Cluster of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V VMs. Now the problem is that Failover Cluster shows Node1 is Up and Node2 is Down.Cluster Event on...
View ArticleIssue with NLB cluster on windows server 2003
Hello,I have an issue with my NLB cluster that I cannot reach the first node when using it.For example : I have a website, with a name declared on DNS, when I try to reach it, automaticly I have no...
View ArticleShadow Copies on 2012 R2 File Server Cluster
Hello all!I've inherited a two node physical 2012 R2 file server cluster that contains a few SMB shares on a single clustered disk. I'd like to enable shadow copies for this shared disk but want to...
View ArticleCAU sees no updates
Hi,I'm trying to setup cluster aware updates. I've installed the feature and have all green checkboxes.I run SCCM for patching. I created a CAU collection and published all the critical/security...
View ArticleFailover nodes that are running inside of Windows Server 2012 virtual...
Hi,I Ran system advisor the other day and I'm getting this message: Failover clusters that are running inside of virtual machines may have problems with nodes joining the cluster. The problem occurs...
View ArticleHyper-V Cluster - VM Heartbeat Monitoring
Hi, Could someone help me understand this. I have a lot of nodes in a cluster, with regards to how failover works i simply want VMs and CSV be moved\restarted on other nodes in the event of total node...
View ArticleISCSI Configuration on vmware for wfc on win 2008R2
I am learning Sql Clustering for which I need Windows Clustering Setup with proper shared storage I have downloaded iscsitarget 3.3 version from microsoft site.I want to do two node clustering with...
View ArticleMixing server models as cluster nodes
I've done several Windows failover clusters but we have always used identical hardware with identical specs and identical models. Now, we want to start mixing models as we add nodes to a current...
View ArticleHigh Page Pool Memory Usage on a Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V Cluster
Hi, may someone has a similar Problem or can give me a helping Hand. I'm having a 9Node Cluster ( Windows 2012 R2 , fully Patched from RTM Version on ) The Cluster is connected to a SAN which is an...
View ArticleSQL 2014 cluster installation on mounting point disks error: Updating...
Dear all,I am attempting to install SQL 2014 fail over cluster under a physical windows 2012 R2 server which have mounting point disks.At the finish of setup I get the following error message.Could you...
View ArticleIssue accessing Shares via alias
Hi We have a two node file share cluster running windows 2012 r2 standard.we have configured two aliases in DNS(Cname) to access the clustered shares. the aliases point to the host record for the...
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