Unable 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 ArticleWindows 2008 R2 SP1 Exchange DAG event 1196 and 1579 Bad DNS Key
Hi,I'm running an Exchange 2010 SP1 DAG on Windows 2008 R2 SP1. We are using an INFOBLOX appliance for DNS resolution.DNS resolution is working and SRV records are created.On one of the two...
View ArticleCluster Drive letter missing after failover
Hi Everyone,I have a 2 node file cluster on windows server 2008 R2 SP1, was well working before. However since few days its giving me trouble. Node1=FS01Node2=FS02when ever there is a failover from...
View ArticleClustering in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1- Running Applications
We have 6 Servers each Having .net based applications and SQL 2008 R2 Databases.We want to make all these applications High Available.We have about 6 Free Servers; so my questions are:1- Can we make...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Cluster issue
HI I am running windows 2003 OS which is configured clustering ( 2node ) All the while it was running successfully today after reboot one of the node does not come up, I verified the disk signature,...
View Article2012 R2 - Clustering a High Availability File Server (File Server for General...
As per the post title.I have a new 2012 R2 cluster on a Dell VRTX (2 Blades and local shared storage)Quorum created plus large CSV for the Hyper-V's etc.I run the wizard to create a High Availability...
View ArticleIs it OK to modify a CSV directly now in Windows Server 2012?
I have opened a case with MS Support and went back and forth for about 2 months trying to get them to answer this question and ultimately they said they could not and directed me to post here.Here is...
View ArticleDestroying/Re-creating a Failover Cluster - Server 2012
Hi all,Some background:We have a 4-node cluster hosting our Hyper-V environment, and for some or other reason we keep having issues where nodes will just become unresponsive, with the logs indicating...
View ArticleClusterPrepareSharedVolumeForBackup() fails on Window 2012 CSV
I've a Windows sever 2012 RC Hyper-V cluster with VM using CSV. There I'm seeing ClusterPrepareSharedVolumeForBackup() failing with error ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER. It works fine on 2008 r2. Any idea...
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Unexplained redirected IO activity / Excessive network traffic on private...
Hello,I'm seeing a lot of traffic going over my cluster network that may be causing stability issues with my cluster. Communication to nodes would be randomly lost and kicked out of the cluster;...
View ArticleCluster enabler software requirement
I need to implement Microsoft Geo cluster across two different data centers. I am using EMC stroage. Do I need to Install Cluster enabler software ?If yes, What is the need for storage vendor cluster...
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Extend CSV size after extending Lun
I have a Hyper-v cluster with Netapp Storage. After enlarging the LUN on the netapp is ran the diskpart and did an extend. This is showing up in diskmanager but the CSV stays the same size. How can i...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Failover
We have a 2 node Failover cluster created in a Node and Disk Majority (recommended) condition. The nodes have shared Quorum and Data Disks on iSCSI SAN. The only application on these nodes is SQL...
View ArticleCluster shared volume disappear... STATUS_MEDIA_WRITE_PROTECTED(c00000a2)
Hi all, I am having an issue hopefully someone can help me with. I have recently inherited a 2 node cluster, both nodes are one half of an ASUS RS702D-E6/PS8 so both nodes should be near identical....
View ArticleFailover cluster node - You do not have administrative privileges on the...
Hi Hello & Good morning Technet's,I would like to post a question which i really expecting a solution.I got 2 domain in one single forest.Domain 1: hg.corpDomain 2: iac.corp (iac.corp is a tree...
View ArticleRemove a hyper-v cluster network
Hi,I accidently enabled cluster communication on network cards that were intended to be solely for Hyper-V VM guests. I disabled that, but one node is still showing the nic as failed, and the cluster...
View ArticleServer 2012 cluster - virtual machine live migration does not work
Hi,We have a hyper-v cluster with two nodes running Windows Server 2012. All the configurations are identical.When I try to make a Live migration from one node to the other I get an error message...
View Articlehow to delete a failed file share witness
I have a 2 node 2008SP2 (Geographically separated) cluster. I use file and node majority for quorum. There is a file share at third site and both nodes can ping/open the share and the nodes have full...
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