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Server 2022 Hyper-V Cluster Setup Fails
Hope someone can help with an issue I'm having. When creating a Server 2022 Failover Cluster, I continue to timeout issues when joining the cluster. I'll list what I have tried and the setup below. Setup is 2 identical servers. I have run the validation,…
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asked 2023-06-08T20:50:16.08+00:00
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Grindstaff, Shawn
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answered 2025-07-02T16:07:00.0966667+00:00
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Shawn Grindstaff
0
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Event ID 1177 during patching in 2-node Windows Server 2025 cluster with FSW
Hi all, We are running SQL Server 2022 (16.0.4195) with AlwaysOn on a 2-node Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2025. The nodes are patched individually overnight using System Center, one node per night. The cluster uses a File Share Witness hosted on a…
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Cluster Update
Hi to all!!!. I have to Cluster Update!!!. All Cluster infrastructure is Windows Server 2016. Can I upgrade directly to Windows Server 2022? Or I have to update first to Windows Server 2019? This Cluster Infrastructure, support a SQL Always On. Thanks
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asked 2025-06-13T02:25:54.3766667+00:00
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Lucas Peñaloza
41
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answered 2025-06-13T08:42:06.5466667+00:00
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Andrew Li
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Change Hyper-v Cluster Name
Dear: When we create Hyper-v Cluster;Enter incorrect cluster name Domain name is contoso.local，Cluster name is ClusterA; But input ClusterA.contoso.local So Cluster name is ClusterA.contoso.local.contoso.local.contoso.local Now I hope change cluster…
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asked 2023-12-27T02:10:49.1166667+00:00
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杜卫华
240
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commented 2025-06-12T02:24:22.9033333+00:00
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Michael George
0
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Cluster Functional Level
Dear; I have to Upgrade a Windows Server failover cluster with a cluster OS rolling upgrade!!!. My question is: It is necessary to execute Cluster Functional Level Update?. How long can the failover cluster run in mixed-OS mode?. If the Cluster…
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asked 2025-06-10T19:03:32.66+00:00
Lucas Peñaloza
41
Reputation points
commented 2025-06-11T17:43:53.6866667+00:00
Lucas Peñaloza
41
Reputation points
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The storage pool is running out of capacity - S2D / Nested resiliency
Hi everyone, every day a new issue with S2D ;) Yesterday we got the warning: The storage pool is running out of capacity. But where? We have 2 volumes with nested resiliency set up. One with Nested 2 Mirror and one with Parity with 1 TB in size for…
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asked 2023-07-28T05:26:13.7133333+00:00
StephanG
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commented 2025-06-10T13:00:41.6+00:00
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Jos Overdulve
0
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All our S2D Clusters suddenly freeze and fail when one node is offline
Hello, we are running 12 hyperconverged Hyper-V / S2D Failover Clusters on Server 2019 which were installed during the last 3 years and everything was running fine and stable until a few month ago. 3 of them are 2 node clusters with 4-way mirrored /…
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asked 2024-05-23T22:29:00.9366667+00:00
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Jemandanders
15
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commented 2025-06-05T07:31:31.2+00:00
Jemandanders
15
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Do we need a quorum witness created for a 3 node SQL Always On cluster where 2 nodes in 1 datacenter and 1 node in 2nd datacenter?
Do we need a quorum witness created for a 3 node SQL Always On cluster where 2 nodes in 1 datacenter and 1 node in 2nd datacenter? If the production datacenter burns down taking down 2 out of the 3 nodes will the cluster automatically fail over to 3rd…
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asked 2025-06-04T15:24:29.06+00:00
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Rainville, Jim
20
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accepted 2025-06-04T21:01:42.5233333+00:00
Rainville, Jim
20
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Windows Failover cluster
In a Windows Server 2019 failover cluster environment consisting of four domain-joined nodes with the Hyper-V role configured, the Failover Cluster Manager is functioning correctly on only one node. On the remaining nodes, attempts to connect to the…
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Set-PhysicalDisk -MediaType XXXX -UniqueId abcdefgh --- Reverts after restart.
I'm trying to setup a 2-node WFC with S2D. My disks show as mediatype unspecified. When I run the Set-PhysicalDisk command to set the disks to SSD, this works. But after a restart, the mediatype returns to 'Unspecified'. I'm using Windows Server 2019…
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asked 2020-12-30T22:35:10.207+00:00
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Justin Fox
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edited the question 2025-05-29T21:59:28.6266667+00:00
DillanSimmons
6
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Admin
4 answers
Guest Cluster Windows Server 2019 Core. NIC configure.
Hello! I'm going to build a new hyper-v cluster based on Windows Server 2019 Core on 4 nodes. I'm planning to create the following 5 NIC Management Live Migration Cluster Sevicese Storage Network Should I create separate 5 NIC for first…
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asked 2020-12-20T17:53:30.643+00:00
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Alex Vasilev
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edited the question 2025-05-29T21:58:26.9933333+00:00
DillanSimmons
6
Reputation points
Admin
1 answer
Cluster Validation error - Update level warning
Hello I have 2 server which will node for cluster (vrtx M640) . I performed cluster validation and all the time I received warnings that servers not running the same updates. It is strange because according to update history they have installed same…
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asked 2020-10-12T16:21:59.353+00:00
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iutecg
1
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edited the question 2025-05-29T21:45:16.62+00:00
DillanSimmons
6
Reputation points
Admin
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Break a Server 2012 r2 2 node cluster
I have a Windows 2012 r2 two node file server failover cluster that has a iSCSI volume attached with file shares. I was wanting to get rid of the cluster and just have one server take care of this. Are the steps simply, destroy the cluster and take one…
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asked 2020-09-14T17:15:10.497+00:00
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RSprott
1
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edited the question 2025-05-29T21:40:06.2033333+00:00
DillanSimmons
6
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Admin
2 answers
HyperV Host / virtual machines pooched after creating new virtual switch.
Evening. Bit of a bind and I'll try hard to explain - short version. Two physical hosts (HV01, HV02) each has several VM's on them We have a Nimble for storage - we use cluster management (I did not set this all up so I'm still learning) The hosts…
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asked 2020-08-31T22:39:07.573+00:00
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Terry Mergl
41
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edited the question 2025-05-29T21:38:53.55+00:00
DillanSimmons
6
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Admin
1 answer
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Windows Admin Centre Cluster Creation Remove Excisiting Switches
Greetings and salutations I have I'm creating and physical cluster with x2 servers both have dual NICs with x1 being used to VM without management options ticked as I had them additional free NIC2 for that however on creating a cluster I now have the…
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asked 2020-08-25T16:06:11.053+00:00
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WAC Warrior
96
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edited the question 2025-05-29T21:38:10.0133333+00:00
DillanSimmons
6
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Admin
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I have issue in windows failover cluster with 2 nodes 2019 standard
Configured windows cluster in win 2019 STD in VMware 2 nodes cluster quorum with file share role configured for the service apache tomcat. Cluster failed and unable to turn ON This has happened twice in 6 months Cluster events shows Error 1:The failover…
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asked 2024-04-18T15:05:50.4866667+00:00
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Joseph Alphonse
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answered 2025-05-19T22:54:14.9633333+00:00
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Aldain Britton
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How do I fix ARC Local Machines missing ARC Extensions when trying to create an Azure stack HCI cluster
I am trying to setup an Azure Stack HCI Cluster for the first time. I have my machines in Azure, but they are missing extensions that seem to be installed by default. I have reinstalled the OS multiple times from the Azure ARC site…
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asked 2024-11-29T21:34:46.74+00:00
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365RDROWN
25
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commented 2025-05-13T22:51:54.5033333+00:00
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Tracy Watson
0
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Windows Failover Cluster IO - Role vs Disk Owner
We have a Windows Server 2022 cluster using iscsi mounted shared disks and running Hyper-V VM's. They have a direct connection with no gateway to the storage array on one nic and the company network on the other nic. When in Failover Cluster Manager,…
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The computer object associated with the cluster network name resource 'Cluster Name' could not be updated in domain ‘domain.com during the Password change operation.
Hello all, I have already scout through all other related topics but couldn't find the solution yet. The computer object associated with the cluster network name resource 'Cluster Name' could not be updated in domain ‘domain.com during the Password…
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asked 2020-10-08T18:27:15.49+00:00
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sanjay yadav
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edited a comment 2025-05-01T13:29:26.4766667+00:00
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Sebastian Cerazy
321
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Windows Failover Cluster Hostname Unreachable for Passive Node
Hi folks, We have a failover cluster setup. We don't have any issues with the cluster or its components but for some reason the cluster hostname is not reachable from anywhere except its active node, even from its passive node. This is an AVG SQL cluster…
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asked 2025-04-18T13:50:52.7766667+00:00
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Apurva Pathak
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edited an answer 2025-04-27T10:16:55.5633333+00:00
Apurva Pathak
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